Aeneas and his men arrive ashore in
Carthage
They are happy to be alive
But only 7 out of 20 ships are there
Achates starts a fire on the beach
Trojans collect grain and
utensils from their boats
Aeneas climbs a rock to see the view
of the sea & see his missing boats
Aeneas sees stags grazing
Aeneas kills 7 stags for his men
Aeneas motivates his men
“such were the words he spoke, but
he was sick at heart”
The trojans lay on the grass and
enjoyed their food and drink
Jupiter looks down from the sky
Mt olympus
carthage
Venus approaches Jupiter
Jupiter’s prophecy
Summary of what Jupiter replies when Venus
asks him what is happening to her son,
Aeneas.

Don’t worry. It will be okay, Aeneas will get there. I will not change
my mind.

I will tell you about some of the other things that will happen in
the future .

Aeneas will fight and win a battle when he first arrives in Italy

He will set up a walled city in Latium and rule there for 3 years it
will be called Lavinium

His son, Ascanius/Iulus, will rule well for 30 years. He will move
the seat of power from Lavinium to Alba Longa

Descendants of Aeneas and Ascanuis/Iulus will rule as kings for
300 years

A priestess from royal blood, called Ilia, will have twin boys by
Mars. They will be brought up by a wolf. One, Romulus, will
build the walled city of Rome (named after himself)

Rome will become a powerful city and the centre of a great
empire – the known world

The Romans will wear togas (tunics)


A Roman Emperor, descended from the Trojans, called Julius
Caesar will have a son Augustus will be very powerful and
conquer a east and will be worshipped as a god
Rome will no longer be a warlike nation/Empire it will be
peaceful and prosperous
Notes..

The reference to Mars, Romulus and Remus, and the
toga are meant to arouse pride in Rome’s legends
and customs

The reference to Augustus’ reign is established as
being the will of Jupiter and fate
People who Jupiter refers to
jupiter
priam
hecuba
hector
deiphobus
venus
paris
creusa
polites
laocoon
juno
anchises
Aeneas (lavinium)
Ascanius/iulus (alba longa)
cassandra
ilia
mars
romulus
a’s dad
virgil
augustus mum
augustus
30-19 BC
caesar
750 BC
1250 BC
Mercury visits queen dido
carthage
Aeneas and Achates explore the new
area
Venus approaches aeneas and
achates as a huntress
Venus tells aeneas the story of dido
tyre
tyre
dido
sychaeus
Venus tells how pygmalion killed
sychaeus
sychaeus
pygmalion
Venus tells how dido found out the
truth about her husbands death
Dido leaves tyre in search of a new
home
Aeneas realises that the hunting
maiden is his mother
Venus puts achates and aeneas in a
mist
Aeneas and achates see carthage
being built. The carthaginians are
busy like bees
Aeneas sees the temple to juno with
images of the trojan war on it
Aeneas sees queen Dido
Ilioneus approaches Dido while Aeneas and Achates
watch behind the comfort of their mist
Aeneas introduces himself to dido,
and is made to look extra handsome
with Venus’ help
Aeneas sends Achates back to the
boats to collect Ascanius and some
gifts
Venus organises cupid and Ascanius
to swap places
Cupid, disguised as Ascanius makes
Dido fall in love
Dido, at the banquet asks Aeneas to
tell his story of troy..
End of Book 1
Your tasks:
 Complete your sheet of questions from book 1
 Write a summary of Aeneas’ character in book 1
listing each event that happens and how he
reacts to it –whether he is brave or heroic/ sad/
showing pietas or furor
 Summarise the role of the gods in book 1