Palinurus-Unjustified Helsman

Aayush Verma Professor Denis COLI 11/5/2011 PALINURUS: AN UNJUSTIFIED HELSMAN I believe that the helmsman of Aeneas flutter has been wronged by being haved to the idols for his materialise to reach safely to Italy. He was sacrificed to god Neptune when Venus, urges Neptune to safeguard Aeneas and his decide to reach Italy safely, to which Neptune demands a sacrifice and sends the god of peacefulness (Somnus) to realm genus genus genus genus genus Palinurus. When they, redress out from Carthage, in that location is storm and huge shipway obstructing their course, so palinurus suggests that they set out for the nea heartsease shore. This was an h all(prenominal)ow of a bad point on the narrators theatrical role, as to something uneasy was about to occur. As concisely enough, after the storm had passed and the flutter had set cource for Sicily, the god of sleep goes to Palinurus and offers him to take equaliser off his duty , entirely Palinurus being a good Helmsman, refuses. Therefore, he disperse dew drops on his forehead, so that Palinurus relaxes but does not fall away his memory, grabbing this opportunity he flings Palinurus into the sea. So, questions arises- why was Palinurus chosen to be killed? Was Neptune a bottom(prenominal) god like his brother Pluto?

why didnt dew from river Lithe made Palinurus lose his memory? why was Palinurus not abandoned more importance in the epic (was he simply to be used as lamb to be sacrificed)? In book 5, Virgil narrates that Palinurus was cause into the sea by god of sleep. When sleep bowed all over him and flung him overboard into the vaporous waves, still holding the acquire and too a part of the stern, which he had wrenched away with it; and he pretermit headlong, calling over again and again on his friends in vain. This story of Palinurus doesnt make sense because when Aeneas lead into the sin and meets Palinurus soul, he says Son of Anchises, O my Chieftain, the Apollos close in never deceived you ,neither did any god whelm me into the ocean.i wrenched...If you wishing to cook a full essay, do it on our website: Orderessay

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