THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATEST EMPIRE THE

WORLD HAS EVER SEEN

AENEAS:

Thesis

Aeneas saved many survivors of the attack of Troy and led them and his family to freedom.

Thesis Fulfilled his destiny to protect the land that would later become the monumental kingdom of Rome.

Roman Name

Pronunciation: ee-nee-uhs / ah-nay-iss

Means- “to praise”Roman- Aeneas (Day 138)

Known for…

Being a famous Trojan hero (Day 138)

• Leadership

• Devotion

• Trust

Known for…

He and his wife founding the city of Lavinium (Harmon N/A)

13 altars

Now the city of Pratica di Mare

His direct descendants built the mighty city of Rome (D’aulaire 186)

Known for…

Birth Myth

Anchises is his father (A Woman 180)

Aphrodite is his mother (A Woman 180)

Birth Myth

Zeus made Aphrodite fall in love with the mortal, Anchises (A Woman 180)

He was visited by his Father’s ghost (Aeneas. 107)

Other Myths

However, Aeneas needed further guidance (Aeneas. 107)

Other Myths He then set off to the Underworld with the prophetess Sibyl (Aeneas. 107)

Sibyl helped guide him (Aneas. 107)

Other Myths

Aeneas found his dad in Elysium (Aeneas. 107)

In the underworld, his dad takes him on a guided tour (Kroll-Zaidi N/A)

Other Myths

His father reveals “the great Roman race that will spring from his blood” (Kroll-Zaidi

N/A)

Other Myths

After consulting with his father, he comes back to the land of the living (Aeneas. 107)

Aeneas is now content on endearing a long war in Italy to secure the land

Other Myths

After leaving the burning city of Troy, Aeneas searched for a new home (McLellan N/A)

Other Myths

After seven years of looking, a storm blew them to Carthage (McLellan N/A)

Other Myths

Aphrodite became nervous of Queen Dido of Carthage (Aeneas

and Dido 184)

So, Aphrodite made Dido fall in love with him (Aeneas and Dido 184)

Dido “asks him to stay and reestablish Troy in Carthage” (McLellan

N/A)

Other Myths

Other Myths

A sorceress disguised as the god Mercury (Hermes) sends him a message (McLellan N/A)

Aeneas is told to resume his journey (McLellan N/A)

Other Myth

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He tells Dido that under divine command he must leave (McLellan N/A)

“She accuses him of hypocrisy” (McLellan N/A)

Other Myth

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He changes his mind, but she is too heartbroken to accept his apology (McLellan N/A)

Aeneas then leaves and Dido commits suicide (McLellan N/A)

Relationships

His wife was Creusa (Day 138)

His son is Ascanius (Day 138)

His father was a Trojan Prince (Harmon N/A)

His Father is Anchises (Harmon N/A)

His wife died getting out

Became a legedary king of Latium

ancestor of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome (Harmon N/A)

Relationships

Relationships

Wed Princess Lavinia (Harmon N/A)

Turnus opposed the marriage and Aeneas killed him (Harmon N/A)

Allied to King Latinus of Latium (Bulfinch 221)

Relationships

Modern Day Relevance

He stars in Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” opera

Plot based on The Aeneid and shows the tragic story of Aeneas and Queen Dido

Modern Day Relevance

Aeneas Internet & Telephone

• Leadership

• Trust

"Yield not to disasters, but press onward the more bravely."

Symbol

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Pushes through disasters

Provides safety

Conclusion

Aeneas saves survivors

Roman Name- Aeneas

His leadership to bring his people to safety

A tree

Secured the land that his descendants founded as Rome

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