Book 5
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- Created on: 26-05-15 09:04
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- Book 5
- The Trojans go to Sicily
- home of Acestes a fellow Trojan
- This is the first anniversary of Anchises death
- they have a feast to celebrate and Acestes provides the head of two oxen for each ship
- Aeneas pours the libation of wine, milk and sacrificial blood to his father
- a snake then appears and slithers between the alters and around the tomb and tastes the libation
- Aeneas believes this is the spirit of Anchises
- a snake then appears and slithers between the alters and around the tomb and tastes the libation
- Boat race
- boaters have to race their boat around a rock which has a green branch of holm-oak and back
- Gyas is in the lead but his helmsmen in fearful about the rocks
- this gives cloanthus the opportunity to overtake
- in his anger Gyas pushes Menates over board
- sergestus steers his boat too close to the rocks and runs aground
- Running race
- Nisus falls on blood that has been spilt
- he knows that he cant win so he trips up salus so that his friend Euryalus can win
- Aeneas is tactful and gives everyone honourable prizes
- soothing the broken egos
- comical
- Nisus falls on blood that has been spilt
- Boxing match
- Dares was the only man who would stand against Paris
- Entellus puts on heavy gauntlets
- Aeneas says this is unfair and makes him takes them off
- Dares had youth on his side and thrashed Entellus
- Aeneas stops the fight kindly by saying that the gods must not be on Dares side
- Archery contest
- to win they must hit the mast and set free the doves
- However when Acestes goes to shoot the mast has been hit, the cord to conceal the doves has also as well as the doves
- So Acestes shoots and arrow in the air which bursts into flames
- this omen represents the greatness of Segesta which will ally with Rome
- Games finish with a parade of the men
- lead by three noble men; Iulus, the son of Polites and Atys
- looks confidently to the next generation
- lead by three noble men; Iulus, the son of Polites and Atys
- Juno's intervention
- sends down iris disguised as Beroe and noble trojan
- stirs up the females who are sick of travelling
- says shes had a dream from Cassandra tha they should set fire to the ships
- Pyrgo recognises that this s a god and they feel they should fulfil the wishes of a god
- stirs up the females who are sick of travelling
- Ascanius gallops off immediately and tries to calm the women
- Jupiter sends rain to calm the fire
- Aeneas is in despair
- Nautes advises him to leave the men and women who are worn out with Acestes
- Hes torn
- Anchises appears to him in a dream bringing news from Jupiter
- tells him to follow Nautes advise and to visit him in te underworld
- sends down iris disguised as Beroe and noble trojan
- Venus gets Neptune to give Aeneas a safe passage to the river Avernus
- to ensure this one man must be taken as a sacrifice
- Polinurus was on helm when the god of sleep came to him
- tried to convince him to go to sleep as the waves are calm
- refuses out of respect for Aeneas
- God of sleep sends him to sleep and then sends him over board
- refuses out of respect for Aeneas
- tried to convince him to go to sleep as the waves are calm
- The Trojans go to Sicily
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