Mortal Women in the Aeneid
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- Mortal Women in the Aeneid
- Amata
- Book 7
- rejects the marriage between Aeneas and Lavinia
- used and maddened by the gods to try and prevent the marriage
- and perhaps war
- hides Lavinia
- behaves like a bacchant
- Book 12
- begs Turnus to not go back to war
- warns him that she will kill herself if he dies
- refuses to watch Lavinia marry the Trojan
- warns him that she will kill herself if he dies
- kills herself when she believes that Turnus was killed
- begs Turnus to not go back to war
- Book 7
- Dido
- Book 1
- hospitable, fair, good leader, clever, resourceful
- Welcomes the Trojans
- wants to learn about the Fall of Troy
- Venus and Cupid make Dido fall in love with Aeneas
- Book 4
- maddened by love and regret
- commits suicide
- becomes a poor leader once 'married' to Aeneas
- neglects her duties
- maddened by love and regret
- Book 6
- silent
- reunited with Sychaeus
- Book 1
- Camilla
- Catalogue of Italian Warriors
- mentioned at the end = Significant
- Book 11
- aristeia
- trusted and respected as a leader by Turnus
- dies because as a woman she was 'distracted'
- she's given a background thumbnail portrait
- favoured by Diana
- Catalogue of Italian Warriors
- Creusa
- Book 2
- insignificant
- Aeneas loses her
- dies
- tells Aeneas to continue his journey - he will marry again
- Obstacle to Aeneas' destiny
- insignificant
- Book 2
- Amata
- Becker - Nowhere does Virgil imply that Camilla as a leader is unwelcome or unfit
- Becker - Camilla is a different sort of character
- Marwood - Dido... has been eroded by her passion
- Williams - Dido is brushed aside and trampled on by its requirement
- Williams - Roman destiny could not be in fact achieved without great sacrifices
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