The Aeneid

When the Greeks enter Troy (as a result of Ulysses' Wooden Horse trick) Aeneas at first attempts to organise a commando to repel the invaders.

But Hector (now dead) appears to Aeneas in a vision. Hector tells Aeneas that Troy must fall, and that Aeneas' role is to escape with his family and found a 'new Troy' (Rome) in Italy.

So Aeneas goes back to his mansion and collects his family (his father Anchises, his wife Creusa, and his son Ascanius). Aeneas then attempt to lead this small family group through the burning ruins of Troy to the beach (where they will later give the Greek armies the slip and sail away in twenty salvaged ships).

But while walking through the burning town. Aeneas loses touch with Creusa - and she dies in the flames.

Creusa later appears to Aeneas in a vision. She tells him to continue his quest to Italy where he will found a great empire.

he defeated italy & saved latins

The beautiful queen of Carthage who falls in love with Aeneas.

she is merely a prize in the book. she has no value whatsoever, Virgil portrays Lavinia as a prize a warrior will get if the do good in war.

Its this place and stuff where people like do stuff and get somewhere and stuff like that.

a fan, she jumped into it and chopped her head off

because Augustus hoped it would stir feelings of Rome everywhere.

Dido

She predicts his journey to Hesperia, Italy and future marriage to another. She asks that Aeneas take care of their child and vanishes. Aeneas tries three times to hold her, each time failing to grasp her wraith.

Aeneas met his father in Elysian Fields, attempted to embrace him 3 times, but could not because his fathers "shade" was to thin to be embraced.

Yes, Odin.

So Sinfjotli drank, and straightway fell down dead to the ground.

Sigmund rose up, and sorrowed nigh to death over him; then he took the corpse in his arms and fared away to the wood, and went till he came to a certain firth; and then he saw a man in a little boat; and that man asked if he would be wafted by him over the firth, and he said yes thereto; but so little was the boat, that they might not all go in it at once, so the corpse was first laid therein, while Sigmund went by the firth-side. But therewith the boat and the man therein vanished away from before Sigmund's eyes.

Source: The Story of the Volsungs, translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson

The adjective that Vergil keeps applying to Aeneas is "pius."

"Pius" is almost the same as our modern word "pious," but it means more than that.

Virgil seems to be saying that Aeneas is so successful because he follows the will of the gods without question. (This is particularly true when Aeneas abandons the woman he loves - Dido - because he had a dream that reminded him that founding Rome is his destiny.)

Aeneas always does exactly what the gods tell him to, no matter how wrong it may seem to him (or to us).

The Greek gods told Aeneas to leave the battle with his family. While running away his wife was captured and killed by persueing soldiers

Etna

The Greeks attack Troy.

He was a prince of Dardania.

Turnus

the gods

(LOL)

it was Aeneas. can tell due to his closely related name

Aeneas's biggest fault is his struggle with balancing personal desires and his duty as a leader and hero. His deep sense of duty often leads him to make difficult decisions, such as abandoning Dido, which results in tragic consequences. This conflict between his personal emotions and his responsibilities highlights the tension between individual desires and fate in his journey. Ultimately, his adherence to fate, while noble, can also be seen as a tragic flaw that causes pain for himself and others.

Aeneas was very mindful of his duty to the gods. He was told by Hector in a dream that Troy would fall, and he should leave the city with the gods of the city immediately so that he could found a new city for them. While his first reaction to the danger to his city was to fight, he eventually saw that his duty to his gods was more important and left his burning home behind.

This is an example of furor and pietas, furor being the indulgence in his emotions when he was fighting, and pietas being the duty he showed to his gods and family when he left the city. There are many examples of his showing these qualities, and the pietas (pious) emotions usually win over Aeneas eventually.

Basically, much of Aeneas' troubles were due to the gods, but he was not adverse to fulfilling his duty, as this was his way of leading his people to a new prosperous life and continuing his divine heritage.

Its imprtant because