Aeneas

• Livy

  Roman writer born between 64-59 BC
• Were ancient historians reliable?

  No they often revealed multiple versions of the same story and were reliant on oral stories
• Is Livy objective and unbiased?

  No- bias in favour of Rome
• Didactic

  To teach a lesson
• Why does Livy say cities often give themselves divine origins?

  To make their citizens seem more worthy and connected to the gods
• Which God is linked to the origins of Rome?

  Mars- Rome is brilliant in terms of military
• What did Livy say about morality in Rome today?

  Discipline and morality has worsened
• What does Livy criticize about his modern age?

  Excessive wealth and spending, greed, luxurious living
• Who was Aeneas parents?

  Venus and Anchises
• Why was Venus punished by Zeus?

  She was boasting that she could persuade any of the gods to sleep with a mortal woman
• What was Zeus punishment to Venus?

  He made her fall in love with a mortal man, Anchises
• Who was Aeneas wife?

  Creusa
• Who started the Trojan war?

  Paris when he stole Helen, the wife of Menelaus
• In which epic is the story of the Trojan war told?

  Homers illiad
• How long did the trojan war last?

  10 years
• How did the Greeks get inside Troy?

  They hid in a big Trojan horse that they said was a gift from Athena and the Trojans took it into their city.
• Who was the king of Troy?

  Priam
• With who did Aeneas escape Troy?

  His father Anchises, and his son Ascanius
• What did Aeneas also escape with?

  The public penates
• Penates

  Sacred objects dedicated to the city
• What happened to Aeneas wife Creusa?

  She got lost and killed on her way out of Troy
• What did Creusa appear as to Aeneas?

  A ghost
• What did Aeneas do after escaping Troy?

  Built a fleet of ships and set sail with the remaining Trojans
• Who made Aeneas journey difficult?

  Juno
• What helped Aeneas on his journey?

  His mum Venus

  Aeneas pietas
• Pietas

  A sense of duty to your family, city, gods, and the people you command
• What happened when Aeneas arrived in Italy?

  He had to go to war with a local tribe
• Did Aeneas win the war with the tribe and what did he do next?

  Yes, then he made peace with King Latinus of Latium and founded a new city
• Who was Aeneas second wife?

  Lavinia
• Who was supposedly Aeneas second son?

  Ascanius
• Why was Aeneas second son a problem to Livy?

  His first son was called Ascanius, so we don't know if this is real or was just a confusion in the ancient sources.
• What was Aeneas son by Creusa also known as?

  Iulus
• Why were Aeneas and Antenor spared punishment from the Greeks?

  They always wanted peace and for Helen to be returned to Menelaus
• Who did Antenor go with?

  The Eneti
• Where did Antenor and his people settle?

  A cove on the Adriatic sea that they called Troy
• Where did Aeneas travel after Troy?

  Macedonia, Sickly, Laurentum
• What's one version of Aeneas fight with Latinus?

  Aeneas defeated Latinus and they made peace and an alliance of marriage
• What was another version of Aeneas fight with Latinus?

  Latinus stopped the war before it began and recognising who the Trojans and Aeneas were, made peace
• What did Aeneas name his town?

  Lavinium
• Why was Aeneas so important to the Romans?

  Established the race of people that would become the Romans

  Ancestor of Romulus and Remus

  Augustus claimed to have been a descendant of Aeneas

  Moral role model who encouraged pietas

  Aeneas was seen as a parallel for Augustus