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 * The Adventures of Aeneas **

“The Aeneid,” Virgil’s ancient Greek poem, is accredited with being the most reliable source of Aeneas’ account. It can be accesed here.


 * //Part One //: FROM TROY TO ITALY **
 * Aeneas fought for the Trojans.
 * His skill was only exceeded by that of Hector.
 * After the Greeks took control of Troy, Aeneas was able to flee with the help of his mother, accompanied by some Trojan troops.
 * During his journey, he had a dream in which he determined that his destiny was to settle in Hesperia (now known as Italy) and take his men with him.
 * The men all left from Crete.
 * Their first struggle was an encounter with the Harpies.
 * After fleeing this battle, the men come across Hector’s widow, Andromache. She has been enslaved by Achilles son since the end of the Trojan War. When he died, she married the Trojan prophet Helenus.
 * Helenus provides advice for Aeneas and his men about what route to take and where to land. He encourages them to land on the Western coast of Italy to avoid the Scylla and Charybdis.
 * They land on the island of the Cyclopes and meet a sailor Odysseus left behind.
 * The men are able to flee the island just as the Cyclopes Polyphemus is approaching their ship.
 * Juno gets the King of the winds, Aeolus, to send a great storm to prevent the men from reaching their destination.
 * The men end up near Carthage, the very place Juno did not want them to encounter.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Venus sends Cupid to make Dido, Carthage’s queen, fall in love with Aeneas.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas, much like Odysseus, spends a great deal of time in Carthage because he and his men love the attention and amenities of Carthage.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Jupiter becomes dissatisfied with Aeneas’ amount of time spent in Carthage and sends mercury to send Aeneas and his men on their way.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Dido commits suicide because she is so devastated by Aeneas’ departure.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Part Two //****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">: THE DESCENT INTO THE LOWER WORLD **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Just as Helenus had mentioned, Aeneas and his men find the cave of Sybil of Cumae. She was a woman with prophetic visions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">She says she must take Aeneas to the Underworld to speak with his deceased father, Anchises.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">In order to gain entrance to the Underworld, Aeneas must present a golden bough.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Venus leads Aeneas to the golden bough.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas enters the underworld, seeing many dead souls such as Dido.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">When they finally find his father in Elysian Fields, he speaks with them.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Anchises takes them to Lethe, the river of forgetfulness and shows them the future of Romans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">He also tells Aeneas how to build his home in Italy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas and Sibyl return to the surface and Aeneas continues his journey.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Part Three //****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">: THE WAR IN ITALY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas encounters Latinus, king of the Latins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Latinus plans to marry his daughter Lavinia to Aeneas.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Juno was not happy with the planned marriage, so she sent Alecto, one of the Furies, to convince Latinus’ wife to oppose the marriage.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Alecto also told the King of the Rutulians that Lavinia was going to marry Aeneas. This upset him because he was one of her suitors.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Alecto makes Ascanius, Aeneas’s son, kill a stag that was highly regarded by the Latins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">The Rutulians and the Latins joined forces to battle Aeneas and the Trojans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas leaves to find reinforcements with the help of Father Tiber, god of the famous Roman river.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Father Tiber encourages him to go to Evander. At the time, he is king of the town that will eventually become Rome.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Evander tells Aeneas to find the Etruscans because they are seeking revenge against their ex-leader Mezentius, who is helping the Rululians and the Latins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">In the meantime, Nisus and Euryalus attempt to sneak past the enemies to warn Aeneas of Turnus.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Euryalus is captured and Nisus attempts to save him, only to be murdered alongside him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas returns with his reinforcements (a few of Evander’s men and the Etruscans) and the great battle begins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas kills Turnus singlehandedly.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Aeneas continues to marry Lavinia and found the Roman people.