Roman Epics XI: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 2, or We Finally Hear About the Horse

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inRoman Epics, The Romans

I knew there was a horse in Troy!

I’m not finding a royalty-free photo of the Bernini’s “Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius,” but you can read all about it at the Museo Borghese website here. Is it Bernini’s best? Meh. But I still love his work.

I was, however, able to find a royalty-free picture of Laocöon and his sons and the serpents.

Laocöon and his sons, Vatican Museum
Discussion Prompts
  1. Retell the fall of Troy from Creusa’s perspective.
  2. Compare/contrast Laocöon and Cassandra.
  3. How many ghosts does it take to convince a hero to do something?
  4. Discuss the theme of piety as seen throughout this book. (There are a lot of examples that I didn’t even touch on in the summary.)
  5. What do you think of Aeneas so far? Why?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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