AENEAS' FLIGHT FROM TROY

VIRGIL'S AENEID

• Was a 12 book series
• The first six talk about Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy
• The series was published in 19 B. C.
• Source: sparknotes.com

AENEAS' FLIGHT FROM TROY

• The Trojan fleet was in the Meditterainian, heading to Italy
• He fled from the burning city of Troy while carrying his father on his shoulder
• His first wife was Creusa, his mother was Aphrodite, and he had a son
• named Ascanius.
• Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/barocci/aeneas/

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AENEAS' ADVENTURES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

• Aeneas meet Queen Dido and they fall in love
• Aeneas has to leave to continue on his journey
• She is heart broken and she ends up killing herself
• Source: sparknotes.com

Aeneas' immigration to Italy

• He Befriended King Latinus
• He married King Latinus' daughter, Amata.
• This marriage start the war against the Italians.

The war against the Italians

• Started because Aeneas married Amata.
• Amata was supposed to marry Turnus, a local suitor.
• Turnus starts the war.
• After one day the two sides truce to bury the dead
• and to discuss if they should continue fighting or not.

The war against the Italians (continued)

• They decided to let Aeneas and Turnus fight it out by
• themselves.
• Aeneas ends up killing Turnus.
• Source: Britannica.com

Founding of a new city

• Aeneas became the founder of Roman culture
• He was noted a great Roman hero and
• ancestor of all Romans.