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29 Vocabulary 3 Find the English translations for these words in the text. 1 danneggia (Book 1) 2 sbarca (Book 1) 3 fuga (Book 2) 4 profetizza (Book 4) 5 sacerdotessa (Book 6) 6 regno (Book 6) Check 4 Answer the questions. 1 Who is Dido? 2 Who was Anchises? 3 Who tells Aeneas to go to Italy? 4 Why does Dido commit suicide? 5 What is the Underworld? Writing Portfolio 5 Find out what happens in books 7–12 of The Aeneid. Write a summary of the main events in each book. Use the summary in exercise 2 as a guide. Literature: The Aeneid Warm-up 1 Complete the factfile on The Aeneid with the correct headings (a–j). a Setting: where? f Author b Protagonist g When written? c Structure h Plot d Themes i Language e Genre j Setting: when? The Aeneid: Factfile 1 Virgil 2 Epic poem 3 Latin 4 Around 20 B.C. 5 Around 1000 B.C., after the Trojan War 6 The Mediterranean 7 12 Books 8 Aeneas 9 The adventures of Aeneas as he follows his destiny and travels by sea from Troy to Italy. There he establishes the race that becomes the people of Rome. 10 the acceptance of destiny, the glory of Rome Reading and Listening 2 a T5 28 The Aeneid consists of 12 Books. Read and listen to the description of the main events in Books 1–6. Then write the number of each Book (1–6) beside the correct event (a–f). a Aeneas’s father dies. b Aeneas meets dead people. c The Trojans have funeral games for Anchises. d Aeneas loses his wife. e The Trojan ships are in a storm. f Dido commits suicide. b In pairs. Check your answers. A What happens in Book 1? B In Book 1… Virgil Book 1 Aeneas and the Trojan ships leave Troy, but the goddess Juno sends a storm which damages the ships. Aeneas lands in Africa, near the city of Carthage. He meets Dido, the queen of Carthage. Book 2 Aeneas tells Dido the story of the destruction of Troy. He describes his escape from the city with his father, Anchises, and the loss of his wife, Creusa. Book 3 Aeneas’s story continues. He describes his journey to find a new city in the west. The gods of Troy tell him that he must go to Italy. His story finishes with the death of his father. Book 4 Dido falls in love with Aeneas. Aeneas cannot return her love because he must follow his destiny. When he leaves with the Trojan ships, Dido prophesies eternal hate between Carthage and the descendants of the Trojans. She then commits suicide. Book 5 The Trojans stop in Sicily. Here they have funeral games to remember the one year anniversary of the death of Anchises. Book 6 The Trojans land in Cumae in the province of Campania. Aeneas meets the Sibyl, a priestess. She tells him to enter the Underworld, the realm of the dead, where he meets people from his past. CLIL Italian 4
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Vocabulary 3 Find the English translations for these words
in the text.
1 danneggia (Book 1) 2 sbarca (Book 1) 3 fuga (Book 2) 4 profetizza (Book 4) 5 sacerdotessa (Book 6) 6 regno (Book 6)
Check 4 Answer the questions.
1 Who is Dido?
2 Who was Anchises?
3 Who tells Aeneas to go to Italy?
4 Why does Dido commit suicide?
5 What is the Underworld?
Writing Portfolio
5 Find out what happens in books 7–12 of The Aeneid. Write a summary of the main events in each book. Use the summary in exercise 2 as a guide.
Literature: The Aeneid
Warm-up
1 Complete the factfile on The Aeneid with the correct headings (a–j).
a Setting: where? f Author
b Protagonist g When written?
c Structure h Plot
d Themes i Language
e Genre j Setting: when?
The Aeneid: Factfile 1 Virgil
2 Epicpoem
3 Latin
4 Around20B.C.
5 Around1000B.C., aftertheTrojanWar
6 TheMediterranean
7 12Books
8 Aeneas
9 TheadventuresofAeneasas hefollowshisdestinyand travelsbyseafromTroytoItaly. Thereheestablishestherace thatbecomesthepeople ofRome.
10 theacceptanceofdestiny,the gloryofRome
Reading and Listening 2 a T5 28 The Aeneid consists of 12 Books.
Read and listen to the description of the main events in Books 1–6. Then write the number of each Book (1–6) beside the correct event (a–f).
a Aeneas’s father dies.
b Aeneas meets dead people.
c The Trojans have funeral games for Anchises.
d Aeneas loses his wife.
e The Trojan ships are in a storm.
f Dido commits suicide.
b In pairs. Check your answers.
A What happens in Book 1?
B In Book 1…
Virgil
Book 1 Aeneas and the Trojan ships leave Troy, but the goddess Juno sends a storm which damages the ships. Aeneas lands in Africa, near the city of Carthage. He meets Dido, the queen of Carthage.
Book 2 Aeneas tells Dido the story of the destruction of Troy. He describes his escape from the city with his father, Anchises, and the loss of his wife, Creusa.
Book 3 Aeneas’s story continues. He describes his journey to find a new city in the west. The gods of Troy tell him that he must go to Italy. His story finishes with the death of his father.
Book 4 Dido falls in love with Aeneas. Aeneas cannot return her love because he must follow his destiny. When he leaves with the Trojan ships, Dido prophesies eternal hate between Carthage and the descendants of the Trojans. She then commits suicide.
Book 5 The Trojans stop in Sicily. Here they have funeral games to remember the one year anniversary of the death of Anchises.
Book 6 The Trojans land in Cumae in the province of Campania. Aeneas meets the Sibyl, a priestess. She tells him to enter the Underworld, the realm of the dead, where he meets people from his past.
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