This presentation recaps al the work done in I H, Liceo Machiavelli in Roma, in the curricular lessons of Mrs. Marconi and Mr. Mesolella. The aim was showing how ancient tales and myths can help to express your feelings and reconciliate some conflicts
ICT role in 21st century education and it's challenges.
Eneide and psychology, when myths express and treat our souls
1. The <<Eneide>>
and Psychology:
Comparing two worlds
(with the contribution of
Mrs. Marconi and Mr.
Mesolella for the
eTwinning project The
book of Life 2012-2013)
Aurora Lombardi &Monica De
2. Green link:The poem was a sort of
behavioural model for ancient
Romans.
It was used to create a collective
idea of identity, to understand what
being a Roman citizen (civis
Romanus) meant.
Orange link: if we define the identity
of a person in an ethymological
sense, as something which
remains the same with the passing
of the years, we can find some
common points between the
<<Eneide>> and Psychology
Red link 1: the
guys’ opinions
about the
<<Eneide>>
Red link 2: the
guys’ opinions
about
Psichology
The Identity question
The <<Eneide>> and
Psychology:
Comparing two worlds
Pink link:Psychology tries to give a
different idea of identity, like
something that makes somebody
unlike any other one.
Erickson created a sort of stair,
some steps that a man has to do to
find his “Ego” and build his identity.
3. Evening and light’ s heat, progressive silence: the story of one’ s self was born
from these elements in both <<Eneide>> and Psychology.
We can compare psychoanalysts’ bed to the position assumed by Aeneas at the
end of the first Book, when, lying on a particular bed called ‘’triclinium’’, he wants
to start his long story for Queen Dido.
-The dream: it is said that the autentic Latin literature was born by a dream, Ennio’s
dream, which is told in the Annales.
Dreams put themselves like elements of access to realities which are put under the
level of rational knowledge.
Freud finds in them one of the doors to the knowledge of Es, the individual
subconcious.
In the second Book Aeneas recieves from Hector, who appeared in one of his
dreams, the first revelation of his hard destiny: he will have to abandon Troy and to
look for a new homeland.
4. The poem was born with the idea of celebrating Rome, but Virgilio went
deeper into human nature, looking for answers to all his questions about
human behaviour. He tried to understand Aeneas’ s feelings and
emotions, telling his story. The poet gave him qualities like humility and
fear, which are rare for a hero. He wrote about topics like passions, fears,
death, dreams, religion, friendship and war, and he based his story on
that historical period. The most interesting thing is how we can
contextualize these topics and make them not so far from us. An immortal
poem, for an eternal city…!
5. -It helped us to open our minds and to have a look inside of us.
-It opened our eyes letting us see also what we usually don’t care about, and
discover how beautiful the world is and how beautiful we are inside.
-It helped us even if we didn’t ask about because it was able to “read” our
problem over our face.
-It taught us how to overcame problems without fear.
6. The behavioural model was:
Ethical- Political: The mos maiorum was based on qualities like pudor,
pietas and fides. They all mean the respect of family, religion and promises.
An example of pudor is in the 2nd book where Aeneas goes away from the
burning Troy and takes with him his father, his son and his ancestors (that
represent his past). The pietas is in the 6th book, when he goes down to hell.
The fides is in the 12th book, when Aeneas kills Turno because of a promise he
made to Pallante’s father (Turno killed Pallante, so he has to revenge him).
7. The behavioural model was:
Philosophical: the virtus had to be adapted to the concept of apatia,
proposed by the Stoicism: men tried not to follow their passions.
An example of virtus comes from the 4th book: the queen Dido kills
herself because of her love passion, called furor, which makes her
forget her duties.
8. …if you pass successfully these steps…
0-1 trust
1-3 autonomy
3-5 initiative
5-10 industriousness
10-20 identity
20-30 privacy
30-60 generativity
60+ Ego’s integrity
…if you don’t pass any of these steps…
0-1 distrust
1-3 shame or doubts
3-5 guilt
5-10 inferiority
10-20 dispersion or roles’ confusion
20-30 isolation
30-60 stagnation
60+ desperation
