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The Aeneid: Book XI

The Aeneid: Book XI. Alex DeWolf, Brandon Fuller, Nate Pyle. Characters. Aeneas - our Trojan hero King Evander - leads a conquest against the Latins, his son Pallas was in the previous book

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The Aeneid: Book XI

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  1. The Aeneid: Book XI Alex DeWolf, Brandon Fuller, Nate Pyle

  2. Characters • Aeneas - our Trojan hero • King Evander - leads a conquest against the Latins, his son Pallas was in the previous book • Turnus – an ally of the Latins and one of Aeneas’ largest rivals, he is the one that killed Pallas in battle • King Latinus – the king of the Latins, however he is sympathetic to Aeneas

  3. Characters (cont’d.) • Camilla - a formidable female warrior and ally to Turnus, she is also a servant of Diana • Arruns - a Tuscan hunter who is one of Aeneas’ most skilled warriors • Diana - the goddess of the hunt who gave Camilla her legendary prowess in combat • Opis - the goddess of fertility who is the wife of Saturn

  4. Story • Shortly after an intense battle of the previous book that left Pallas dead, Aeneas arranges a huge procession of 1,000 men to bring the young prince’s body back to his father. • King Evander is heartbroken when he receives the news, and makes it a priority to kill Turnus.

  5. Story (cont’d.) • At the request of King Latinus, Aeneas agrees to a twelve-day truce to recover. • Latinus then convenes his council, where he expresses his doubts given that a neighboring kingdom has refused to ally. His advisors agree, saying that the ongoing conflict has will not end well for them and that it best be settled between Turnus and Aeneas alone.

  6. Story (cont’d.) • Suddenly a messenger arrives at the council with shocking news: the Trojans have broken the truce and are now advancing on them. • With Aeneas’ army divided between two fronts, Camilla is placed in defense of the city from the cavalry while Turnus leaves to ambush Aeneas and his foot soldiers in the surrounding hills.

  7. Story (cont’d.) • When Aeneas’ cavalry reaches the city, a fierce battle ensues during which Camilla is able to effectively hold off Aeneas’ men until Arruns, with a skillfully thrown javelin, kills her. • Diana, watching the battle from the heavens, is enraged with the death of her protégée and has Opis, her agent of sorts, kill Arruns.

  8. Story (cont’d.) • With their leader dead, the Latin troops on the battlefield are decimated by Aeneas’ forces, and the survivors flee back to the city. • When Turnus learns of this, he cancels his ambush of Aeneas and directs his forces back to the city, where both armies make camp as dusk approaches… TO BE CONTINUED IN BOOK XII

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