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wknld4
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Aeneas carries the fate of the people but is considered an outsider. How is he an outsider?

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Posted by wknld4 on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 12:22 PM and tagged with aeneid, aeneis, characters, outsider.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Aeneas is an outsider because he has come to Rome from Troy. After the fall of Troy to the Greeks, Aeneas and a few other survivors had to flee for their lives. They first go to Crete, but a plague forces them to leave. They next settle in Carthage, where Aeneas has an affair with Queen Dido. In visions, Aeneas has been shown that Italy is the intended new home for the surviving Trojans, and when he finally decides to pay attention to the visions and leave Carthage, Dido is so upset that she commits suicide. Finally, Aeneas and his group reach Italy and ask King Latinus to grant them some land to found their city.

    No matter where he settled, because he was a Trojan, Aeneas was considered an outsider. It would be his descendants who would be called Romans.

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    Posted by linda-allen on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 3:56 PM