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• Book 1:

  • Aeolus sends the storm at the request of Juno
• Book 1:

  • mercury sent to make Carthage hospitable for the Trojans
• Book 1:

  • Neptune calms the storm, saves Aeneas' ships and sends the winds back to Aeolus
• Book 1:

  • Dido and Aeneas are both compared to Diana and Apollo
• Book 2:

  • Sinon claims the wooden horse was dedicated to Minerva
  • Minerva sends two serpents to kill Laocoon for throwing a spear at the wooden horse
• Book 3:

  • the Penates are sent by Apollo to deliver a prophecy to Aeneas, reminding him of his duty
• Book 4:

  • Rumour spreads that Aeneas and Dido had 'married'
  • Iarbas then prays to Jupiter as he wanted to marry Dido
  • Jupiter responds by sending Mercury to make Aeneas leave Carthage
• Book 5:

  • the god of sleep kills Palinurus as he refused to go to sleep and abandon the helm
• Book 6:

  • Apollo takes control of the Sibyl's body to deliver a prophecy to Aeneas and remind him to keep appeasing Juno
• Book 7:

  • Neptune prevents the Trojans from landing at Circe's island
• Book 7:

  • 3 omens are given to the Latins about Lavinia's marriage
  • prophet interprets bees as showing how a stranger will arrive with an army and gain control of the land
  • Lavinia's hair set on fire - shows war and her bright future
  • Prophet faunus (Latinus’ father) - said “strangers will come to be your sons in law”
• Book 7:

  Allecto

  • makes Amata have furor and act like a bacchant
  • turns into priestess calybe to try and stimulate furor within Turnus, she then reveals herself and makes him lust for war
  • she puts the smell of a stag in the air so Iulus' dogs track it, he shoots it and it starts the war
• Book 8:

  • Tiber appears to Aeneas and tells him to go and ally with Evander
  • he says there will be a sow with thirty piglets to prove its not a dream
  • he also calms the river so Aeneas can sail upstream
• Book 8:

  • Both Roman and Egyptian gods are described as fighting on Aeneas shield, showing how the battle of Actium was a war so big it included mortals and Gods
• Book 9:

  • iris is sent to embolden Turnus
  • she says that Aeneas has left to find allies so he should make a surprise attack
• Book 9:

  • mother goddess asks Jupiter if she can turn the Trojan ships, made of sacred pine trees, into sea nymphs
• Book 9:

  • mars puts more spirit into the Latins
• Book 10:

  • the sea nymphs tell Aeneas about the situation
• Book 10:

  • Hercules is brought to tears by the knowledge that Pallas will die