aeneas' character Flashcards
bk 1 caring (crew)
after the storm that washes them onto the shores of carthage in libya, he climbs onto a rock to see if he could stop any other comrades
bk 1 resourceful, good at hunting
spots some stags, snatches his bow and arrows from trusty achates and shoots them, sharing them equaliy amongst the men
bk 1 good speaker, encouraging
when it seems much hope is lost fro the Trojans, Aeneas speaks to his men giving them hope and hiding his own sorrow deep in his heart
deeply reliant on the gods
lack confidence
- bk4 reminded of his duty by mercury twice, not focused
- constantly reassured by his mother constantly, when hes lack confidence, leaving pallanteun to go ask the etruscans for help (thunder)
pious- dad
when Anchises refuses to leave troy he obeys him, he would rather face death than excile at his age
pious- country
hector comes to him in a dream and tells him all is lost and he should take the penates and see a new city for them
Aeneas arms himself and goes out to fight the greeks eventhough he knows its futile
pious- gods
bk 4 reminded of his duty by mercury and prepares his ships in secret to leave dido even though he would like to stay
loves dido
doesn’t want to leave her and didn’t intend to deceive her and will never forget her but he doesn’t regard him and dido as married and says he must fulfil his fates decree
craves the attention and love of his parents
reaches for venus’ hand in bk 1 and is upset that she came to hm in disguise
in the underwold he tries 3 times to reach for his father and hug him but fails because he is dead
doesn’t like war
simile book 8- his thoughts compared to light flickering from aa bronze vessel reflecting on the ceiling
worried, anxious about upcoming war, his crew
related to evander
share a common ancestor dardanus
