Aeneid

Vergil

• Wrote Aeneid

• Commissioned by Augustus

• Wanted the work burned

Aeneid

• Work of Vergil (Commissioned by Augustus)

• Takes from Iliad and Odyssey

• Aeneas represents Augustus

Augustus

• Commissioned Aeneid

• Founder of Roman Empire

• Expanded Empire

• 2nd Triumvirate

Aeneas

• Hero of Aeneid

• Represents Augustus

• Son of Anchises & Aphrodite (Venus)

Anchises

• Father of Aeneas

• Lover of Venus

• Carried out of burning Troy after omens

Ascanius

• Son of Aeneas

• Carried out of troy

• King of Alba Longa

• Ancestor of Julius Caesar

Creusa

• Wife of Aeneas

• Left behind in Troy

• Shadow gives Aeneas a prophecy of home in Italy and new wife

Trojan Horse

• Used to Enter Troy and win the war

• Mostly detailed in the Aeneid

• Laocoon knew, but died

Dido

• Queen and founder of Carthage

• Fell in love with Aeneas

• Committed suicide when Aeneas left

Nisus & Euryalus

• stealth and prowess as warriors for Aeneas

• die together

• erotic relationship

Ilioneus

• Eldest Trojan survivor, right hand man

• 1st to speak to Dido and ask for hospitality

• His ship sank in the opening storm

Andromache

• Princess of Troy

• Wife of Hector

• Son is to be throw from city wall

Helenus

• Son of Priam and Hecuba

• Gentle & Clever Seer

• Brother of Hector

• Prophecy of Aeneas founding Rome (Book 3)

Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus)

• Son of Achilles

• Brutal Killer (Priam, Polyxena, & Astyanax)

• Palladium to get him in war will win war

Latium

• The land where Aeneas is destined to colonize

• Founding of Rome

• Land of Latins

Latinus

• King of the Latins

• Husband of Amata, Father of Lavinia

• Will marry daughter to foreigner

Lavinia

• Wife of Aeneas

• Faunus (Latinus Father) prophesized marriage in dream

• Hair on fire is omen of war

Amata

• Wife of Latinus

• Wants Lavinia to marry Turnus

• Hides Lavinia and instigates war

• Hangs herself when Turnus dies

Turnus

• King of the Rutulians

• Promised the hand of Lavinia

• Juno enrages hi to fight war

• Kills Pallas

Juturna

• Sister of Turnus

• Returns him his dropped sword against Aeneas

• Leads him away from battle when he is outnumbered

Evander

• Founder of Pallantium

• Alter of Hercules to play for Cacus

• Aids the Trojans against Turnus

Pallas

• Son of Evander

• Fights with Aeneas

• Killed by Turnus

• 50 Slaughtered Bridegrooms belt

Mezentius

• Exiled Etruscan King

• Father of Lausus

• He dies getting revenge for dead son

• Wants to be buried with son

Lausus

• Son of Mezentius

• Dies taking the blow for father

• His death leave Aeneas in a state of grief