![]() ![]() He heartens his men and they feast, saddened bythe apparent loss of thirteen of their twenty ships.Ģ23-96 Venus compalins to Jupiter that the promise of Aeneas' destinyis not being fulfilled. Aeneas reconnoitres,and shoots seven stags. The ships are buffeted, and that of Orontes sinks.ġ24-156 Neptune intervenes, angrily rebukes the winds, and calms thestorm.ġ57-222 The Trojans land in Africa after the storm. Heagrees to do so.Ĩ1-123 Aeolus causes the storm to begin Aeneas is panic-stricken, andprays for death. She goes to Aeolus, kingof the winds, and urges him to stir up a storm and wreck the Trojans. So greata task it was to found the Roman race.ģ4-80 As the Trojans are sailing from Sicily on the last stage of theirvoyage to Italy Juno intervenes to stop them. In single combat,Aeneas kills Turnus.ġ-33 Vergil's statement of the theme of the poem is followed by theinvocation to the Muse and by the mention of Carthage, Juno's beloved city.In her fear for Carthage and her hatred of the Trojans she has for longyears kept the Trojans away from their promised home in Latium. Book 12: Single combat arranged, but treacheryprovokes a general engagement.Diomedes' refusal.Council: Drances abuses Turnus. Book 9: Turnus attacks the Trojan camp.Book 8: Aeneas secures the help of Evander andthe Etruscans.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 fromTroy.Book 1: Aeneas encounters a storm and is castashore at Carthage.If you'dlike to print a copy, follow this link for a version in smaller type ![]()
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