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Aeneas' Story: Questions and Answers

1) How long was Aeneas' journey from Troy to Italy? Why was Aeneas sailing to Italy? ([|flickr.com/photos/ 36021911@N00/34256361/])

Aeneas' journey took a really long time. He sailed from Troy, which had been burned by the Greeks, to Italy. During that time, the Greeks and the Trojans were at war. The Greeks pretended to give up and leave, but really were hiding in a giant, wooden horse. The Trojans thought that the horse was a gift from the Greeks and took it into the city. This was a big mistake because the Greeks were really hiding in the wooden horse. At night, when everyone was sleeping, the Greeks burned Troy and killed those inside. Aeneas saw the danger and, taking his father from the city, set sail. The journey supposedly took seven years for Aeneas to find Italy. This journey would definitely take less than seven years today.

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2) Did Aeneas have company on his long journey?

Many other people sailed on the journey from Troy to Italy with Aeneas. All of the crew were actually friends or relatives of Aeneas. One person that went on the journey with Aeneas was Achates (a close friend). Euryalus was a young man that went with Aeneas, too. Euryalus was a possible messenger for Aeneas. Many more came, too, like Aeneas' father. He was named Anchises. However, Aeneas' wife never made it. She was separated from Aeneas at Troy. Creusa, his wife, never sailed away, and she died in Troy. Later, Creusa was replaced by the Latin ruler's daughter.

3) There were other people that sailed on the journey with Aeneas, but were any of them killed?

Many of Aeneas' crew members were killed. Aeneas' father was killed, but not by a monster. He was old, and simply died of old age. After all, he was pretty old. Euryalus was killed, however. When he was trying to get a message to Aeneas, he was slaughtered by someone. Aeneas' helmsman was slaughtered too. He was killed by another man. The helmsman was later replaced. Many nore were killed, too.

4)Did Aeneas face an amazing amount of monsters on his journey?

Aeneas faced many, many monsters. He faced monsters of all types, shapes, and sizes. Aeneas' crew/friends and family also tried to face these monsters with Aeneas. Most of the time, though, the person died if he or she faced a monster and tried to help Aeneas. The monster would kill them.

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5)What type of monsters did Aeneas face?

Aeneas faced monsters of most, if not all, elements. He faced sea snakes, harpies, a cyclops, sea nymphs turned into monsters, a fury, and possibly many more. Some of these monsters Aeneas didn't defeat because they disappeared. One time that this happened was when a man shoved his spear into the wooden horse at Try. The Greek gods seemed to have wanted to have him punished because just then, two huge sea snaked swallowed the man and his two sons.