I was attached the outline for this assignment below Analysis on the Aenied by Virgil

Please use the Aeneid and academically accepted sources below to complete

Virgil. Aeneid. Trans. Stanley Lombardo. Indianapolis, In.: Hackett, 2005. [ISBN: 9780872207318]

3. Virgil’s Aeneid is a rich source of information about ancient Roman culture in general, and the Augustan Age in particular. Students should choose a “book” (similar to a chapter) of Aeneid and write an Analysis of some aspect of Roman culture as it appears there. (15%)

Here are some broad cultural topics to consider:

• Virgil often calls Aeneas pius (“devoutly virtuous”, perhaps), and pietās was a core virtue of the Romans. How do Aeneas’ life and deeds reflect this Roman virtue?

• What roles do the gods play in Aeneid, and how do human beings interact with them? In what ways does Aeneid reflect Roman religiosity?

• The Romans had an ambivalent relationship with the Greeks (whom they had conquered), being impressed by, and at times jealous of, Greek cultural achievements. How is this ambivalent attitude reflected in the roles that Greeks play in Aeneid?

• Women like Creusa and Lavinia are important to the plot of Aeneid but remain in the background. Dido, on the other hand, is obviously treated as a major character. How does Virgil’s depiction of women reflect Roman ideas about femininity?

• On one important level, Aeneid is a work of propaganda in support of Caesar Augustus and his family. Where is this evident?

• In Aeneid, Virgil constructs a Roman epic for a Roman hero. In doing so, he aims to define and to praise the distinctive Roman ethos—the nature of being Roman. What is this ethos, and how does Virgil clarify it?

To be clear, some of these topics overlap with each other; many other broad topics would also be worth considering, and all broad topics (including those listed above) will have to be refined for the purposes of the Analysis. The instructor therefore urges students to engage him in identifying a suitable, narrow focus for their Analyses.

The only required source for each Analysis is Aeneid itself; students may also refer to the main textbook, lecture notes, or any other academically fit source (on which, see below), if they wish. The Analysis ought to cite the chosen book from Aeneid regularly and frequently.

The Analysis is to be a maximum of 900 words long (not including the title page and bibliography) and is to be submitted word-processed (in a standard 12-point font), double-spaced, with 2.54 cm (= 1 inch) margins, and in hard copy. Furthermore, each Analysis must begin with a Title Page (including the title of the submission, name and number of the student, number and name of the course, name of the instructor, and date submitted), and end with a Bibliography (even if the only source used is Aeneid).

The Analysis will be evaluated according to its success in three areas: (a) identification and proper citation of relevant passages; (b) discussion of how each cited passage reflects the aspect of ancient Roman culture being examined, according to the student’s thesis statement; and (c) composition (including things like spelling, punctuation, and syntax).

On research and citation, pay careful attention to the following principles:

Only academically fit sources should be used. An academically fit source meets four criteria: (1) the author is named; (2) the author is a credentialled expert (e.g., has a Ph.D.) in the relevant field (e.g., Classics); (3) the publisher is reputable (e.g., university publishers are reputable); and (4) the work is peer reviewed. If you are unsure whether a source is academically fit, run it by your instructor before using it.

Every use of (viz. quotation of, paraphrase of, or allusion to) a source must be cited by using a footnote (or an in-text reference). Furthermore, if you copy words (phrases, clauses, or sentences) from someone else’s work, you must additionally use quotation marks to acknowledge the words that you are copying.

Every work used (and thus cited) must be included in the Bibliography (this includes both ancient and modern sources). No work that was not cited (and thus was not used) should appear in the Bibliography.

If you are doing some of your research outside Aeneid, I implore you not to use popular search engines and non-peer-reviewed websites: these are unfit for the purposes of academic research. Instead, use the University of Manitoba Libraries’ search tool online: you may be confident that what you locate thus, will be academically fit.

In the Humanities (e.g., Classics), citation should follow Chicago Style: Footnotes/Bibliography. The best student guide to Chicago Style is:

Turabian, Kate L.. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students & Researchers. 9th ed.. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2018. [ISBN: 9780226460577]

The University of Manitoba Libraries have also provided brief, useful resources for Chicago Style:

https://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/c.php?g=297880&p=1987264

See there the two-page PDF, “Chicago Style 17th Edition”, and the links included in the “Turabian Resources” box.