Aeneas lands in foreign territory, but Jupiter assures Venus that Dido and the rest of the Carthaginians will be peaceful toward Aeneas and give him shelter. ... This picture depicts the Trojan warriors in a glorious light and leads Aeneas to believe that he will find refuge in Carthage. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The latter half of the Aeneid resembles the Iliad as war, spurred on by Juno, breaks out between the Trojans and the Latins in book VII and Turnus summons his warriors to defend their home (7:562) as Paris did at Troy. ... In a time in Athens where the men may have been seen as irrational warmongers after their failed Sicilian expedition, the women could have been seen as the more peaceful and dependable component of society. ...

• Word Count: 707
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate