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The Aeneid

The Aeneid. Rome’s National Poem. The Aeneid in History. Julius Caesar Augustus Civil Wars Propaganda Vergil. The Story’s Beginning. Judgment of Paris Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera Minerva, Venus, and Juno Trojan War Fall of Troy. Aeneas. Prince of Troy Son of Venus & Anchises

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The Aeneid

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  1. The Aeneid Rome’s National Poem

  2. The Aeneid in History • Julius Caesar • Augustus • Civil Wars • Propaganda • Vergil

  3. The Story’s Beginning • Judgment of Paris • Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera • Minerva, Venus, and Juno • Trojan War • Fall of Troy

  4. Aeneas • Prince of Troy • Son of Venus & Anchises • Wife was Creusa • Son was Ascanius/Iulus • Julian clan

  5. Aeneas’s Escape • 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

  6. The Wanderings

  7. Juno’s Wrath • 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

  8. Carthage • 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 • Aeneas enters Carthage & meets Dido • Feast held for the Trojans; flashback

  9. Juno’s Plan • 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

  10. The Cave • 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

  11. Aeneas’s Departure • Mercury & Aeneas’s dream • Trojans start packing up; Dido’s rage • Aeneas Unwilling • Pietas • Anna Unknowing • Dido’s Suicide • Curses Trojans • Iris

  12. Landing in Italy • Sibyl at Cumae • Golden bough; to the Underworld • The Unburied • Cerberus • Fields of Mourning • Dido’s Silence

  13. The Parade of Future Romans • 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

  14. Up North Near Rome • King Latinusof Latium • Queen Amata • Lavinia • Turnus the Rutulian • An Oracle about Lavinia • Aeneas arrives, is welcomed

  15. Juno’s Wrath (again) • 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 • Alectothe Fury and Queen Amata

  16. Alecto Causes Chaos • 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

  17. Fighting Begins • Aeneas & Evander away getting allies • Turnus attacks Trojan camp, sets ships on fire • Sacred wood; nymphs • Nisus and Euryalus • Turnus in Trojan camp

  18. Council of the Gods • Venus blames Juno • Juno says it wasn’t her fault • Jupiter facepalms; stops helping anyone • Punic Wars will settle the goddesses’ feud

  19. Aeneas Enters the Fight • 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 Turnussee me looting him as he’s slowly dying • Jupiter & Hercules look away – Pallas’s time • Pallas’s spear grazes Turnus’s shoulder

  20. “Now see if mine pierces more.” • Pallas takes it through shield to chest • Pulls it out, blood and life follow • Collapses, bloody • Turnustakes Pallas’s belt • Aeneas finds out…slaughters without humanity • Juno saves Turnus

  21. The Truce • 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

  22. Like That’ll Work • 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…

  23. The End • Turnus gets new sword, Aeneas retrieves spear • Juno finally gives up her anger • Turnus: T: “I fear not you but the gods.” • Aeneas hits Turnusin thigh with spear • Going to spare him, sees Pallas’s belt • MEGASHANK.

  24. Aftermath • Aeneas founds a city & calls it Lavinium • Iulus goes on to found Alba Longa • Romulus & Remus are from Alba Longa, then found Rome

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