Ryan Hoyt, Jared Novitski, Nicholas Shelley, & Troy Shurites
Characters
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King Latinus- King of the Latins, allows
Aeneas into his Kingdom and he wants
him to be the husband to his daughter
Lavinia. Does not enforce his authority
among his people, he lets them run over
him. He does not want to go to war with
the Trojans, but his people want to and
he lets them.
Characters (con’t)
Lavinia- Is the daughter of Latinus and
she is to either marry Turnus or Aeneas.
 Turnus- Ruler of the Rutulians in Italy,
was supposed to marry Lavinia, is the
Antagonist to Aeneas.
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Summary
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The Trojans are sailing up the coast of Italy and finally reach the
opening of theTiber River, close to the city of Latium. Virgil then describes
the current political situation of Latium. The ruler of this land, King Latinus,
had a single daughter named Lavinia, who is pursued by the great warrior
Turnus. Lord Turnus seems to be the most suitable man for Lavinia at the
time. Latinus is then worried by a prophets’ prediction that an outside army
will vanquish his kingdom and goes to talk to the Oracle of Faunus. He is
then told his daughter should take an outsiders hand in marriage rather than
a Latins.
While this is going on, Aeneas and his captains are eating on the
beach, with fruit spread out on flat, hard loaves of bread. After eating the
fruit they are still not satisfied so, they eat the tables of bread. Aeneas then
realizes that him and his crew have reached their promised land. The next
day he sends some of his men to King Latinus, to ask for a share of land to
create a new city. Latinus agrees and besides giving Aeneas land he also
gives him his daughter’s hand in marriage, to avoid the prophecy. In doing
this, Latinus realizes that the Trojans will one day take over, but still believes
that it is better than resisting destiny.
Summary (con’t)
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Juno, however, was still furious at the Trojans. Since she was unable to
keep the Trojans from Italian shores, she vows to cause them more suffering
and slower the creation of their city. To do this she summons the Fury, Allecto,
to Latium to rouse anger against the Trojans. Allecto does this by, first infecting
Queen Amata, Latinus’ wife, causing her to object the marriage of Lavinia and
Aeneas. Then Allecto approaches Turnus and inflames him with indignation at
the idea of not being with Lavinia and also submitting to a Trojan King.
Turnus then assembles his army and begins to make preperations to take
out the Trojans. Shepherds are the first to take up arms. As a result of Juno’s
meddling, Iulus wounds a stag while on a hunt in the woods. This stag happens
to be a favorite pet of Latinus’ herdsman. The stag eventually made it back to
its master where it died. When the herdsman see this they immediately set
out to find the hunter. Luckily Iulus was saved by his fellow comrades. There
are many Latins slain in a short battle between the Trojans and the herdsman.
After the battle the herdsman show Latinus all of the dead Latins, begging him
to launch an all out assault on the Trojans. Latinus did not want to engage in
combat, but everyone else in the court did. As a result of this, he retreats to
his chamber, feeling unable to stop what the gods had started. Turnus then
unleashes a great army, led by the best warriors of Italy, and marches onward
toward the Trojans.
Interventions
Juno - Juno intervenes by sending
Allecto the fury, to poison Queen Amata.
 Juno - Juno then sends Allecto to make
Iulus kill the beautiful stag that the
Latin's cherish.
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Most Important Event
The most important
event is when the Trojan
Iulus killed the stag that
the Latin’s treasured
from its birth. The stag
was captured as a baby
and then it grew up to
be the most beautiful
stag ever. The Latins
decorated it with flowers
and they groomed him
to make him look
perfect. The fury Allecto
made Iulus want to kill
the beautiful stag.
This shocked the Latins
and made them want to
fight the Trojans. We
chose this event
because it made the
locals reject the Trojans
and it made them want
to go to war with the
Trojans.
Quotes
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Speaker: Iulus Speaking to: comrades
“Look here, we are eating our tables.”
This quote lets the Trojans realize that
they have reached the place where they
will stay and live. They know this because
Iulus’ father says that his father said that
when he reaches a land and he is so
hungry that he is eating his table he can
hope for a home at that place. This shows
that the Trojans have reached their home.
Quotes (con’t)
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Speaker: Juno Speaking to: Herself
“Detestable race! O loathsome Phrygian destiny At
odds with mine! Could they fall on the plains of
Sigeum? Escape the sprung trap? Be burned to
death in Troy? No! No! They found a way through the
thick of the battle….”
This quote shows Juno’s fiery hatred for the
Trojans. This also explains why Juno does all the
things she can to hurt the Trojans. This quote is
important because it causes Juno to call upon Allecto
from the dark of hell. Allecto causes all the problems
between the Trojans and the Latins and causes the
Latins to want to fight the Trojans.
Quotes (con’t)
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Speaker: Latinus Spoken to: His people
“Alas, we are broken by our fate! We are
borne upon the whirlwind! O my people,
you shall pay for this sacrilege with your
blood! You, Turnus, you the wickedness of
your deed shall overtake your and its dread
punishment too late will you offer vows to
the gods, too late! I am you old myself, I go
to my rest; and all I am bereft of on the
threshold of death is a peaceful burial.
Quotes (con’t)
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This quote says that Latinus’ people will
pay for the decision they made by death
and that he will not have a peaceful
burial. Also that they should have had
listen to their king and followed with him.
Latinus also says Turnus has chosen
how he will die. This shows a
foreshadow of the Trojans winning the
battle and the Latins losing.
Figurative Language
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“He stayed immovable as a rock, as a
sea-rock The breakers ceaselessly
batter yet it holds Solid and Stolid for all
the snarl of the seas.”
Simile
“With a hiss of serpents spread her
wings and flew to her home in Cocytus. ”
Onomonopiea
“Their arms are tapered clubs.”
Metaphor
Figurative Language (con’t)
“He, Like a steady rock amid the sea,
resists-a rock that, when the breakers
crash, holds fast through its great mass
while many wives howl against it;”
 Simile
 “The white moon lit their ways and the
sea sparkled in her quivering rays.”
 Personification
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Symbols
Symbolism- representing things by
symbols, or of investing things with a
symbolic meaning or character.
 Snake- The snake is a symbol of evil.
 Beautiful Stag- The stag shows the pride
in the Latin's. Also it shows that the
Latins valued perfection and beauty.
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Epic Conventions
Speeches – Juno had a very long speech
about how she hates the Trojans.
 Gods/Goddesses- Juno interferes with the
story by sending Allecto to poison Latinus’
wife and make her oppose the marriage of
Aenaes and Lavinia.
 Epithets: Circe- The daughter of the sun
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Jupiter- Almighty Jove
Jupiter- Almighty Father
Foreshadows
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“Seek not a Latin marriage for your daughter! Put no faith,
my son, in these present proposals! Strangers shall come to
commingle our blood and being our kindred shall bear our
name to the stars, and our descendents rule all the peoples
of the turning world from sunrise to sunset!”
(Juno) – “I cannot ban Aeneas from the throne – Let that be
so- Nor can I stop Lavinia from marrying him, her fate is
immutably fixed, But it is in my power to put a spoke In the
wheel of these great affairs, to check and hinder.”- This says
that Aeneas will marry Lavinia and he will take the throne
and Juno cannot stop that but she will try to slow the process
down
Class Discussion
If you were Latinus and you had to make a
decision like he did, would you have done
what he did and gone to war like his people
wanted to or would you have stood strong
and stuck with your choice?