Roman Myth as Poetry: Trojan Ancestors II

The fall of Troy might be the most famous myth from Classical antiquity. In the second book of the Aeneid, Aeneas himself tells the story of Troy's destruction, as a first hand account to Dido, in Carthage. This lecture investigates the Greek antecedents for this myth in Homeric epic, and what it tells us about the fate of Troy and Aeneas himself. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.