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THE AENEID (Key Episodes (BOOK 6, BOOK 7, BOOK 5, BOOK 8, BOOK 4, BOOK 9,…
THE AENEID
Key Episodes
BOOK 6
BOOK 7
BOOK 5
BOOK 8
BOOK 4
BOOK 9
BOOK 3
BOOK 10
BOOK 2
BOOK 11
BOOK 1
BOOK 12
Characters
Gods & Goddesses
CUPID:
ALLECTO:
AEOLUS:
VULCAN:
MERCURY:
TIBERNIUS:
NEPTUNE:
SATURN:
JUPITER:
MINERVA:
VENUS:
APOLLO:
JUNO:
Characters from the
Iliad
relevant to the
Aeneid
PARIS:
Trojan prince, son of Priam and Hecuba, brother of Hector, the handsomest of men
asked to judge which goddess is the most beautiful; Venus, Juno or Minerva
Venus wins because she promises Helen as his wife
this results in the permanent wrath of Juno against the Trojans
provokes the Trojan War by stealing Helen
HELEN:
the most beautiful of mortal women
wife of Menelaus
Paris' abduction of her to Troy sparked the Trojan War
ANDROMACHE:
Hector's wife, survives the Trojan war
meets Aeneas in his wanderings, tells her story and advises his course to Italy
MENELAUS:
a Greek king who wed Helen
made a pact with her other suitors to fight anyone who tried to steal her
when Paris took Helen, the pact was invoked and the Trojan War began
HECTOR:
greatest of the Trojan warriors; killed at Troy
can be viewed in some ways a parallel figure to Turnus, who also defends his native city to the death
AGAMEMNON:
king of Argos, a city in Greece
the leader of the Greek army at Troy
on his return from war, he is killed by his adulterous wife, Clytemnestra
ACHILLES:
greatest of the Greek warriors
killed Hector
tragic hero of the
Iliad
PRIAM:
the king of Troy
slain on an altar before Aeneas' eyes during the Greeks' sacking of Troy (told by Aeneas in his account to Dido (Book 2)
ULYSSES/ODYSSEUS:
the hero of Homer's Odyssey*, one of the captains of the Greek army that takes Troy
bears similarities to Aeneas in that he must make a long, treacherous voyage before he find home again
his whereabouts is referenced in the Aeneid to help situate Aeneas' wanderings in relation to Odysseus
PYRRHUS:
The son of Achilles; also called Neoptolemus
appears in Aeneas' account of the seige of Troy (Book 2; Lines 470 - 554)
brutally murdered Polites (son of King Priam) in front of him, before killing Priam on an altar
Mortals
LAVINIA:
AMATA:
LATINUS:
EVANDER:
CREUSA:
PALLAS:
ANCHISES:
DRANCES:
SINON:
CAMILLA:
ASCANIUS:
JUTURNA:
TURNUS:
DIDO:
ACHATES:
AENEAS: