Aeneid | Topics for Discussion
1. Juno hates the Trojans for several reasons, and torments and foils them whenever she can. Does this enmity seem to have any legitimate basis?
2. The gods tell Aeneas that he must leave Dido and pursue his mission. Generations of readers have condemned Aeneas for abandoning the devoted woman. Is Aeneas's leaving justified? Consider that Juno and Venus (for different reasons) conspired to make Aeneas and Dido fall in love in the first place.
3. Much has been written about the last scene in the poem, in which Aeneas starts to take pity on the vanquished Turnus but then...
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