Project Director

Colvin, J.M.

Department

Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Juno is a Roman deity with a significant amount of scholarship around her impact on Roman literature and Roman social life. Her divine department is as the protector of motherhood, banks, family order, marriage, and women in general. Many Roman temples still exist that immortalize her. However, there is another aspect to her character that is at odds to her portrayal in day-to-day Roman life, mainly her portrayal in the Roman epics of Virgil's Aeneid and Silius Italicus' Punica. Virgil (fl. ~26. B.C.) and Silius Italicus (b. ~26 A.D.) wrote, respectively, examples of epic literature, both which detail the myths that revolve around Roman bellicosity. Both portray the queen of the heavens, Juno, in a negative light. These accounts of Juno’s relationships to Roman heroes and villains provide a view into their authors’ viewpoints especially regarding theories of divinity, the purposes of mythography, and the Roman understanding of female status. These interpretations of Juno as an adversarial deity reveal not only the authors’ propagandistic and deeply political ideologies, but also the social norms underpinning their stories.

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

5-2024

Subject

Goddesses, Roman, in literature; Juno (Roman deity)--In literature; Patriarchy in literature

Name

Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.--Punica; Virgil.--Aeneid

Keyword

Juno; Patriarchy; Punica; Roman Epic; Silius Italicus; Virgil

Discipline

Classical Literature and Philology

Document Type

Theses

Extent

ii, 38 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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