Book VII

1. Ryan Hoyt, Jared Novitski, Nicholas Shelley, & Troy Shurites Book VII

2. Characters • King Latinus- King of the Latins, allows Aeneas into his Kingdom and he wants him to be the husband to his daughter Lavinia. Does not enforce his authority among his people, he lets them run over him. He does not want to go to war with the Trojans, but his people want to and he lets them.

3. Characters (con’t) • Lavinia- Is the daughter of Latinus and she is to either marry Turnus or Aeneas. • Turnus- Ruler of the Rutulians in Italy, was supposed to marry Lavinia, is the Antagonist to Aeneas.

4. Summary • The Trojans are sailing up the coast of Italy and finally reach the opening of theTiber River, close to the city of Latium. Virgil then describes the current political situation of Latium. The ruler of this land, King Latinus, had a single daughter named Lavinia, who is pursued by the great warrior Turnus. Lord Turnus seems to be the most suitable man for Lavinia at the time. Latinus is then worried by a prophets’ prediction that an outside army will vanquish his kingdom and goes to talk to the Oracle of Faunus. He is then told his daughter should take an outsiders hand in marriage rather than a Latins. • While this is going on, Aeneas and his captains are eating on the beach, with fruit spread out on flat, hard loaves of bread. After eating the fruit they are still not satisfied so, they eat the tables of bread. Aeneas then realizes that him and his crew have reached their promised land. The next day he sends some of his men to King Latinus, to ask for a share of land to create a new city. Latinus agrees and besides giving Aeneas land he also gives him his daughter’s hand in marriage, to avoid the prophecy. In doing this, Latinus realizes that the Trojans will one day take over, but still believes that it is better than resisting destiny.

5. Summary (con’t) • Juno, however, was still furious at the Trojans. Since she was unable to keep the Trojans from Italian shores, she vows to cause them more suffering and slower the creation of their city. To do this she summons the Fury, Allecto, to Latium to rouse anger against the Trojans. Allecto does this by, first infecting Queen Amata, Latinus’ wife, causing her to object the marriage of Lavinia and Aeneas. Then Allecto approaches Turnus and inflames him with indignation at the idea of not being with Lavinia and also submitting to a Trojan King. • Turnus then assembles his army and begins to make preperations to take out the Trojans. Shepherds are the first to take up arms. As a result of Juno’s meddling, Iulus wounds a stag while on a hunt in the woods. This stag happens to be a favorite pet of Latinus’ herdsman. The stag eventually made it back to its master where it died. When the herdsman see this they immediately set out to find the hunter. Luckily Iulus was saved by his fellow comrades. There are many Latins slain in a short battle between the Trojans and the herdsman. After the battle the herdsman show Latinus all of the dead Latins, begging him to launch an all out assault on the Trojans. Latinus did not want to engage in combat, but everyone else in the court did. As a result of this, he retreats to his chamber, feeling unable to stop what the gods had started. Turnus then unleashes a great army, led by the best warriors of Italy, and marches onward toward the Trojans.

6. Interventions • Juno - Juno intervenes by sending Allecto the fury, to poison Queen Amata. • Juno - Juno then sends Allecto to make Iulus kill the beautiful stag that the Latin's cherish.

7. Most Important Event The most important event is when the Trojan Iulus killed the stag that the Latin’s treasured from its birth. The stag was captured as a baby and then it grew up to be the most beautiful stag ever. The Latins decorated it with flowers and they groomed him to make him look perfect. The fury Allecto made Iulus want to kill the beautiful stag. This shocked the Latins and made them want to fight the Trojans. We chose this event because it made the locals reject the Trojans and it made them want to go to war with the Trojans.

8. Quotes • Speaker: Iulus Speaking to: comrades “Look here, we are eating our tables.” This quote lets the Trojans realize that they have reached the place where they will stay and live. They know this because Iulus’ father says that his father said that when he reaches a land and he is so hungry that he is eating his table he can hope for a home at that place. This shows that the Trojans have reached their home.

9. Quotes (con’t) • Speaker: Juno Speaking to: Herself “Detestable race! O loathsome Phrygian destiny At odds with mine! Could they fall on the plains of Sigeum? Escape the sprung trap? Be burned to death in Troy? No! No! They found a way through the thick of the battle….” This quote shows Juno’s fiery hatred for the Trojans. This also explains why Juno does all the things she can to hurt the Trojans. This quote is important because it causes Juno to call upon Allecto from the dark of hell. Allecto causes all the problems between the Trojans and the Latins and causes the Latins to want to fight the Trojans.

10. Quotes (con’t) • Speaker: Latinus Spoken to: His people “Alas, we are broken by our fate! We are borne upon the whirlwind! O my people, you shall pay for this sacrilege with your blood! You, Turnus, you the wickedness of your deed shall overtake your and its dread punishment too late will you offer vows to the gods, too late! I am you old myself, I go to my rest; and all I am bereft of on the threshold of death is a peaceful burial.

11. Quotes (con’t) • This quote says that Latinus’ people will pay for the decision they made by death and that he will not have a peaceful burial. Also that they should have had listen to their king and followed with him. Latinus also says Turnus has chosen how he will die. This shows a foreshadow of the Trojans winning the battle and the Latins losing.

12. Figurative Language • “He stayed immovable as a rock, as a sea-rock The breakers ceaselessly batter yet it holds Solid and Stolid for all the snarl of the seas.” • Simile • “With a hiss of serpents spread her wings and flew to her home in Cocytus. ” • Onomonopiea • “Their arms are tapered clubs.” • Metaphor

13. Figurative Language (con’t) • “He, Like a steady rock amid the sea, resists-a rock that, when the breakers crash, holds fast through its great mass while many wives howl against it;” • Simile • “The white moon lit their ways and the sea sparkled in her quivering rays.” • Personification

14. Symbols • Symbolism- representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. • Snake- The snake is a symbol of evil. • Beautiful Stag- The stag shows the pride in the Latin's. Also it shows that the Latins valued perfection and beauty.

15. Epic Conventions • Speeches – Juno had a very long speech about how she hates the Trojans. • Gods/Goddesses- Juno interferes with the story by sending Allecto to poison Latinus’ wife and make her oppose the marriage of Aenaes and Lavinia. • Epithets: Circe- The daughter of the sun Jupiter- Almighty Jove Jupiter- Almighty Father

16. Foreshadows • “Seek not a Latin marriage for your daughter! Put no faith, my son, in these present proposals! Strangers shall come to commingle our blood and being our kindred shall bear our name to the stars, and our descendents rule all the peoples of the turning world from sunrise to sunset!” • (Juno) – “I cannot ban Aeneas from the throne – Let that be so- Nor can I stop Lavinia from marrying him, her fate is immutably fixed, But it is in my power to put a spoke In the wheel of these great affairs, to check and hinder.”- This says that Aeneas will marry Lavinia and he will take the throne and Juno cannot stop that but she will try to slow the process down

17. Class Discussion If you were Latinus and you had to make a decision like he did, would you have done what he did and gone to war like his people wanted to or would you have stood strong and stuck with your choice?