Nations in the Aeneid

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  • Different nations in the Aeneid
    • Trojans
      • They are shown as victims from the beginning of the epic
        • In Book One Juno creates a storm which was intended to kill them
        • The portrayal of the Trojans compared to the Greeks
        • The death of Priam, Hector and Polites
        • The death of Nisus and Euryalas shows the brutality of the Rutulians
      • Aeneas is the leader of the Trojans
      • They lost the Trojan War and was tricked by the Greeks with the wooden horse
      • They were neglected by Pallas Athene as depicted on the Temple of Juno
    • Carthage
      • Led by Dido after her husband was killed by her brother
      • Carthage is favoured by Juno and she is said to have 'loved no place more'
      • It is destined to be overthrown by 'rulers of a great empire' that being the Trojans
      • They were a strong and defended nation but once Dido became a victim to the Gods her 'towers she was building ceased to rise'
      • Dido is an exile and is potentially surrounded by hostile tribes
      • There is wealth and luxury as seen by the banquet hall
      • Anna, Dido's sister wants Dido to couple with Aeneas because having 'Trojans marching at their side' will make their defences stronger
    • Greek
      • They are presented as savages and cruel, much more brutal than the Trojans. Their brutality could be likened to that of Turnus
      • Contains individuals such as Pyrrhus and Achilles
      • They brutality killed Priam, they left him as a 'corpse with no name'
      • They have no mercy, they killed Polites in front of his father
      • They caused the destruction of Troy
      • The Trojans do ally with the Arcadians which are Greeks led by Evander
        • They offer to help in Battle because they have a common enemy Mezentius
          • He would tie people to dead bodies and make them drag them around
    • Italians
      • King Latinus hates war and he has been a very peaceful ruler
      • Virgil is keen to present Latinus as an ancestor so he presents his city in terms which resonate with Augustan Rome
      • Once Aeneas wins the battle, he adopts the Latins and their language/ name etc
      • Turnus leads the Latins during battle and they prove to be very cruel
        • Turnus parades the heads of Nisus and Euryalas
      • In Book 7 the catalogue of tribes fighting against Aeneas is presented with slings, half-moon bronze shields, wolf-hide caps and special skills
        • The places they come from were real towns in Augustan Rome

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