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Aeneas Research Paper

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The external side of the wall is divided into two horizontal zones each has different reliefs. The lower register is consistent on all four sides of the wall with elaborately designed carved flower and acanthus scrolls while the upper register is with figured reliefs in two distinct compositional formats. Four panels are placed two on each of the longer entrance sides. Four panels, depicting mythological and allegorical subjects in self-contained compositions, flank either side of the east and west portals (Diane Atnally Conlin, 1997). The panel of Aeneas appears to the right of main façade and the panel of Lupercal to the left. The panel of the Aeneas is symbolically associated with divine lineage of Augustus and his God-given authority. It also represents Aeneas son of Venus and Anchises, who, on disembarking in Latium, makes sacrifices to the gods who protect the Trojans. It is a reference to the divine origins of the Gens Julia, which boasted its lineage from Iulius, son of Aeneas (Saverio Capo, 2006). The panel of the Lupercal on the left position depicts the topical moment of Rome’s foundation myth: the rescue of the head of Mars. To the left of the tree, Mars appears to entrust his offspring to Faustulus.

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