Aeneas, goingout to discover the country, meets his mother in the shape of a huntress,who conveys him in a cloud to Carthage, where he sees his friends whomhe thought lost, and receives a kind entertainment from the queen. Jupiter comforts her, and sends Mercuryto procure him a kind reception among the Carthaginians. Venus complainsto Jupiter of her son's misfortunes. Aeneas, withhis own ship, and six more, arrives safe at an African port. Neptune drives off the winds, and calms the sea. The tempest sinks one ship, and scattersthe rest. Apollo is still Apollo, but often (as also in Homer) called 'Phoebus'Īlso, two heroes have important changes of name:īook 1 Aeneas encounters a stormand is cast ashore at Carthage.ĭryden's summary: The Trojans, after a seven years'voyage, set sail for Italy, but are overtaken by a dreadful storm, whichAeolus raises at Juno's request.

Minerva ~ Athena (also called 'Pallas' in both Greece and Rome).Venus ~ Aphrodite (Aeneas is son of Venus and Anchises).Thus we can produce atable of equivalences between the gods you're familiar with from Homer,and those who turn up in the Aeneid. They adopted most of the functions and characteristics, though usuallyhaving also some Roman flavor to their divinity. Roman Religion (curiously, to us!) took over wholesale many of the Greekgods. Book 12: Single combat arranged, but treachery provokesa general engagement.Book 9: Turnus attacks the Trojan camp.Book 8: Aeneas secures the help of Evander and theEtruscans.Book 6: Aeneas with the Sibyl at Cumae.Book 3: The wanderings of Aeneas: Harpies, meetingwith Helenus.Book 2: The hero tells Dido of his escape from Troy.Book 1: Aeneas encounters a storm and is cast ashoreat Carthage.

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