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‘Heroic end’ or ‘brutal killing’: how does our understanding of death in Book 9 affect our impressions of the value of Aeneas’
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'Heroic end' or 'brutal killing': how does our understanding of death in Book 9 affect our impressions of the value of Aeneas' mission? In Book 9 there is a plethora of deaths of different kinds: death on both sides of the dispute, heroic deaths and cowardly slaughter. Each death has a lesson to teach the reader about our perception of the priority of Aeneas' mission and about what it takes to be a true man: a true hero. We are thus forced to re-assess our ideas about death and it's implications. In the absence of the Trojan hero Aeneas, an opportunity is presented to explore the meaning of heroism and its place in Aeneas' mission. For Nisus and Euryalus, the purpose of their journey through the night is to become heroic. Euryalus even refers to accompanying Nisus as being his 'comrade in heroism'. Their venture is for them not only for...
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