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Role of the Gods and Goddesses in the Aeneid
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Role of the Gods and Goddesses in the Aeneid
Juno
Juturna
Book XII - Sanctioned by Juno to interfere in the war to try save Turnus
Book XII - Goes to the battle lines disguised as Camers to rouse the Rutulians to war
Book XII - Sends the eagle into the sky so that the Rutulians misinterpret the sign.
Book XII - Takes control of Turnus' chariot and stops him from going to battle with Aeneas
Book XII - Turnus recognises his sister Juturna and tells her to stop
Book XII - Gives Turnus his sword so Venus gives the spear to Aeneas
In General
Spiteful
Book I - Loves Carthage and hates the Trojans
Causes storm in Book I - bringing Aeneas to Carthage
Appeals to Aeolus
Book II - First to seize the Scaean gate
Selfish
Book VII - Returns from Argos Aeneas has reached his goal and even though she can't do anything about it personally she will disrupt his path
Stubborn
Petty
Manipulative
Allecto
Book VII - Puts the serpent into Amata's chest
Book VII - Goes to Turnus as Calybe and tries to insight war but gets laughed off and bursts into blazing anger
Book VII - She goes to put scent of the stag into the hounds of Iulus, making him kill the stag signalling the start of the war
Book IV - Sends Iris to put Dido out of her misery by taking a lock of her hair to give to Dis
Book VII - Puts a stop to Allecto and does the finishing touches herself, by opening the gates of war.
Jupiter
Book I - calms Venus and introduces the first prophecy
Book II - Rouses the Gods against Troy
Book II - Puts himself into the hearts of the Greeks giving them strength
Book IV - Speaks to Mercury and tells him to tell Aeneas to leave as this wasn't the land promised to him
Book XII - Jupiter tells Juno to stop intervening and Juno agrees on condition that the Latins keep their name.
Book XII - Makes his judgement with the scales
Book XII - Sends the Dira to warn off Juturna
Venus
Cupid
Sent by Venus disguised as Ascanius
Book I - Disguises herself as a Spartan woman
Angry when Aeneas questions her tactics
Convinces Aeneas to go to Carthage
Shrouds him in a cloud of mist
Book I - appeals to Jupiter about Juno's treatment of Aeneas
Book II - Appears to Aeneas to stop him killing Helen and reminds him of his fate.
Book IV - Juno and Venus agree to marry Dido and Aeneas
VIII - Flatters Vulcan into making Aeneas new armour used Thetis as a bribe/blackmail
Book XII - Venus sends dittany to Aeneas to cure his arrow wound and it is identified as the work of the Gods
Book XII - Tells Aeneas to go to the city of Latium
Book XII - Gives Aeneas his spear back
Neptune
Books 1: Calms the storm she has created
Simile
Book II - Referred to as loosening the foundations of Troy
Book VII - Prevents the Trojans from making harbour
Mercury
Book I- sent by Jupiter to make Carthage hospitable to the Trojans
Athena/Minerva
Book II - referenced as being the one that helps the Greeks build the Trojan Horse.
Book II - sends the serpents to kill Laocoon convincing the Trojans to take the horse in
Vulcan
Book XII - Creates the sword for Turnus' father that Turnus has
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