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Virgil’s Aeneid : Who’s who

Aeneas --Trojan prince, son of Venus and Anchises Anchises --father of Aeneas Ascanius or Iulus --son of Aeneas, destined ruler of Rome (Iulus Julius) Creusa--A’s Trojan wife Dido --A’s Carthage wife Lavinia--A’s Roman wife Turnus --Lavinia’s rejected suitor.

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Virgil’s Aeneid : Who’s who

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  1. Aeneas--Trojan prince, son of Venus and Anchises Anchises--father of Aeneas Ascanius or Iulus--son of Aeneas, destined ruler of Rome (Iulus Julius) Creusa--A’s Trojan wife Dido--A’s Carthage wife Lavinia--A’s Roman wife Turnus--Lavinia’s rejected suitor Pyrrhus or Neoptolemus--illegit son of Achilles; slayer of Priam & Hecuba Anna--sister of Dido Iarbas--Dido’s rejected and angry African suitor Ulysses or Odysseus--mind behind Trojan horse Deiphobus--Trojan prince betrayed by Helen Sinon--Greek who betrays Trojan “saviors” Virgil’s Aeneid: Who’s who

  2. IMITATES extended similes opening invocation to Muses six beat line composed mostly of dactyls (/ˇˇ) with some spondees (//) Homeric verse is dactylic hexameter begins in middle of plot and tells earlier events through flashback (in media res) CORRECTS Aeneas not allowed to indulge wrath at expense of family, nation Aeneas not allowed to find love (as Odysseus), marries to found dynasty Homer allows Troy to fall so power base could shift to Greece, but Virgil corrects this by having Trojan Aeneas survive to found Rome, which conquers Greece in turn. Virgil (70-19 B.C.) on Homer (8th C B.C.)

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