How long afterwards did aeneas die

The doves fly off and lead him there. When Aeneas finds the bough, he breaks it off, even though it clings to the tree. This is kind of weird, because the Sibyl said that you can't force the bough to come off. Oh well. Then Aeneas and the Sibyl descend to the edge of the underworld. Charon, the ferryman, takes them across. Once on the other side, Aeneas sees Dido and tries to speak to her. Of course, he says that he's sorry, and that it wasn't his fault that he had to leave her, but she doesn't listen.

After seeing and hearing about a lot of freaky stuff, Aeneas and the Sibyl eventually make it to where Anchises is watching over the souls waiting to be reborn. Aeneas asks, "Why would they want to? Next Anchises shows Aeneas the souls of future Romans, including some of his own descendants. This makes Aeneas super fired up to finish his mission. Then Anchises shows his son and the Sibyl the way out of the underworld — through the ivory gate of false dreams. After Aeneas rejoins his companions, they keep sailing up the coastline, eventually stopping at Latium.

Aeneas and company unload their stuff on the shore, and feast on some pizza-like food. This fulfills an earlier prophecy saying they would end up being hungry enough to eat their tables. The pizza dough is like a "table," sort of. Aeneas recognizes this as a sign from the gods and throws a party. The next day, they go out exploring, and Aeneas sends emissaries to King Latinus. He offers them his daughter Lavinia, saying she can marry Aeneas.

He also gives the Trojans permission to settle on the coastline. Juno doesn't like this, however, and engages in various machinations to start a war between the Italians and the Trojans.

While Aeneas is wondering what to do about this, he falls asleep. In his sleep, Aeneas sees Tiberinus — the god of the River Tiber — appear before him. Tiberinus tells Aeneas to sail up…uh…himself, and meet up with a guy called Evander, who is king of the Arcadians. He tells Aeneas to make an alliance with Evander. Aeneas wakes up and gets two ships ready.

Then he sees a white sow nursing thirty piglets, something Tiberinus had said would be a sign he was in the right place.

Aeneas says, "Hot dog! Then Aeneas sails up to the river, finds King Evander, and convinces him to ally himself with them. Evander also puts Aeneas in charge of his young son Pallas and tells them to get the Etruscans on their side too.

The next day, they head off. On their way, they are met by Venus, who gives Aeneas some nifty armor she got her husband — Vulcan, the god of fire — to make for him. On the shield are depicted images of Rome's future glory.

Aeneas doesn't understand it, but thinks it's pretty cool. Then we lose track of Aeneas for a while. During that time, the Trojan fort on the beach is attacked by an army of assorted Italians, commanded by the Rutulian prince Turnus. Finally, Aeneas shows up with a bunch of allies, Etruscan and Arcadian. They immediately join the battle, and Aeneas kills a lot of guys.

In the same fight, Pallas gets killed by Turnus. This makes Aeneas really mad. He kills a bunch of guys, and takes four other guys prisoner, planning to sacrifice them at Pallas's funeral.

He also kills various guys who are surrendering and begging for mercy. The most prominent guys he kills are Lausus, the young son of the fearsome Mezentius. Then, when Mezentius comes after Aeneas for revenge, Aeneas kills him, too. After the battle, Aeneas makes offerings to the gods in gratitude for his victory. He also gives orders for Pallas's body to be taken back home to his father, Evander.

Aeneas also agrees to a twelve-day truce with the Italians to bury their dead. Three days later, however, the truce is broken. The day after that, Turnus challenges Aeneas to a one-on-one, winner-take-all duel. Aeneas agrees. Unfortunately, thanks to some divine meddling, the two armies end up fighting a battle anyway. Finally, Aeneas and Turnus come head-to-head.

The other soldiers back off and clear a space for them. During this voyage, his mother, Venus, descends to give him a new set of weapons, wrought by Vulcan.

