OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 VIRGIL

VIRGIL & THE AENEID

Bust of Virgil at his tomb in Naples, Italy

Virgil & Muses Clio (history) and Melpomene (tragedy) (3rd century C.E., Bardo Museum, Tunisia)

OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 LAOCOON

LAOCOON

Laocoon and His Sons

(marble copy after Hellenstic original from 200 B.C.E.; found in baths of Trajan in 1506 C.E.;

Vatican museum)

OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 THE TROJAN HORSE

THE TROJAN HORSE ENTERS THE CITY

Greek stamp featuring depiction of Trojan horse from 670 B.C.E. Burial Pithos

(Archaeological Museum of Mykonos)

Trojan Horse (19th century etching, artist unknown)

OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 AENEAS ESCAPES FROM TROY

AENEAS ESCAPES FROM TROY

Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1618-1619 C.E.; Galleria Borghese, Rome)

OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 AENEAS ESCAPES FROM TROY

Denarius of Julius Caesar depicting Aeneas leaving Troy with Anchises and Palladium (47-46 C.E.)

Bronze coin depcting Aeneas leaving Troy with Anchises and Ascanius (1st-3rd century C.E.)

Aeneas carrying Anchises, followed by Creusa (Altamura painter, 470-460 B.C.E.; Boston)

OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 AENEAS ESCAPES FROM TROY

Aeneas Carrying Anchises (520-510 B.C.E.)

Aeneas flees from Troy (P.G. Batoni, 1750 C.E., Torino, Italy)

OXFORD LATIN COURSE - CHAPTER 9 THE TRAVELS OF AENEAS

THE TRAVELS OF AENEAS