Caesar
What did Caesar need to be made into?
A God
What did the Gods say about Caesar's fate?
They were angry and felt that it was unjust
Who will avenge Julius Caesar once he dies?
Augustus
Who is this written about?
Julius Caesar and his deification
What will Augustus order? (page 164)
A son, Tiberius, born of his virtuous wife
What was on the horizon for Caesar? Who was upset by this fate?
His assassination / Venus
What 2 people will assure Cytherean ascends to heaven? (page 164)
Venus and Augustus
Why was Venus frantic and pale when she realized that Julius Caesar was to be assassinated? (page 163)
- Venus is the progenitor (creator/ ancestor) of the Julian clan, beginning with Aeneas.
- It suggests that Caesar may have been loved by the gods
What 2 things sounded omens and wept?
Stygian Owl and Ivory Statues
When will Augustus ascend to heaven? (page 164-165)
He will not ascend until he is old, and his years equal his merits
What was he most outstanding as? (page 163)
No greater achievement than that he stood father to our emperor
Why did the God’s say there was no imminent threat even though there was? (page 164)
Gods' warnings could not prevent the conspiracy, or fate’s fulfillment
What is one of the warning events that took place the day of the assassination? Interpreted as the anger of the Gods at Caesar’s death. (page 163)
- Weapons, clashing among black clouds
- terrifying trumpets and horns heard from the sky
- The face of the sun, darkened, gave out a lurid light, over the troubled earth
- Firebrands were seen, burning in the midst of the stars
- drops of blood rained from the clouds
- Lucifer, the morning star, was dulled
- The moon’s chariot was splattered with blood
How was the city described? (page 164)
Dogs howled at night, silent dead walking, earthquakes shook the city
What is Augustus to do with Caesar's spirit? Why? (Page 165)
He will change it into a star, so that deified Julius may always look down from his high temple on our capitol and forum
What are some things that Julius Caesar was outstanding at?
He was outstanding in war and peace
How did Venus step in to help Caesar? (page 164)
She tried to hide him in a cloud
What does the stygian owl represent and what is it linked to?
- Stygian is related to the river Styx, the river crossed when one dies to enter the Underworld
- Links to death.
What will Augustus carry? (page 164)
The burden placed on him alone
What do you think Ovid means when he states, “There is no greater achievement among Caesar's actions than that he stood father to our emperor?” (page 163)
- reiterates that the best of his achievements was being a father to Augustus
- Stresses the relationship between Julius Caesar and Augustus
What are some of Julius Caesar’s foreign victories? (page 163)
- conquered the sea-going Britons
- Led his ships up the seven-mouthed flood of the Nile
- Brought the rebellious Numidians, under Juba of cinyps, and Pontus, Swollen with the name of Mithridates, under the people of Quirinus.
Where did Jupiter tell his daughter, Venus to go? (page 164)
enter the house of the three
Was Caesar’s death fated or could the Gods stop it?
The Gods showed their anger at the events but could do nothing to alter fate.
When the world is at peace what will Augustus turn his mind to? (page 164)
The civil code, and, as the most just of legislators, make law
What do you think Ovid means when he states, “In order for the emperor not to have been born of mortal seed, Caesar needed to be made a god?" (page 163)
Suggesting that Julius Caesar was made a god for Augustus