While the Trojan leader is away, Turnus attacks. Aeneas returns to find his countrymen embroiled in battle. The two sides agree to a truce so that they can bury the dead, and the Latin leaders discuss whether to continue the battle. They decide to spare any further unnecessary carnage by proposing a hand-to-hand duel between Aeneas and Turnus. When the two leaders face off, however, the other men begin to quarrel, and full-scale battle resumes.

Aeneas is wounded in the thigh, but eventually the Trojans threaten the enemy city. Turnus rushes out to meet Aeneas, who wounds Turnus badly. Aeneas nearly spares Turnus but, remembering the slain Pallas, slays him instead.

Ace your assignments with our guide to The Aeneid! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Character List Aeneas Dido Turnus. Themes Motifs Symbols. Summary Full Book Summary. Pallas challenges them, and Aeneas replies that they are Trojans. They are welcomed, and Aeneas tells Evander that in the name of their common ancestry he asks for help against Turnus.

Evander remembers meeting Anchises and promises help; they feast together. One day when Hercules was returning from one of his labors in Spain with the cattle of Geryon, Cacus stole some of them and hid them in his cave. Hercules discovered them, and after a mighty battle with the fire-breathing monster killed him and delivered the people from their fear.

Since then Hercules has been honored on his annual festival at the Ara Maxima. Evander next tells Aeneas of the early history of Latium, and the golden age under Saturn, and takes him on a tour of his little city, showing him places destined to be famous in Roman history.

Within his workshop beneath the earth the Cyclops set to the task. Evander tells Aeneas about the tyrannical deeds of Mezentius which led to his exile from Caere and his alliance with Turnus in war against the Etruscans. An oracle required a foreign leader for the Etruscans in this war, and Evander asks Aeneas to undertake this with the assistance of his son Pallas.

A sign from heaven is given, and Aeneas agrees to do so; arrangements are made for him to set out to meet Tarchon with his Etruscan forces. Evander says goodbye to Pallas, beseeching the gods for his safety; in a splendid array they set off and join Tarchon.

The pictures on the shield are described, scenes from early Roman history around the outside, and in the center the battle of Actium and Augustus' triumph over the forces of the East. Aeneas takes up on his shoulder the pictured destiny of his people. Turnus accepts the divine call to arms. The Trojans, in accordance with Aeneas' instructions, stay within their camp, and Turnus, wild for blood like a wolf at a sheep-fold, prepares to set fire to the Trojan fleet.

They will find the Rutulians more formidable enemies than the Greeks. He urges his men to get ready for battle; they place sentries, and the Trojans for their part prepare defences. They seek an audience with the Trojan leaders, and present their plan. Aletes and Ascanius accept it with great gratitude and admiration, offering lavish rewards. Euryalus asks that in the event of his death his aged mother should be cared for; Ascanius promises that this shall be so.

The two warriors arm for their exploit. As they start off on their journey to Aeneas, the light flashing on the helmet which Euryalus has taken as part of the spoils reveals their presence to a band of Latin cavalry. Nisus gets away, but Euryalus is caught; Nisus returns but cannot save his friend; when Euryalus is killed by Volcens Nisus rushes in to exact vengeance, kills Volcens and himself meets his death.

Next day they march forth to battle, carrying the heads of Nisus and Euryalus impaled upon spears. Euryalus' mother learns the truth and laments her young son. Vergil invokes the Muse to tell of the slaughter dealt by Turnus; he kills Helenor and Lycus and in the general fighting many fall on both sides.

Apollo appears to Ascanius and prophesies a glorious future, but warns him that from now on he must keep out of the fighting until he is grown up. He kills Bitias; Pandarus shuts the gates again, but Turnus is inside. Pandarus challenges Turnus with a taunt, and Turnus kills him. Turnus could now have opened the gates again and let in the rest of his army, but he is intenet on personal triumphs, and kills many Trojans.

