The Aeneid by Virgil | Plot Summary

[Music] the epic poem the Aeneid begins after the fall of Troy in the introduction the trojan fleet carrying the surviving warriors is being battered by a storm in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily sent by Juno Queen of the Gods who holds a grudge against the Trojans and their leader Aeneas the sea god neptune guides their ships to shore they discover they are near the city of Carthage ruled by Queen Dido who welcomes them the Trojans have been traveling since Troy was destroyed worried that Aeneas her son will have no place to rest the goddess Venus makes Dido fall passionately in love with him in the rising action Aeneas tells Dido the epic story of their travels so far beginning with the destruction of Troy Dido impressed by Aeneas and his feats succumbs to her feelings for him hoping it will keep it nice out of Italy and prevent his fates Juno maneuvers Dido into having sex with Aeneas however it is not an official marriage and Aeneas remembering his fate and duty abandons her Dido is terribly distraught and climbs her funeral pyre where her dead body will burn and fatally stabbed herself with his sword as he sails away the trojan fleet stops again in Sicily just in time to celebrate the first anniversary event Isis's death and they make sacrifices and feast before the games of speed and skill after an Chi seizes ghost appears telling his son to set sail and visit him in the underworld Aeneas and the Sibyl an Oracle journey through the underworld eventually reuniting with anti-seize in the Elysian Fields and Kai sees shows his son many of his Roman descendants who will build the Roman Empire the Trojans finally find the Tiber River where they are meant to settle in Nina sends an envoy to make peace with the king of Latian following a prophecy King Latinus offers his daughter Lavinia in marriage but before the deal can be made Juno since the fury of Rage hither and yon to rouse Italy to war with the Trojans Ternes gathers allies and Aeneas needs to find allies of his own to fight with him after many dramatic battles the climax of the Indian seas turnus kill prince palace with a spear to his chest faithfully Turnus takes palaces sword belt to wear as a trophy Aeneas enraged by the news of palaces death finally frees the Trojan fort during the falling action after even more back-and-forth battles Ternes unsuccessfully tries to trap Aeneas and the other half of his army and the warrior princess Camilla defends the city Camilla is deadly but she gets distracted allowing the spear to get through her defenses and kill her Ternes agrees to single combat with Aeneas in the resolution of the epic poem Ternes is no match for Aeneas and is bested in combat Aeneas is about to grant mercy when he sees Ternes is wearing palaces sword belt in a blaze of fury and Nia stabs terms through the hearts and becomes ruler of lationship

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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 27sec (207 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 11 2019