Vergil and the Aeneid

Vergil full name

Publius Vergilius Maro

How did Vergil come to start writing the Aeneid?

Octavian compensated him for the loss of his farm
and supported him in his writing of poetry

Who is Maecenas?

The cultural advisor to Augustus

How long did Vergil spend writing the Aeneid?

Vergil spent the last 10 years of his life writing the Aeneid.

What did Vergil order to happen to the Aeneid?

Before he died, Vergil ordered the Aeneid to be destroyed.

Aeneid

“the song of Aeneas”

Didactic poem

Poem that teaches you something

1-6 Odyssey (the journey) 7-12 Illiad (the wars in Italy)

Modeled on the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer

Why was the Aeneid written?

Written at the request of Augustus to inspire
Roman morality, to remind the Romans of their
great heritage, and revive old time Roman religion

Pietas

Devotion to gods, country, family

MC of the Aeneid, Trojan Warrior

Aeneas

Son of Aeneas

Ascanius Iulus

Father of Aeneas

Anchises

Daughter of Latinus

Lavinia

in medias res

In the middle of things

e pluribus unum

Out of many one

annuit coeptis

He has approved our undertakings

novus ordo saeculorum

A new order of the ages

Sortes Vergilianae

Aeneid opened at random, first line seen was taken as omen