Book I

Book I PPT

Practice your readings using the links below. You should be able to read through these at speed to be prepared for tests and quizzes.

• Prologue: Vergil announces his subject
• The poet invokes his divine Muse
• Setting the stage: Carthage and the wrath of Juno
• The story begins: as the Trojans depart from Sicily en route to their destined goal of Latium, Juno expresses her outrage
• Juno visits Aeolia, where king Aeolus rules the winds and keeps them imprisoned in a cave like wild horses
• Juno entreats Aeolus to unleash the winds and scatter the Trojan fleet
• The lord of the winds agrees to Juno's request
• The winds rush forth and overwhelm the Trojans in a tumultuous thunderstorm, threatening their destruction
• Overcome with fear, Aeneas laments that he may be lost at sea rather than having died with honor on Troy's battlefields
• The storm rages and mountainous waves overwhelm the fleet
• Neptune, god of the sea, is aroused by the tumult and chastises the winds for their insolence
• Like a powerful speaker subduing a violent mob, Neptune drives away the clouds and calms the sea
• Aeneas and the men from seven of his ships land on the coast of North Africa and make preparations for a meal
• Climbing a nearby hill to look for their lost ships, Aeneas and Achates spot a herd of deer; Aeneas shoots seven of them and the two men take the carcasses back to camp
• As his comrades share the wine brought on their ships from Troy, Aeneas encourages them and reminds them of their destiny
• Climbing a hill that overlooked Carthage, Aeneas and Achates marvel at the buildings and the flurry of activity, and then, still invisible, they descend into the city
• Still unseen, Aeneas and Achates witness first Dido's arrival at the temple and then the approach of their Trojan comrades whose safety Venus had foretold
• Ilioneus, leader of the emissaries from the Trojan ships, introduces himself and his countrymen to Dido, and seeks permission to beach and repair their fleet
• Dido replies, not only offering assistance but even inviting the Trojans to settle in Carthage on equal terms with her citizens

Sporcle: Book 1 Trivia