Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects Honors Program 5-2007 Augustus Deified or Denigrated: The Political Subtext of Anchises' Speech in Aeneid VI Scott D. Davis Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors Part of the Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity Commons Recommended Citation Davis, Scott D., "Augustus Deified or Denigrated: The Political Subtext of Anchises' Speech in Aeneid VI" (2007). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 666. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/666 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Program at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. AUGUSTUS DEIFIED OR DENIGRATED: THE POLITICAL SUBTEXT OF ANCHISES' SPEECH IN AENEID VI by Scott D. Davis Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of HONORS IN UNIVERSITY STUDIES WITH DEPARTMENT HONORS 1Il History Approved: Thesis/Project Advisor Department Honors Advisor Dr. Frances B. Titchener Dr. Susan Shapiro Direcwr, of Hqnors Program vt,u,1~~ D1:JJavidL~~ ' UT AH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, UT 2007 3 CONTENTS HISTORY CAPSTONE AND SENIOR HONORS THESIS Augustus Deified or Denigrated? The Political Subtext of Anchises' Speech in Aeneid VI. ...... ...... ..... ..... ... ....... ...... ..... ....... ..... .. ...... .4 APPENDIX A Numerical and Graphical Representations of Line Allotments ....... ...... ........ .. ...................... ......... .......... ...... .... .... ......... ....... 36 APPENDIXB Annotated Text of"Parade of Heroes," AeneidVI.756-892 ...... ..................................................................................... 40 APPENDIXC Oral Presentation given at the Conference of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South in Madison Wisconsin , April 2005 ...........................................................