aeneas saved many survivors of the attack of troy and led them and his family to freedom
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATEST EMPIRE THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
AENEAS:
Thesis
Aeneas saved many survivors of the attack of Troy and led them and his family to freedom.
Thesis Fulfilled his destiny to protect the land that would later become the monumental kingdom of Rome.
Roman Name
Pronunciation: ee-nee-uhs / ah-nay-iss
Means- “to praise”Roman- Aeneas (Day 138)
Known for…
Being a famous Trojan hero (Day 138)
• Leadership
• Devotion
• Trust
Known for…
He and his wife founding the city of Lavinium (Harmon N/A)
13 altars
Now the city of Pratica di Mare
His direct descendants built the mighty city of Rome (D’aulaire 186)
Known for…
Birth Myth
Anchises is his father (A Woman 180)
Aphrodite is his mother (A Woman 180)
Birth Myth
Zeus made Aphrodite fall in love with the mortal, Anchises (A Woman 180)
He was visited by his Father’s ghost (Aeneas. 107)
Other Myths
However, Aeneas needed further guidance (Aeneas. 107)
Other Myths He then set off to the Underworld with the prophetess Sibyl (Aeneas. 107)
Sibyl helped guide him (Aneas. 107)
Other Myths
Aeneas found his dad in Elysium (Aeneas. 107)
In the underworld, his dad takes him on a guided tour (Kroll-Zaidi N/A)
Other Myths
His father reveals “the great Roman race that will spring from his blood” (Kroll-Zaidi
N/A)
Other Myths
After consulting with his father, he comes back to the land of the living (Aeneas. 107)
Aeneas is now content on endearing a long war in Italy to secure the land
Other Myths
After leaving the burning city of Troy, Aeneas searched for a new home (McLellan N/A)
Other Myths
After seven years of looking, a storm blew them to Carthage (McLellan N/A)
Other Myths
Aphrodite became nervous of Queen Dido of Carthage (Aeneas
and Dido 184)
So, Aphrodite made Dido fall in love with him (Aeneas and Dido 184)
Dido “asks him to stay and reestablish Troy in Carthage” (McLellan
N/A)
Other Myths
Other Myths
A sorceress disguised as the god Mercury (Hermes) sends him a message (McLellan N/A)
Aeneas is told to resume his journey (McLellan N/A)
Other Myth
s
He tells Dido that under divine command he must leave (McLellan N/A)
“She accuses him of hypocrisy” (McLellan N/A)
Other Myth
s
He changes his mind, but she is too heartbroken to accept his apology (McLellan N/A)
Aeneas then leaves and Dido commits suicide (McLellan N/A)
Relationships
His wife was Creusa (Day 138)
His son is Ascanius (Day 138)
His father was a Trojan Prince (Harmon N/A)
His Father is Anchises (Harmon N/A)
His wife died getting out
Became a legedary king of Latium
ancestor of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome (Harmon N/A)
Relationships
Relationships
Wed Princess Lavinia (Harmon N/A)
Turnus opposed the marriage and Aeneas killed him (Harmon N/A)
Allied to King Latinus of Latium (Bulfinch 221)
Relationships
Modern Day Relevance
He stars in Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” opera
Plot based on The Aeneid and shows the tragic story of Aeneas and Queen Dido
Modern Day Relevance
Aeneas Internet & Telephone
• Leadership
• Trust
"Yield not to disasters, but press onward the more bravely."
Symbol
Stay
s st
rong
Pushes through disasters
Provides safety
Conclusion
Aeneas saves survivors
Roman Name- Aeneas
His leadership to bring his people to safety
A tree
Secured the land that his descendants founded as Rome
Work cIted
Bolton, Lesley. “A Woman in Love.” The Everything Classical Mythology Book (2002):
Gary M. Krebs and Kate McBride ie. Avon, MA: Susan Beale and Michelle
Roy Kelly ie, 2002. 180-182. Print.Bolton, Lesley. “Aeneas.” The Everything Classical Mythology Book (2002): Gary M.
Krebs and Kate McBride ie. Avon, MA: Susan Beale and Michelle Roy Kelly
ie, 2002. 107. Print.Bolton, Lesley. “Aeneas and Dido.” The Everything Classical Mythology Book (2002): Gary
M. Krebs and Kate McBride ie. Avon, MA: Susan Beale and Michelle Roy
Kelly ie, 2002. 184. Print.Bulfinch, Thomas. Mythology. New York: Dell, 1959. 221. Print.D’aulaire, Ingri and Edger Parin. Book Of Greek Myths. United States, 1962. 186. Print.Day, Malcolm. 100 Characters From Classical Mythology. Hauppauge, NY, 2007. 138.
Print.Harman, Daniel P. “Aeneas.” World Book Advanced. World Book, 2011. Web. 7 Oct. 2011
<http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/home>.Kroll-Zaidi, Rafil. “Arms and the Poet.” Harper’s (Vol. 314, No. 1882). March 2007: 83-
88. SIRS Knowledge Source. Web. 11 Oct. 2011 <http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/>.McLellan, Joesph. “Dido and Aeneas.” The Washington Post. Apr. 6, 1995: Proquest. Web.
11 Oct. 2011. <http://search.proquest.com/index>.
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