Invocation To The Aeneid Analysis
Virgil: The Aeneid Book 1
Virgil’s Aeneid book 1, “Invocation to the Muse”, begins with, “I sing of arms and the man, he who, exiled by fate.”(Bkl:1-11) This quote by Virgil introduces us to the story of a man named Aeneas, and his difficult journey to establish a new home in Italy. Aeneas is fleeing the ruins of Troy with surviving Trojans from the war between Achilles and the Greeks. Unfortunately for them, they are met with multiple resistances from Juno, the queen of the gods. She fears the potential of destruction of her favorite city Carthage and she is determined to take her anger out on Aeneas and these traveling, worn Trojans.
Virgil is curious as to what this hatred for Aeneas stems from. He then inquires the muse, Juno, to tell him about the source of her angst against Aeneas. Rich and ancient, the city of Carthage is Juno’s beloved city. Juno, is unhappy with Aeneas and the prophecies of a …show more content…
Juno has never forgotten when the Trojan prince Paris, was asked to judge who was the most beautiful goddess, and he chose Venus. Another time, Juno’s own husband, Jupiter, ran off with a Trojan shepherd named Ganymede. Juno herself has suffered personal loss from the gods. This loss has fueled her angst against the Trojans and she has made it impossible for them to reach Latium for many years. Juno is nursing this eternal wound when she says to herself,” Am I to abandon my purpose, conquered, unable to turn the Teucrian king away from Italy!” (Bkl:12-49)
As the journey begins for Aeneas and his Trojans, he is met with a most terrible wind blast, caused by Aeolus, the wind god. Juno promises Aeolus a beautiful nymph wife for his troubles. The Trojans ships begin to crash and sink, but then Neptune, the god of the ocean, realizes what is occurring and knows it is the work of his sister, Juno. Neptune then commands the winds to return to normalcy, and the sun shows its
Virgil’s Aeneid book 1, “Invocation to the Muse”, begins with, “I sing of arms and the man, he who, exiled by fate.”(Bkl:1-11) This quote by Virgil introduces us to the story of a man named Aeneas, and his difficult journey to establish a new home in Italy. Aeneas is fleeing the ruins of Troy with surviving Trojans from the war between Achilles and the Greeks. Unfortunately for them, they are met with multiple resistances from Juno, the queen of the gods. She fears the potential of destruction of her favorite city Carthage and she is determined to take her anger out on Aeneas and these traveling, worn Trojans.
Virgil is curious as to what this hatred for Aeneas stems from. He then inquires the muse, Juno, to tell him about the source of her angst against Aeneas. Rich and ancient, the city of Carthage is Juno’s beloved city. Juno, is unhappy with Aeneas and the prophecies of a …show more content…
Juno has never forgotten when the Trojan prince Paris, was asked to judge who was the most beautiful goddess, and he chose Venus. Another time, Juno’s own husband, Jupiter, ran off with a Trojan shepherd named Ganymede. Juno herself has suffered personal loss from the gods. This loss has fueled her angst against the Trojans and she has made it impossible for them to reach Latium for many years. Juno is nursing this eternal wound when she says to herself,” Am I to abandon my purpose, conquered, unable to turn the Teucrian king away from Italy!” (Bkl:12-49)
As the journey begins for Aeneas and his Trojans, he is met with a most terrible wind blast, caused by Aeolus, the wind god. Juno promises Aeolus a beautiful nymph wife for his troubles. The Trojans ships begin to crash and sink, but then Neptune, the god of the ocean, realizes what is occurring and knows it is the work of his sister, Juno. Neptune then commands the winds to return to normalcy, and the sun shows its