Aeneid Study Gvide


HUMAN BEINGS

Aeneas
Anchises
Misenus
Romulus
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar

SOMEWHAT MORE THAN HUMAN BEINGS

The Sibyl
Rhadamanthus
Minos
Aeacus
Dido

PLACES

Cumae
Limbo
Tartarus
Elysium
Rome

PRINCIPAL STORYLINES

Why must Aeneas go to the underworld?
Function of the Sibyl and her prophecies
Changes from the katabasis in the Odyssey
Aeneas, Dido, and Ethical Leadership
What is at stake for Aeneas and the world?
What is the meaning of life?
What is the Public Affairs content?