The Aeneid

so people will know how Rome started and because Augustus knew that Virgil was very capable, being fantastic at poetry. Hope that helped!!!:)

In Book II of the Aeneid the Trojans notice that the Greek ships have gone from the beach in front of Troy. In fact the Greeks have only moved their navy around the headland to Tenedos - but the Trojans don't know this. (Vergil makes it clear that the Trojans are ready to believe that the Greeks are gone, because that is what they want to believe).

The Trojans leave the city and walk around the abandoned Greek camp. They find the Wooden Horse, and they capture Sinon - a Greek warrior who claims to have deserted the Greek army.

Sinon confirms that the Greeks have abandoned the siege - but he is a carefully planted spy. (Sinon will later be the one who opens the horse once it is within Troy's walls).

Laocoon begs the other Trojans to see the wooden horse as an enemy to the Trojans, asking them if wily Ulysses (Odysseus) would really just leave their shores without an attempt to sack the city. Sinon, a member of the Greeks recently captured in Trojan hands claims the horse is really a monument to Minerva. When Laocoon throws his spear at the wooden horse, he therefore is interpreted as "angering" Minerva, who then sends twin serpents to kill Laocoon's two sons and finally himself. The rest of the Trojans, not wanting to anger Minerva, drag the horse into their city, sealing their fate and allowing the city to be sacked that same mnight.

No one. He is invulnerable to fire or iron.

The Odyssey.

The Aeneid was written by Virgil sometime between 29 BCE and 19 BCE. It wasn't a new story as Aeneas was already a known character from the Illiad and disconnected tales. Virgil put them together into an epic tale.

really not a race but a city...rome(Romans so i guess it was a race lol)

In the first few dozen lines of the Aeneid Vergil reminds us that Fate has decreed that Aeneas will travel to Italy and found a city which will eventually give rise to Rome.

progeniem sed enim troiano a sanguine duci

audierat, tyrias olim quae verteret arces;

hinc populum late regem belloque superbum

venturum excidio libyae: sic volvere parcas.

(but she had heard that a race was rising from Trojan blood which would one day topple Carthage' citadel; that from this race would arise a boundless kingdom, proud warriors who would one day undo Africa - that was how destiny worked).

Juno doesn't like this idea, nor does Aeneas (not when he is with Dido). But you have to accept your destiny - that is the message of this poem.

Sinon -a Greek spy posing as a deserter - tells the Trojans that the Wooden Horse is a magical object which will exert its power against Troy if left on the beach, but which can be turned to direct its black magic against Sparta and Mycenae (the two Greek cities behind the raid on Troy) if brought inside the city walls.

Like many ancient cities Troy had magical walls. When the horse is brought through the gates it chips the city wall with its head (it has been deliberately made tall enough to do so). This breaks the magical ring around the city, and Troy is ready to fall.

(But Aeneas will rescue the Palladium - the holy relic which contains Troy's 'soul' - and take it to Italy, where it will be reborn as a new Troy in the form of Rome).

He may not have been told by anyone to write the Aeneid. It was, however, Emperor Augustus who ordered it to be published.

The main character in the Aeneid is Aeneas. Aeneas' name seems to mean 'Man of Bronze' - the myth may be about the arrival of Bronze smelting technology in prehistoric Italy.

At the opening of Book I of the Aeneid Juno causes a storm to hinder the Trojan fleet as it sails toward Italy.

The storm forces seven of the ships to take shelter on the north African coast.

As the Trojans move off the beach they discover that they are near the recently established city of Carthage. The Queen of Carthage - Dido - welcomes the refugees.

After the women burn the ships only four remain in repairable state. This is why Aeneas has to leave the old, the infirm, and the women on Sicily. (Leaving the women behind on Sicily is necessary to the story, since it makes it obligatory for the Trojans to marry local girls when the get to Lavinum later on).

But there is a problem with the story at this point. Four ships were raced earlier in this section, as part of the games to commemorate the first anniversary of Anchises' death. One of the ships was badly damaged in the race, but there seems no obvious way of explaining how the other three got back to the main berth (on the beach) so that the women could burn them.

If Vergil had lived long enough to complete the poem, he might have rectified minor conundrums like this one.

In ancient epic poems each hero has a characteristic adjective (sometimes more than one) which tells you what his special characteristic is.

Achilles is 'dios': 'godlike' or 'superhuman'.

Odysseus is 'polumekhanos', 'clever' or 'wily'.

Aeneas is 'pius', 'pious' or 'godfearing'.

Aeneas' special strength as a hero is always to submit his personal wishes to the Fate which has been assigned him (as the founder of Rome). This was an important message for the new Imperial state: 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.'.

Aeneas follows his fate throughout Book I, and in all the other books.

The hero of the Aeneid is Aeneas - a Trojan prince. His name appears to mean 'The Bronze Man'.

What happened on Aeneas jouney to the underworld?

The Aeneid details the voyage of Aeneas as he flees his home city Troy after the Trojan war. Aeneas is travelling to Italy where he is destined to found Rome. The Aeneid tells of his trials while traveling.

The Aeneid was written as an explanation as to how the people of the Roman Empire had come to settle in Italy. It tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan who, according to legend, became the ancestor of the Romans. Virgil, the author of the epic poem, cleverly created family ties from Aeneas to Augustus (emperor and Virgil's patron) to make the story more interesting and important to the people of the Roman Empire.

As an immortal god, Poseidon possesses vast strength and endurance. His physical capabilities are superior to those of the majority of Olympian gods. He has virtually inexhaustible stamina, and does not tire appreciably after any exertion. Like all Olympians, Poseidon is immortal, possessing a life essence that can not be ended by any conventional means. He can be wounded in battle, but his godly life force gives him incredible recuperative abilities. He can fully recover from penetration wounds (such as by knife, sword, or bullet) in anywhere from minutes to hours, depending on their severity. Only an injury of such magnitude that it incinerates him or disperses a major portion of his bodily molecules could cause him physical death. Poseidon commands all the power of the seas, enabling him to manipulate everything from weather patterns, to whirlpools and ocean currents, to sea vegetation. He also uses his trident to fire powerful energy blasts.

In Book 4 of the Aeneid, Anna is Dido's sister and confidante. She tries to comfort Dido after Aeneas leaves Carthage, but ultimately she cannot prevent her sister from taking her own life out of heartbreak.

Aeneas is the son of the Trojan Anchises and the Goddess of Love, Venus.

how was the character aeneas an ideal roman