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The Aeneid: Book 2 Summary & Analysis. Next. Book 3. Themes and Colors Key. Summary. Analysis. Aeneas begins to tell the story of his wanderings. (Book 2 and Book 3 are therefore told in first person from Aeneas's point of view.) Though it's late at night and he's anguished to recall such sad events, he'll do it for Dido.
A summary of Book 2 in Virgil's The Aeneid. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Aeneid and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Virgil. Aeneid^ Book 2. In Acncid Book i, Aeneas and his followers, having fled Troy to seek a new homeland, experience great trials at sea. They are allowed by the gods to land and rest, temporarily, at Carthage, on the coast of North Africa. Dido (daughter of the Tyrian King Belus.
In Book I, Aeneas showed himself to be a competent leader of his people and a responsible father to his son. Here, in Book II, he demonstrates the appropriate pietas — devotion to one's family, country, and mission — for his father and again for his son.
The Aeneid Book 2 Summary. After some initial hesitation, Aeneas begins to tell the story of Troy's downfall. Everything that follows in this book is told by Aeneas, and so reflects his perspective. Aeneas begins by telling how the Greeks, unable to defeat the Trojans in battle, sail away from Troy.
Capsule Summary. Book 1: Aeneas encounters a storm and is cast ashore at Carthage. Book 2: The hero tells Dido of his escape from Troy. Book 3: The wanderings of Aeneas: Harpies, meeting with Helenus. Death of Anchises. Book 4: Dido's passion for Aeneas. At Jupiter's command, Aeneas departs. Dido kills herself. Book 5: Aeneas reaches Sicily.
aeneid book 2, translated by h. r. fairclough [1] All were hushed, and kept their rapt gaze upon him; then from his raised couch father Aeneas thus began: [3] “Too deep for words, O queen, is the grief you bid me renew, how the Greeks overthrew Troy’s wealth and woeful realm – the sights most piteous that I saw myself and wherein I played ...
