Æneid 3–4
The Travels of Æneas
Dido and Carthage
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The Journey of Aeneas: Aeneid 3 and 4 - Major Themes, Places, and Events, Study notes of Classical Philology
An overview of aeneid 3 and 4 by virgil, focusing on major themes, places, and events during aeneas' travels. Topics include labor and exhaustion, aeneas' mission, anchises' guidance, and encounters in the aegean sea, western greece, and italy. The document also mentions key locations such as delos, crete, actium, buthrotum, castrum minervae, mt. Etna, and syracuse.
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Æneid 3–
The Travels of Æneas Dido and Carthage
The Voyage of Æneas
Major Themes of Æneid 3
Labor and exhaustion
Æneas’ mission
Anchises’ guidance
The Ægean Sea
Thrace and Polydorus’ horrifying grave (13–68) Delos and Apollo’s oracle (69–120) Crete: a pestilence; Æneas’ Penates appear to him in a vision (121–191)
Italy and Sicily
Castrum Minervæ: the Trojan fleet reaches
Italy (506–547)
Mt. Etna: Scylla and Charybdis;
Achæmenides; Polyphemus (548–686)
The voyage around Sicily: Syracuse;
Anchises’ death at Drepanum; Carthage
Castrum Minervæ
Mt. Etna
Italy and Sicily
Castrum Minervæ: the Trojan fleet reaches
Italy (506–547)
Mt. Etna: Scylla and Charybdis;
Achæmenides; Polyphemus (548–686)
The voyage around Sicily: Syracuse;
Anchises’ death at Drepanum; Carthage
Syracuse
The Bay of Syracuse Ortygia Plemyrium
Drepanum (Modern Trapani)
Æneid 4 (cont.) A hunting expedition and “wedding” (129– 172 ) Rumor informs Iarbas, who prays to Jupiter, who sends Mercury to Æneas (173– 278 ) Aeneas prepares to leave; Dido learns of it from Rumor and confronts him (279–392) As Æneas makes ready his departure Dido sends Anna to beg delay (393– 449 )
Æneid 4 (cont.) Dido, tormented, decides to die (450– 473 ) She tricks Anna into helping her build a pyre (474– 503 ) As Dido plots her suicide and vengeance Mercury warns Æneas to flee ( 504 – 583 ) Dido curses Æneas, stabs herself upon the pyre, and eventually dies (584– 705 )