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aeneidisconfusing
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High School - 11th Grade

Explain the nature of Fama at the end of Book 4.

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Posted by aeneidisconfusing on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 11:09 AM and tagged with aeneas, aeneid, book 4, fama.

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  1. mclouse
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    High School - 12th Grade

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    Fama is the personification of rumor.  At the beginning of book 4, Fama brings the news of Aeneas and Dido's "marriage" which is in great contrast to the news of Dido's suicide at the end.  At the beginning of book 4, Fama acts as the town gossip. At the end, she is a messenger of death.

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    Posted by mclouse on Friday August 22, 2008 at 1:29 PM