The Aeneid is written in dactylic hexameters, the same metre as the two Homeric poems - the Iliad and Odyssey (although it is written in Latin, not in ancient Greek). The hatred and vindictiveness shown by Juno to the Trojans anchors the whole Aeneid, and it only comes to an end in the final book.

Juno takes badly her loss in the beauty contest, and hates everything Trojan, both during the war, and after. Unfortunately, Helen is already married to the Spartan king Menelaus, and so the Trojan war follows soon after. Paris prefers this bribe to the bribes of the other two contestants - Juno and Minerva. The bribe is in the form of Helen of Sparta, the most beautiful woman in the world. Venus wins the Judgement by giving a bribe to Paris, a Trojan prince who acts as judge. Juno, queen of heaven and goddess of marriage, despises the Trojans because she lost a divine beauty contest known as the Judgement of Paris.

The Aeneid is therefore a classic foundation narrative.Īs with other ancient epics, our hero has to remain resolute in the face of significant divine hostility. Aeneas leads the survivors from the sack of Troy through the Mediterranean, and ultimately to the site of (future) Rome. The poem is named after the Trojan hero Aeneas, the son of Venus (Aphrodite in Greek mythology) and Anchises, a Trojan aristocrat. It was probably written down in Rome from 30-19 BC during the period of the Emperor Augustus. Urn:isbn:0904790533 Scandate 20110902124727 Scanner Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil is an epic poem in 12 books that tells the story of the foundation of Rome from the ashes of Troy. OL47155W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.00 Pages 470 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0394741110 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:18:47 Boxid IA1206005 Boxid_2 BWB220141210 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st Vintage Books ed.

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