HUM 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Lavinium, Aeneid, Amata
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After troy was destroyed by the greeks and juno subjected him to terrible weather for several years, aeneas left for italy. Juno hated the trojans and loved the city of carthage and knew that one day people of trojan descent would destroy carthage. She approached king aeolus, lord of clouds and storms, and asked him to disturb the waves that the trojans were traveling upon and he listened. Neptune noticed the storm and saved the trojans by calming the seas. Aeneas and his men stopped in libya and killed seven deer to eat. A conversation between jupiter and zeus revealed that the trojans would rule italy, princess ilia would have romulus (who would go on to found rome) and remus, and roman descendants would go on to conquer phthia. Jupiter sent mercury down to encourage dido, queen of carthage, to be welcoming and compassionate towards the trojans. Venus disguised herself as a huntress and appeared to aeneas and.
