Outline of Vergil's Aeneid
- Introduction
- Juno's wrath
- The storm (Aeolus)
- Neptune calms the storm
- Trojans land near Carthage
- Venus complains to Jupiter
- Jupiter's prophecy
- Mercury prepares a favorable reception in Carthage
- Aeneas meets with Venus, learns of Carthage and Dido
- Aeneas in the city of Carthage
- Aeneas encounters Dido
- Venus causes Dido to begin to fall in love with Aeneas
- The Fall of Troy
- The wooden horse
- Laocoon
- Sinon
- Hector appears to Aeneas
- Aeneas rushes into battle
- Rape of Cassandra
- Death of Priam
- [Helen]
- Aeneas returns home to Anchises, Ascanius, and Creusa
- Creusa's ghost
- Troy abandoned
- Thrace-Polydorus
- Delos and Crete
- Strophades, Harpies
- Helenus and Andromache
- Sicily, The Cyclopes, Acestes
- Death of Anchises
- Dido in love; Anna
- Apparent reconciliation between Juno and Venus
- The hunt and the cave; "Marriage" of Dido and Aeneas
- Jupiter sends Mercury
- Aeneas departs
- Dido's suicide
- Palinurus, Diversion to Sicily
- Anniversary of Anchises' death
- Funeral Games
- Ship Race-Cloanthus
- Foot Race-Nisus and Euryalus
- Boxing Match-Entellus and Dares
- Archery Contest-Eurytion, Acestes's arrow catches fire
- Ascanius leads the young men in the "Trojan Game"
- Juno send Iris to the Trojan women
- The women set fire to the ships
- Advice of Nautes: leave the weak in Siciliy with Acestes
- Anchises appears in a dream
- Venus asks Neptune to provide safe passage
- Death of Palinurus
- Arrival at Italy
- The Sybil
- Request to see Anchises; The Golden Bough
- Misenus
- Journey to the Underworld
- Charon
- Palinurus
- Cerberus
- Vale of Mourning-Dido
- Famous Warriors-Deiphobus
- Tisiphone and Tartarus
- Elysium
- Anchises
- Future Heroes of Rome
- Alban Kings
- Romulus and Augustus
- Marcellus
- Return through the Gates of Sleep
- Arrival in Latium
- Latinus and Lavinia; Faunus
- Trojans eat their "tables"
- Embassy to Latinus; Ilioneus
- Allecto and Amata
- Allecto and Turnus
- Ascanius and Silvia's Stag
- Juno opens the gates of war
- Muster of the Italian forces
- Mezentius and Lausus; Aventinus; Catillus and Coras; Messapus; Clausus; Halaesus; Oebalus; Ufens; Umbro; Virbius; Turnus; Camilla
- Aeneas' dream-vision of Tiberinus; sacrifice of a sow
- Aeneas' reception at Pallanteum by Evander
- Hercules and Cacus
- Arcadian Rome
- Venus persuades Vulcan to forge arms for Aeneas
- Alliance with Evander; Pallas
- The Shield of Aeneas
- Romulus and Remus
- Rape of the Sabine Women
- Mettus
- Porsenna's siege of Rome
- Gauls occupy Rome
- Catiline and Cato
- The Battle of Actium and Augustus' triple triumph
- Juno sends Iris to Turnus
- The Metamorphosis of the Trojan Ships
- Nisus and Euryalus; Volscens
- Turnus and the Rutuli attack the Trojan camp
- Ascanius and Numanus (Remulus)
- Pandarus and Bitias open the gate
- Turnus inside the Trojan camp
- Council of the Gods
- The Etruscan Allies
- Aeneas and Cymodocea
- Return of Aeneas
- The Battle Continues
- Death of Pallas; Pallas's Appeal to Hercules
- Aeneas attacks
- Juno deceives and saves Turnus
- Contest of Aeneas with Lausus and Mezentius
- Aeneas laments the death of Pallas
- Embassy to Aeneas; Drances
- Evander's Mourning
- Latin grief, accusation of Turnus
- Embassy returns from Diomedes
- Speech of Latinus
- Speech of Drances
- Reply of Turnus
- Turnus prepares for battle
- Diana and Opis
- Camilla
- Tarchon, Arruns
- Turnus withdraws from his ambush
- Turnus agrees to meet Aeneas in single combat
- Juno and Juturna
- TheTruce
- Juturna disguised as Camers
- The violation of the truce; Tolumnius
- Aeneas wounded; Iapis (Iapyx)
- Aeneas returns to battle
- Juturna as Metiscus
- Aeneas attacks the city
- Suicide of Amata
- The combat of Aeneas and Turnus
- Jupiter and Juno
- Death of Turnus
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