The City of God · Character
Aeneas
Trojan hero and legendary founder of Rome, central figure in Virgil's Aeneid.
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First appearance: part i book i
Aeneas shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as witnessing Priam's death at the shrine.
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In II: Mentioned as witnessing Priam's death at the shrine. Later, in III: Pious Trojan hero who carries his conquered gods from Troy, as…
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- Other
Character groups
- Roman Founders and Tyrants
- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
- Diverse Historical and Biblical Figures
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- II
- III
- Book III: External Calamities and the Failure of the Pagan Gods
- Whether the gods, whom the Greeks and Romans worshipped in common, were justified in permitting the destruction of Ilium
- III
- Chapter V: The Inconsistency of the Gods' Anger at Adultery
- Of the statue of Apollo at Cumae, whose tears are supposed to have portended disaster to the Greeks, whom the god was unable to succour.
- XIII
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