Book 7
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- Created on: 27-05-15 14:54
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- Book 7
- they past the land of Circe
- builds tension
- Latium is described positively
- 'the river Tiber with all its beauty'
- Virgil speaks to the muse of lyric poetry
- that he can tell of the Kings of Ancient Latium
- he shall speak of wars and kings driven by pride
- engage the reader
- that he can tell of the Kings of Ancient Latium
- Latinus
- an old king
- son of Faunus and a nymph
- Omens
- swarm of bees settled around the laurel tree in the Palace
- interpreted as a stranger and his army were coming
- lavinia's hair caught on fire
- meant that she ad a bright fate
- similar to Iulus
- meant that she ad a bright fate
- prophecy from the oracle of Faunus said Lavinia should marry a stranger from across the sea
- swarm of bees settled around the laurel tree in the Palace
- he's religious
- an old king
- Aeneas and his men are eating
- they have placed their food on top of their bread
- Ascanius jokes that they are eating their tables
- Anchises told him that he should build his home on the spot where he eats his table
- pours a libation to the Gods
- Zeus confirms this with a peal of thunder
- pours a libation to the Gods
- Anchises told him that he should build his home on the spot where he eats his table
- Harpy prophecy had been fufilled
- comical
- Illioneus goes to meet Latinus
- he tells him that they're hear by divine interventions
- they're descendants of Jupiter
- Latinus releases this is the fulfilment of the prophesies
- he excepts quest friendship but wishes to see Aeneas
- Latinus releases this is the fulfilment of the prophesies
- they bring gifts such as some of Priams robes
- they're descendants of Jupiter
- he tells him that they're hear by divine interventions
- Juno
- 'shakes her head' with fury that Aeneas has made it at
- she thinks that its unfair that other gods have been able to get their own way
- she seeks help from the underworld
- Allecto
- hated by even her father and sister
- lives in Tartarus
- threw a snake at Amata's heart
- forms a snake necklace
- venom poisons her and sends her into a frenzy
- adamant that Latinus shouldn't break his promise to Turnus
- he's noble and greek
- she flees into the forest
- pretending she's been processed by Bacchus
- irrational and destructive behaviour
- rages like a spinning top
- forms a snake necklace
- Takes on the face of a priestess of Juno in Turnus' dream
- tells him that he's being laughed at
- Latinus has gone back on his word and has given Lavinia to Aeneas
- instructs him to go to war
- he laughs at her
- decision of war is down to men
- she throws a burning torch into his heart
- he wakes in a frenzy
- straight away puts on his armour
- likened to a pot of boiling water that spills over
- frantic uncontrollable rage
- sounds the herdsman horn
- locals interpretate as a calling to war
- juno restricts Allecto because she doesn't want Jupiter finding out
- Ascanius goes out on a hunt
- helped by a god to shoot a stage
- turns out to be Silvia's stage
- locals are furious that an honoured stage has been shot and arm themselves with clubs
- opening of the 'gates of war
- sanctified by religion and the savage mars
- Latinus refuses to break his treaty and 'stood like a rock in the ocean'
- Juno opens the gates
- opening of the 'gates of war
- helped by a god to shoot a stage
- Virgil asks the muses to speak of war
- muses are regarded as inspirers of the arts
- they past the land of Circe
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