Roman Epics XIII: Virgil’s Aeneid Book 4, or It’s Not Pretty When Euripides is Your Model

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inRoman Epics, The Romans

I hope you’re not too attached to Dido.

Discussion Prompts
  1. Is Dido really in love with Aeneas?
  2. How good of a counselor is Anna? Also, is Dido in middle school?
  3. Are Dido and Aeneas married? Why or why not?
  4. How might this story be different if the gods stayed out of it?
  5. Can Aeneas make different choices? Or is he bound by Fate to always do as the gods ask?
  6. Another way of asking the last question: If Aeneas weren’t so pious, would his choices be the same?
  7. What does this book have to say about free will?

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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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