The Adventures of Aeneas
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Aeneas
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The son of Venus
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On the Trojan side, he was the second hero only to Hector
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one of the few Trojans who were not killed in battle or enslaved when Troy
fell.
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Escape from Troy with his mother’s help after the ruin of the city
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The real founder of Rome
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Aeneas’s adventure – from Troy to Italy
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Was told in a dream that the place for them is Italy
Got a prophetic warning from Helenus, the new husband of Andromache
Met troubles in Sicily because of Juno, who hated all Trojans
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Arrived in Carthage and had fair with Dido
Aeneas and Dido
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Carthage – was founded by Dido
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Aeneas told Dido about the fall of Troy
Dido fell in love with Aeneas
Dido made Carthaginians treat Aeneas a ruler
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Aeneas left and Dido killed herself
Aeneas’s adventures – a descent into the lower world
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Went to the underworld to learn more future from his father Anchises
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Taking a golden bough growing on a tree – with this in hand, Aeneas can
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go to the underworld
The ferryman Charon and Aeneas
Saw Dido in the underworld unexpectedly
Aeneas’s adventure – the war in Italy
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Soon after arriving in Italy, Aeneas made war against the city of Falerii.
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Latinus, king of the Latins, welcomed Aeneas's army of exiled Trojans and
let them reorganize their life in Latium. And Latinus married his daughter
Lavinia to Aeneas
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Married Lavinia and founded the Roman Race