At last they rally, led by Mnestheus, and Turnus is compelled to give way. He plunges into the Tiber and rejoins his army. Juno angrily replies, maintaining that the Trojan disasters have not been caused by her, and that any assitance she may give to the Rutulians is justified.

One of them, Cymodocea, tells him of Turnus' attack on his camp, and warns him to be ready for battle. Aeneas, with a prayer to Cybele, prepares for action. Light flashes from his armor, like a comet or Sirius, but Turnus is not dismayed and urges his troops to be ready for battle. Elsewhere however the Italians are successful, and the struggle is equally poised.

Lausus then moves to attack Pallas, but fate prevents their meeting. Pallas is killed and Turnus strip off his sword-belt as spoils of battle. The poet reflects that a day will come when he will bitterly regret this deed. She makes a phantom of Aeneas: Turnus pursues it to a ship, and Juno then sets the ship loose. Turnus, bitterly chafing at his enforced absece from the batlle, is carried away to his home at Ardea.

In the ensuing contest he is mortally wounded, and meets his death with the dignity of the heroic warrior. He speaks to the dead youth in terms of the most extreme sorrow. Drances thanks A. A day truce is arranged. Resentment against Turnus grows in the Latin capital, but he has strong support too.

Diomedes had said that he would not fight against the Trojans again on any account, particularly not against so great a warrior as Aeneas. He advised them to make peace. Finally he says that he is ready to face A. Turnus hearing of this gives instructions for action, and fiercely arms himself for battle. She tells Opis to take vengeance on the man who kills Camilla. Tarchon upbraids them and leads them into battle, capturing the Latin Venulus.

Meanwhile Arruns shadows Camilla, preparing to attack her. As he runs away Camilla falls dead-- in her last words she sends a message to Trunus telling him to take her place in the battle. The Latins are driven in flight, and their city is besieged.

Turnus is told of Camilla's death, and he abandons his plan for an ambush and returns to the capital. Nightfall ends the battle.

Latinus tries to dissuade him, but Turnus is all the more fiercely determined. Amata beseeches him not to go, but Turnus replies that he is not free to refuse. He arms himself in rehearsal for the next day's combat. Juno tells Juturna that she herself can do no more; if Juturna can do anything, then she has authority from Juno to act. The two parties proceed to the battle area, and oaths are sworn, first by Aeneas, and then by Latinus on behalf of Turnus. An omen of an eagle forced by a mass attack of other birds to release a swan is interpreted by Tolumnius to mean that the Rutulians must attack to save Turnus.

Fighting breaks out. Thereupon Turnus excitedly leads his men into battle, and the fighting is resumed. The physician Iapyx cannot remove the arrow-head, but Venus intervenes and with supernatural potions causes the arrow-head to come out and the wound to heal.

Aeneas immediately arms for battle. He pursues Turnus and Turnus only. Juturna intervens in the guise of Metiscus, Turnus' charioteer, and keeps Turnus away from Aeneas. Messapus attacks Aeneas and realizing that Turnus will not meet him Aeneas begins to attack his enemies indiscriminately.

He urges on his men, and they move in to the attack. There is panic within the city. News is brought of the siege of the city and the death of Amata. Turnus at first is rooted to the ground, bewildered and confused; then he rushes to the capital and calls on his friends to cease fighting and leave him to single combat with Aeneas.

They throw their spears without effect and then join in close combat. Turnus strikes Aeneas with his sword, but it shatters in fragments-- Turnus had in his hurry taken his charioteer's sword by mistake. Aeneas chases Turnus, and as they pass the stump of an oleaster sacred to Faunus Aeneas tries to regain his spear which is sticking in the root. Faunus prevents him from pulling it out, and meanwhile Juturna gives Turnus his own sword.

Venus promptly restores Aeneas' spear to him, and they stand again facing each other poised for battle. She yields, but begs that the Latins may keep their language and dress, and not become Trojans; that Rome may be great because of Italian virtues.