Vergil’s Aeneid

Vergil’s Vergil’s AeneidAeneid

An Introduction

The Trojans and the Sack of TroyThe Trojans and the Sack of TroyTROJANS

King Priam his sons Hector and Paris

http://www.troy-movie.stasi.co.uk/troy-movie-film/troy-movie/priam-king-of-troy.htm

The Trojans and the Sack of TroyThe Trojans and the Sack of TroyGREEKS

Agamemnon & Menelaus (the Atrides)

Achilles

Odysseus and Ulysses

http://www2.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?480 http://www.troy-movie.stasi.co.uk/troy-movie-film/troy-the-movie-pictures.htm

The Trojans and the Sack of TroyThe Trojans and the Sack of Troy

All of Greek city-states (united by King Agamemnon) vs. Troy

Re: Paris “stole” Helen; Menelaus wants her back

10 year siege of Troy

The Trojans and the Sack of TroyThe Trojans and the Sack of Troy

Achilles

Subject of Homer’s Iliad:

Menin aeide, thea, Peleiadeo Achileos“Sing, oh goddess, the wrath of Peleus’ son

Achilles”http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gomery/achille.html http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/gaddis/HST210/Sept23/Default.htm

The Trojans and the Sack of TroyThe Trojans and the Sack of Troy

Aeneid: Book II

The Trojan Horse and Troy falls

http://thepomegranateapple.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/civil-unions-trojan-horse/

The Trojans and the Sack of TroyThe Trojans and the Sack of TroyAccording to the Aeneid:

- The warning of Laocoon (priest of Neptune) is ignored by the Trojans

- Sinon’s (a Greek) deceit convinces the Trojans to bring the horse in

- King Priam is killed by Pyrrhus (son of Achilles; aka Neoptolemus)

- Aeneas (Trojan prince) takes a leading role in the city’s defense

Aeneas’ Flight From TroyAeneas’ Flight From Troy

Anchises = Venus

I

Aeneas = Creusa

I

Ascanius (aka “Iulus”)

Aeneas’ Flight From TroyAeneas’ Flight From Troy

- Aeneas wants to fight

- Creusa convinces Aeneas

- Jupiter convinces Anchises

- They flee, planning to meet other refugees at a sacred shrine to Ceres outside the city

Aeneas’ Flight From TroyAeneas’ Flight From Troy

- Creusa dies along the way

- The rest of the family gather with the other refugees

- Aeneas leads them away from Troy

Aeneas’ “Odyssey”Aeneas’ “Odyssey”AeneidAeneid: Book III: Book III

- Thrace (Polydorus)- Thrace (Polydorus)

- Delos (Apollo’s priest)- Delos (Apollo’s priest)

- Crete (a new Pergamum)- Crete (a new Pergamum)

Aeneas’ “Odyssey”Aeneas’ “Odyssey”

- Strophades (Harpies)- Strophades (Harpies)

- Actium (Trojan Games)- Actium (Trojan Games)

- Buthrotum (Helenus and - Buthrotum (Helenus and Andromache; a mini-Troy)Andromache; a mini-Troy)

Aeneas’ “Odyssey”Aeneas’ “Odyssey”

- Italy and Sicily (Achaemenides, Italy and Sicily (Achaemenides, Polyphemus the CyclopsPolyphemus the Cyclops

- Drepanum (Anchises’ death)Drepanum (Anchises’ death)

- CarthageCarthage

CarthageCarthage

Aeneid: Books I and IV

- Queen Dido and her sister Anna

- The “marriage” of Dido and Aeneas

- Aeneas’ betrayal OR Aeneas’ piety?

- Dido’s death

Funeral Games for AnchisesFuneral Games for Anchises

Aeneid: Book V

- at Drepanum

- multiple contests displaying various qualities of the Trojans (and Aeneas)

- epic convention

Aeneas’ Visit to the UnderworldAeneas’ Visit to the Underworld

Aeneid: Book VI

- Leaves Drepanum for Cumae (in Italy)

- Cumaean Sibyl (Deiphobe)

- Golden bough and Lake Avernus

Aeneas’ Visit to the Underworld

Sibyl leads him into and through the underworld

- Charon and Cerberus

- Neutral region (Dido, infants, etc.)

- Tartarus (judges and sinners)

- Elysium (Anchises, Trojans, future Romans)

ItaliaItalia

Three races of people:

- Latins: King Latinus, Queen Amata, and daughter Lavinia

- Rutilians: Prince Turnus

- Greeks from Pallanteum: King Evander, son Pallas

ItaliaItalia

Aeneid: Books VII-X

- Turnus (Rutilian) is to marry Lavinia (Latin)

- At first, Latins greet Trojans because King Latinus (Latin) thinks Aeneas is the one his daughter is supposed to marry

ItaliaItalia

- Queen Amata (Latin) is enraged that - Queen Amata (Latin) is enraged that her husband broke his promise to her husband broke his promise to TurnusTurnus

- Then, Latins (allied with Rutilians) - Then, Latins (allied with Rutilians) turn on the Trojans and declare warturn on the Trojans and declare war

ItaliaItalia

- Aeneas seeks an alliance with the - Aeneas seeks an alliance with the city of Pallanteum and its King city of Pallanteum and its King EvanderEvander

- The Etruscans also ally with the - The Etruscans also ally with the TrojansTrojans

- The Etruscans deposed leader - The Etruscans deposed leader Mezentius allies himself with the Mezentius allies himself with the Rutilians/Latins.Rutilians/Latins.

ItaliaItalia

Latins/Rutilians Latins/Rutilians

vs. vs.

Trojans/Pallanteum/EtruscansTrojans/Pallanteum/Etruscans

(King Latinus has abdicated authority (King Latinus has abdicated authority and Amata is supporting Turnus as and Amata is supporting Turnus as the new leader of both Latins and the new leader of both Latins and

Rutilians)Rutilians)

ItaliaItalia

Aeneid: Books X-XII

- Among all the battles, Turnus (Rutilian) kills Pallas (from Pallanteum)

- Aeneas is enraged by this, as Pallas and Aeneas had become great friends

ItaliaItalia

Aeneas challenges Turnus to a duel to end the conflict and decide who will marry Lavinia

Aeneas defeats Turnus, and then kills him.

The EndThe End