Aeneid

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Aeneid

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Author: Virgil. Date: 19 B.C. Roman epic, tells the story of the foundation of the roman empire by Aeneas, the Trojan who fled a burning Troy to sail west to Italy.

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A Tale of 4 Peoples

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Troy: Ilium, Dardania, Teucrian.
Greece: Argive, Danaan, Achaean, Myrmidonian.
Carthage: Tyrian, Sidonian, Phoenician, Libyan.
Rome/Italy: Lavinian, Latium, Ausonian. Romans claimed descent from Trojans.

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Iliad Characters

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Priam, Hector, Hecuba, Aeneas

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Achates

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A good friend of Aeneas

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Aeneas

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Hero, a brave Trojan who gathers up his defeated people and sails west to found an empire. Settles in a region in Italy where his descendants will establish ROme. He is consider the founder of the ROman empire.

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Anchises

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The aged, lame father of Aeneas. Anchises fathered Aeneas with the goddess Venus; Anchises is lame/injured as a result of the union with the goddess.

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Anna

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Sister of Dido

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Ascanius

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Iulus; the young son of Aeneas and Creusa

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Creusa

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First wife of Aeneas, died in the burning of Troy

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Dido

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Beautiful queen of Carthage. Fled from the region of Tyre after her brother Pygmalion killed her husband Sychaeus. Dido falls in love with Aeneas when he is shipwrecked there on his way to Italy.

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Laocoon

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Trojan, priest of Netune, counseled the Trojans not to accept the Trojan Horse into the walls of Troy. Pays a terrible price for his advice

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Lavinia

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Nativie Italian girl whom Aeneas is destined to marry but whom Turnus claims, with some justification.

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Neoptolemus

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Pyrrhus; Son of Achilles, has all his brutality without his potential for humanity

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Pallas

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Young boy entrusted to Aeneas for friendship and protection.

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Sinon

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Crafty Greek who is left as a "plant" to give Trojans false information about the Trojan Horse.

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Turnus

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Aeneas' great rival, a native Italian who does not want Aeneas and his Trojans to settle in Italy. Turnus and Aeneas battle over the hand of Lavinia--who had been betrothed to Turnus until Aeneas showed up.

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Zeus

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Roman name: Jupiter or Jove. Supreme God. Son of Cronus

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Hera

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Roman name: Juno. Marriage; queen of gods. Pro-Greek.

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(Pallas) Athena

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Roman name: Minerva. Wisdom. Pro-Greek.

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Poseidon

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Roman name: Neptune. Sea. Pro-Greek. Helped built the walls of troy but was stiffed for payment, so became anti-Trojan and pro-Greek.

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(Phoebus) Apollo

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Roman name: (Phoebus) Apollo. Sun; light; song; health. Pro-Trojan. Apollo and his sister Diana are deadly archers.

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Aphrodite

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Roman name: Venus. Love and sex. Pro-Trojan.

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Ares

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Roman name: Mars. War. Pro-Trojan.

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Artemis

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Roman name: Diana. Hunting. Pro-Trojan.

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Hermes

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Roman name: Mercury. Messenger; guide; psychopomp.

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Hephaestus

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Roman name: Vulcan. Fire; the lame smith of the gods; armorer. Married to Aphrodite.

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Hades

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Roman name: Pluto. God of the dead; king of the underworld.

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Persephone

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Roman name: Proserpina. Queen of the underworld.