Omens and Prophecies in the aeneid

What prophecy does jupiter say in book 1?

That aeneas and his descendants will found an empire without limits

What prophecy does hektor say in book 2?

He must escape from these flames and look for a great city

What omen happens to ascanius in book 2?

His hair gets set set on fire and their is thunder

What prophecy does creusa say in book 2?

Before you lies a long exile, but there prosperity is waiting for you and a kingdom and a royal bride

What prophecy does polydorus say in book 3?

He warns them to leave thrace

What prophecy does apollo give at the end of book 3?

To go to the land of the founder of troy

Which of apollos prophecies do the penates deliver in book 3?

That they need to go to italy

What does anchises say about cassandras prophecy in book 3?

That she used to foretell the kingdoms of italy

What does celeano say about the trojans in book 3?

They wont found their city until a deadly famine comes upon them and they gnaw around the edges of your tables

What are helenus' prophesies in book 3?

How to avoid the monsters at sea, consult the sybil, and appease juno with sacrifices like the white sow

What happens at anchises' altar?

A snake slithers from under the shrine

WHat omen happens to laocoon in book 2?

He gets killed by sea serpents

What makes anchises think war awaits them in book 3?

Because of the omen of four white horses (a roman triumph)

What happens to didos offerings in book 4?

The milk goes black and the wine turns to gore

How is dido's prophecy significant?

It places the blame of a centuries long feud between the carthaginians and romans as aeneas' fault

What is neptunes prophecy at the end of book 5?

Only one... life will be given for many

What does the sybil say awaits the trojans in lavinium?

a thybris foaming with torrents of blood, a second achilles already born in latium, cause of all this trojan suffering will be a foreign bride

What is the golden bough and how does aeneas find it?

Sybil says you must pick the golden foliage before going to the underworld, and he is led there by venus' doves

WHat does anchises say in book 6

The parade of heroes, praises brutus

What omens appear to warn latinus of the coming war?

A cloud of bees, lavinias hair catches on fire

How does aeneas realise they have reached their home in italy?

They start eating the bread they used as plates and jupiter thundered

Why does Latinus receive Aeneas and his men so hospitably?

Because it was prophecised that aeneas would marry his daughter and lift him up

What does juno do in book 7?

open the gates of war

What is the etrurian prophecy in book 8?

The etruscan leaders will come from across the seas not the italians

Why is the shield significant?

Attempts to reframe the civil war as a war against the east (marshall)

What does turnus say in book 9 fulfilling the sybils prophecy?

You will soon be able to tell priam that here too you found an achilles

What happens when aeneas reaches the battle in book 10?

On his head blazed a tongue of fire, flames poured from his head, and his shield belched great streams of fire

What does jupiter say in his final prophecy?

The trojans will join the latins in body only, they will keep the language and the offspring will be above all men, paying you honour