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3.2. the Heroic World: Characterisation and Themes
characterisation of other major and minor characters
Juturna
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Thetis
in the Iliad
an immortal caught between the worlds of Fate, divine manipulation and
love
for her
mortal family
her immortality is a gift from Jupiter as the
'price
of her
ransomed virginity'
she is a
victim
on all counts
raped
by
Jupiter
blackmailed
by
Juno
given
immortality
which consigns her to eternal grieving for her
brother
Virgil
could've used any deity to help
Turnus
using his
sister
allows him to inject a greater element of
human pity
this is no
Olympia
acting in
divine pique
it is a sister
desperately
trying to
save
her brother