Date Name _ Class . a BrioGRAPHY ACTIVITY 9¢ Ine. mpent é g z Aeneas Virgil was an influential Roman writer who lived from 70-19 8.c. During the last ten years of his life, he worked on the Aeneid, an epic poem about a man named Aeneas. Who Is Aeneas? ‘Aeneas is a character in Homer's liad, whom Virgil borrowed for his own work. In the Aeneid, Aeneas’s mother was the Greek goddess Aphrodite. His father was a mortal man named Anchises. Aeneas believed in duty and honor more than his own pleasure or happiness. According to Virgil, he was the father of Roman cul- ture, and his ancestors founded the city of Rome. ‘eneas’s Voyage ‘As the story begins, Aeneas is a hero of the Trojan War. He flees from Troy to Italy, but his ships are blown off course. He ends up in Carthage. Once there, ‘Aeneas falls in love with Carthage's Queen Dido. He stays in Carthage until the god Hermes orders him to continue his journey. Dido is heartbroken and kills herself with Aeneas’s sword. 1. Who was Aeneas's mother? 2. Where did Aeneas meet Queen Dido? Aeneas Once he reaches Italy, Aeneas fights in the Italian Wars. King Latinus wants his daughter, Lavinia, to marry Aeneas, but he promised her hand to King Turnus of Rutuli. Turnus becomes jeal- ous, so he fights for Lavinia. The wars end when Aeneas kills Turnus in battle. When Aeneas dies, Aphrodite asks Zeus to make her son immortal. So Zeus makes Aeneas into a god named Indiges. .ctions: Answer the questions below on another sheet of paper. 3. What favor did Aphrodite ask of Zeus when Aeneas died? 4. Writing Virgil Aeneid and Homer’s Odyssey are both epics. Read about the Odyssey on page 380 of your textbook. How are the Aeneid and the Odyssey similar? How are they different? Who was the hero of the Aeneid? a1