CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Rhea Silvia, Lavinium, Ascanius

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

March 2nd, 2016: foundaions of rome april 21, 753 bc = 1 auc(ab urbe condita) Livy wrote history about rome and virgil a poem. Romans believe their history from the fall of troy(1184 bc) Princess polyxena, blamed her for the death of achilles. A few people survived troy: aeneas, anchises, ascanius(julus) were important survivors. Apparently he is visited by ghosts to lee the city, mainly hectors ghost, also his dead wife creasa, then venus tells him too leave. He stops in north africa, in carthage, where he is entertained by a queen named dido, and ofers him the most friendly and inimate hospitality. Wants to stay there, but visited by the gods in his sleep and tells him what he must do. He puts duty infront of personal interest. Dido burns all of the items aeneas brought with him, and even burns the bed they shared.