The Aeneid by Virgil | Characters

[Music] though it's filled with innumerable mortal and God figures the Aeneid has only a handful of main characters the first is Aeneas Aeneas is the hero of the Indian and he's honorable pious measured generous and responsible and like many heroes he carries divine blood his mother is the goddess Venus so he's big handsome and supernaturally strong however Virgil gives him human faults as well at times Aeneas is unsure or conflicted and he can get carried away by his feelings Aeneas has an important fate awaiting him a fictional hero written in two historical battles he's destined to found the line of leaders in Italy that develops into Romans the goddess Juno is Aeneas s main antagonist opposing him from start to finish she never stops scheming to try to prevent Aeneas his fate her emnity for the Trojans Springs from losing a contest between goddesses to choose who was most beautiful frustrated in her marriage to Jupiter she is jealous vengeful and holds a grudge but her powers cannot change Aeneas is destiny which has been set by the fates Turnus is the primary hero for the Latin forces that fight in Gnaeus in Italy like Aeneas he's large attractive unusually strong and the son of a goddess a more minor one he fights heroically in battle but unlike Aeneas he's impulsive and arrogant with an exaggerated sense of his own importance Turnus represents the destiny of those who arrogantly oppose the power of Rome they will be defeated Queen Dido is pushed by Aeneas mother Venus and Juno Carthage his own patron goddess into a love for any estat it's very close to madness Aeneas is fate inevitably takes him away and the madness drives Dido dramatic suicide virgil also gives her death historical consequences attributing it as the root of the long conflict between Carthage and Rome dido is a memorable symbol of the tragic consequences when the careless will of the gods conflicts with the inevitability fate and kai sees is Aeneas his father wise and strong in character he always does what he thinks is best for his son he isn't always right he too displays human failings but he is clearly the source of æneas his values he exemplifies the Roman ideal of respect and honor for family in the all-important relationship between a father and a son Jupiter is the king of the gods and he manages other gods and mediates between them when there's conflict he is responsible for ensuring that what the fates have predicted comes to pass sooner or later he indulges his wife Juno and his daughter Venus in their efforts up to a point Virgil portrays him as mostly common measured in contrast to Juno is vengeful anger and as the enforcer of India's fate Jupiter supports its inevitability venus is Aeneas 'as mother and his most ardent supporter she repeatedly advocates on behalf of her son and intervenes in events to protect Aeneas as much or more than Juno intervenes to obstruct him like all the gods she doesn't think about how her meddling affects other mortals Venus represents the spectrum of love from parental to passionate you

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Keywords: virgil (author), virgil, aeneid, aeneas, vergil, homer, troy, rome, trojan war, roman history, augustus, poem, dido, ancient history, classics, the aeneid, aneid, aenied, eneid, anied, aneas

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Length: 3min 34sec (214 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 11 2019