Introduction to Virgils Aeneid Virgils Aeneid Epic Hexameters 12 books Imitation of Homer 1-6 Odyssey 7-12 Iliad Written not orally composed Book One Introduction Aeneas arrives after a storm on the shore of Carthage Dido, Queen of Carthage Her husband Sychaeus murdered by her brother Hostility of Juno Venus, Aeneass mother Dido invites Aeneas to dinner Book Two Narration of the Fall of Troy by Aeneas Compare Odysseuss narration of his adventures (Od. 9-12) Wooden Horse Laocoon Sinon Laocoons death Book Two cont. Hectors ghost Aeneas fights the Greeks Priams death Anchises sees portent Aeneas leaves Troy with Ascanius (Iulus) Creusa is lost Book Three Aeneass journey from Troy to Carthage Polydorus Delos, prophecy for Crete? Hesperia Andromache, Helenus prophecy: Italy Achaemenides (Polyphemus) Death of Anchises Book Four Dido is in love with Aeneas Confides in Anna her sister Venus and Juno Royal Hunt and Storm Marriage? Local king Iarbas Message from Jupiter (Mercury) Berlioz Les Troyens The Royal Hunt and Storm John Eliot Gardiner Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique Book Four cont. Dido realises Aeneas is going to leave They debate Dido plans her death Resorts to magic Aeneas leaves Dido builds a funeral pyre and kills herself on top of it Didos Lament from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Sarah Connolly BBC Symphony Orchestra David RobertsonAA Book Five Back in Sicily Funeral games for Anchises Boat race, foot-race, boxing, archery Equestrian events Burning of the ships by the women Some Trojans left behind in Sicily Sail to Italy - Palinurus