By: Reilly Hicks, Brittany Krugh, and A.J. McDonald

From the poem “Aeneid” Poem written by Virgil Poem was a long poem about Aeneas Died while writing it It was… Written in about B.C.E. Organized in 12 books

Born on October 15 th, 70 B.C.E. In Northern Italy Was a Gaul Father was a prosperous land owner Became a roman citizen in 49 B.C.E. Roman poet Aeneid Unfinished, Virgil wrote 3 lines each day

Aeneas has a dream Says he must sail to Italy Get attacked by Harpies, they escape Helenus tells Aeneas where to land on Italy Juno learns Aeneas’s descendants will found a city and will destroy her favorite city, Carthage Giant storm sent by a god, Aeneas sent off course, Juno want Aeneas to love Dido

Venus helps Aeneas leave Dido, Dido dies Aeneas goes to underworld to see father Need to find Golden Bough Father tells Aeneas to make new home in Italy Latinus welcomes Aeneas to Italy Aeneas’s son kills popular horse among Latins b/c of Juno making Alecto break up marriage and makes Aneas’s son kill horse

Rutulians and Latins fight Trojans b/c of killed horse Aeneas tries to find allies (Etruscans) Huge offense from Turnus 2 people go over enemy lines to tell 1 is captured, other tries to save him, but both die Aeneas… and Turnus face off, Aeneas wins marries Lavinia Founds Roman People

Aeneas was destined to found Romans Was harder than it should have been b/c of Juno He did, even though Juno tried to stop Aeneas

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