CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Aventine Hill, National Epic, Numitor

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Ovid (narrating their own innovative and adapted version of originally greek. Foundation of rome is a good example of the blending of greek and roman mythology. Aeneas said by poseidon to be fated to escape from troy when it was sacked and became the ruler of the trojans. 5th century bc greek historians connected aeneas with italy. Early romans too looked back to greek mythology to identify the trojan warrior aeneas as the forefather of the roman. From troy to italy end of trojan war; aeneas one of the only trojans to escape death when greeks sack the city of. Poseidon helps him escape cuz its his fate sets sail from troy to italy; becomes founder of rome. Venus aids him on his journey just as juno tries to thwart the young hero. Dardanus) the goes to epirus and sicily where his father anchises dies eventually ends up in carthage (northern africa) where aeneas encounters the queen dido.