Aeneid, Books 7-12
In each Book, watch for expressions of
destiny/fate/future. These can be prophecies, omens, etc.Book 7
- Why does King
Latinus decide to give his daughter Lavinia to Aeneas rather than to
Turnus?
- What three things
does Juno do to break the truce and stir up war?
*destiny*
Book 8
- Why is Aeneas so
sure that Evander will be sympathetic toward him?
- Compare and contrast
Aeneas's shield with Achilleus's in Book 18 of the Iliad. What does each focus
on and what does that reveal about Homer's versus Vergil's view of
life?
*destiny*
Book 9
- What impression do
we get of Turnus in this Book--positive or negative? Does he seem heroic and
courageous?
- Summarize the Nisus
and Euryalus episode and compare it to Odysseus's and Diomedes Night Raid in
Book 10 of the Iliad.
*destiny*
Book 10
- How does Jupiter
resolve the furious row between Venus and Juno at the council of the
gods?
- How does Turnus
escape from Aeneas?
*destiny*
Book 11
- Summarize the
Camilla episode. Why do you think she is brought into the
story?
*destiny*
Book 12
- How does Jupiter at
last reconcile Juno to the Trojans?
- Compare the final
battle between Aeneas and Turnus with the final battle between Achilleus and
Hektor in Book 22 of the Iliad.
*destiny*
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