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The Trojans spent countless years searching for a new home, and finally found Italia. Due to a much earlier grudge, Juno stirs up trouble and plunges the Trojans and Latins into war. The fact that the Trojans are initially peaceful, that King Latinus wishes to ally with the Trojans, and that the rulers who fight the Trojans are tyrants, justifies the Aeneid War. First, the Trojans have not intentionally provoked the rulers of the cities of Italia. When the Trojans arrive, they declare peace and

affairs in Latium • Latinus’ daughter Lavinia is pursued by many suitors, Turnus looks best but the oracle tells him that she should marry a foreigner (Aeneas) • Aeneas and his men eat all their fruit and bread, then they send emissaries to Latinus who grants them land and offers Lavinia’s hand to Aeneas (thus abiding by destiny) • Juno dispatches Allecto, one of the Furies, to Latium to rouse anger on the part of the natives against the Trojans • Allecto goes into Queen Amata, Latinus’ wife, causing

Throughout Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas is often confronted with situations where he must sacrifice his personal happiness in order to ensure the future of the shattered Trojan community. Aeneas’ persistent adherence to his own destiny, along with his unceasing concern for the welfare of his Trojan people, defines his sense of duty throughout his journeys. Driven constantly by intense passion and deep emotion, Aeneas fortifies his sense of duty and fraternal love for his fellow Trojans and allies, but

Virgil makes it clear throughout the Aeneid that Italy is a crucial location for Aeneas to visit on his Odyssean-like adventure through omens, prophesy and discussions with the Gods. As the Aeneid was written to honour Augustus, any reader of it would know that Italy is in fact the future site of Rome and therefore Virgil must show its importance to Aeneas and his future descendants. Previous to Book 7, the land of Italy, or Latium, is referred to many times by many different characters of the Aeneid

beneficial light. In Book 12 Aeneas was fated to marry Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus of Latium. By marrying Lavinia Aeneas would be in alliance with Latinus, conquering Latium to further the founding of Rome. Aeneas explains this alliance with the following: “May both nations, undefeated, under equal laws, / march together toward an eternal pact of peace. / I shall bestow the gods and their sacred rites. / My father-in-law Latinus will retain his armies, / my father-in-law, his power, his rightful rule

The Aeneid by Virgil is a poem that explains the trip that Aeneas took in order to establish a new empire. Aeneas is a Trojan and was destined by the gods to go out and look for the land that would later become Rome. In order to found that land he had to give up many of his personal benefits. He also goes through a series of challenges through out the trip that were mainly caused by Juno, the queen of the gods. Through out his poem Virgil uses hyperboles and an emphasis on certain words to help

Aeneas was a Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology. He was the son of Aphrodite and the prince Anchises. He is also believed to be a descendant of Remus and Romulus in Roman Mythology. His story starts when Zeus wanted to take revenge on Aphrodite for making all the gods fall in love with mortal women. As a punishment, Zeus made her fall in love with Anchises. In some versions of the story Aphrodite stumbles upon Anchises while traveling or appears before him. Whichever version it is, Anchises

victim?  The Aeneid by Virgil is a classic poem that describes the way the Trojans survived after the Greeks invaded and destroyed their hometown, Troy. The Poem explains the Trojans movements and how they found the city of Rome that was ruled by King Latinus at the time. The King at the time was happy to open his arms to the Trojans, as he believed in a prophecy that stated that it was meant to be that his daughter had to get married to a foreigner. It only made sense for the King to welcome the Trojans

Part One: Identification Choice A. Judgment of Paris As retribution for having been slighted by the other gods, Eris, the goddess of strife, created a golden apple with an inscription stating that it was meant for the most beautiful of all goddesses. Minerva, Juno, and Venus found the apple and argued over which of them was the loveliest and therefore should receive the apple. In the end, the three asked Paris, the prince of Troy, to resolve the dispute. Each goddess offered Paris a bribe to choose

where Aeneas meets his dead father who reveals Rome’s destiny to him. Book 7 which is now the second half, continues on to be an address to the muse and a recount of Aeneas’ arrival in Italy which also includes his betrothal to the daughter of King Latinus, Lavinia, who has already been promised to King of the Rutulians, Turnus who was roused to war by the Fury Allecto and Amata Lavinia’s mother. Book 8 then tell us about Aeneas’ alliance with King Evander who occupied future site of Rome and is also