The Aeneid
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Transcript of The Aeneid
The Aeneid
Rome’s National Poem
Julius Caesar Augustus Civil Wars Propaganda Vergil
The Aeneid in History
Judgment of Paris
Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera Minerva, Venus, and Juno
Trojan War Fall of Troy
The Story’s Beginning
Prince of Troy Son of Venus & Anchises Wife was Creusa Son was Ascanius/Iulus
Julian clan
Aeneas
Sees King Priam’s death; goes into a rage Warned by Venus Carries Anchises, leads Iulus Creusa vanishes in the confusion
Ghost when he returns Flees from Troy with 20 ships
Aeneas’s Escape
The Wanderings
Juno hates Trojans
Judgment of Paris Jealous of Ganymede Carthage’s fate; loves
Queen Dido of Carthage Massive storm at sea Neptune’s anger Shipwreck in Africa
Juno’s Wrath
Venus appears to Aeneas Dido’s Background
From Tyre in modern Lebanon, a Phoenician city
Rich Sychaeus & evil Pygmalion
Dido’s Vow; flight to Africa Asks Iarbas for land;
rejects his advances
Carthage
Aeneas enters Carthage & meets Dido Feast held for the Trojans; flashback
Prevent the Trojans from settling down Distract Aeneas with Dido Venus agrees – marriage between Aeneas &
Dido will end the goddesses’ feud Cupid replaces Iulus at banquet & wins Dido
over Anna, Dido’s sister, suggests marriage to her
Juno’s Plan
Hunting trip; the storm; Dido & Aeneas alone in
a cave Relationship becomes physical
Married or not? Fama spreads like
wildfire Followers question
their leaders’ priorities King Iarbas’s prayer
The Cave
Mercury & Aeneas’s dream Trojans start packing up; Dido’s rage Aeneas Unwilling
Pietas Anna Unknowing Dido’s Suicide
Curses Trojans Iris
Aeneas’s Departure
Sibyl at Cumae Golden bough; to the Underworld The Unburied Cerberus Fields of Mourning
Dido’s Silence
Landing in Italy
Aeneas meets Anchises Parade of Future Romans
Names and celebrates Romulus, Caesar, Augustus, and more
Why? Future wars in Latium Anchises leads Aeneas out of the Underworld
The Parade of Future Romans
King Latinus of Latium Queen Amata Lavinia Turnus the Rutulian An Oracle about Lavinia
Aeneas arrives, is welcomed
Up North Near Rome
I’ve tried and tried “If I cannot bend High Ones, then I shall move
hell.” Let them marry and suffer
Dowry (price) will be Latin and Trojan blood Bellona, a goddess of war, as bridal matron
Alecto the Fury and Queen Amata
Juno’s Wrath (again)
Fixes Turnus with a torch, making him savage Latins & Turnus demand that King Latinus
wage war against the Trojans Trojans flee King Evander
Greek for “Good Man” Future site of Rome Pallas
Vulcan’s Shield
Alecto Causes Chaos
Aeneas & Evander away getting allies Turnus attacks Trojan camp, sets ships on fire
Sacred wood; nymphs Nisus and Euryalus Turnus in Trojan camp
Fighting Begins
Venus blames Juno Juno says it wasn’t her fault Jupiter facepalms; stops helping anyone Punic Wars will settle the goddesses’ feud
Council of the Gods
Ship-nymph tells Aeneas Returns and joins the battle Pallas vs. Turnus
Turnus: If only Daddy were here! Pallas: No prob, man. I’ll either win or die in
style. COME AT ME BRO. Pallas prays to Hercules: Let Turnus see me
looting him as he’s slowly dying Jupiter & Hercules look away – Pallas’s time Pallas’s spear grazes Turnus’s shoulder
Aeneas Enters the Fight
Pallas takes it through shield to chest Pulls it out, blood and life follow Collapses, bloody Turnus takes Pallas’s belt
Aeneas finds out…slaughters without humanity
Juno saves Turnus
“Now see if mine pierces more.”
12-day truce Camilla’s Ambush
Warrior Woman Ally of Turnus Kills 12 in battle but is shot Turnus abandons plan
Single combat, Aeneas vs. Turnus New truce while this goes down
The Truce
Turnus’s sister breaks the truce Aeneas is shot, retreats, is healed Venus convinces Aeneas to attack the Latin
capital Queen Amata kills herself Turnus shows up to help; Aeneas vs. Turnus
for realzies Spears are ineffective… Turnus’s sword shatters…
Like That’ll Work
Turnus gets new sword,
Aeneas retrieves spear Juno finally gives up
her anger Turnus: T: “I fear not
you but the gods.” Aeneas hits Turnus in
thigh with spear Going to spare him,
sees Pallas’s belt MEGASHANK.
The End
Aeneas founds a city & calls it Lavinium Iulus goes on to found Alba Longa Romulus & Remus are from Alba Longa, then
found Rome
Aftermath