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The Aeneid; Book 2 Summary
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Aeneas agrees to share his experiences with the Carthaginians
The Greeks had decided to build a large wooden horse, which they pretended was a
votive offering to ensure safe return home, but actually contained their best soldiers
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People began to celebrate their leaving and went down to the beach that had
been taken
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The priest Laocoon then came down from the city to talk to the people; he distrusts
the horse and the Greeks in general, so throws a spear into the horse
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o According to Sinon, Palamedes (a king) spoke out against the Greek campaign
and was put to death for this, at the hands of Ulixes
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o The Greeks then sent someone to consult the oracle (of Apollo) at Delphi
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o Ulixes then told Calchas to choose the victim for sacrifice
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o By now, Sinon has justified himself in still being at Troy and created pity for
him as a victim of Greek treachery
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o Sinon says that Ulixes and Diomede once attempted to steal the Palladium
(statue of Athena) and touched it with blood on their hands
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o When the Greeks took the statue back to the camp, it flashed and let out
sweat and leapt from the statue three times
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o Calchas then told them to build the horse as a monument of atonement, but
big enough that it could not be taken into Troy, because if they took the
horse, they would be able to take the fight to Greece
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They then fled and hid on the statue of
Athena in her temple
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When bringing the horse through the gate, it stopped on the
threshold four times, with the armour inside clanging, but it was still brought in
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Hector appears to Aeneas in his sleep and tells him that Troy will fall, but that
Aeneas has to escape and found a city after long wanderings
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Aeneas wanted to
take up arms and fight back against the Greeks
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Apparently only a few men are fighting back
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They fought through the city, with both Greeks
and Trojans dying
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When Androgeos realises and is then killed, Aeneas has the idea of wearing Greek
armour as a disguise
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The Greeks then
attacked them in force, and Aeneas was overwhelmed
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The Trojans were
throwing down chunks of the building on the massed Greek army below, in
desperation
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They then worked to
collapse a huge watchtower onto the Greeks
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Before his death, Priam had put on his armour and
taken his weapon, before being convinced by Hecuba to sit at an altar
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The men have all either died or killed themselves, and Aeneas thinks about his
family
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As he makes towards her, Venus appears and
guides him away, to find his wife and son
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Aeneas finds his father but he refuses to go with them; he has fled the city before
and doesn’t want to again, as he is too old
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As his father will not leave, Aeneas resolves to a glorious death and puts his
armour on
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Ascanius’ cap began to glow and set alight
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The sky thundered and a star fell
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Aeneas frees the household slaves and tells them to convene at a temple to Ceres
outside the city
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Nearing the city gates, Aeneas could hear marching and so told the group to run;
Creusa was lost
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Aeneas goes
back in to find her, searching the gateway, the house and the citadel
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Creusa’s ghost then appears; she tells him he will suffer a long exile and journey at
sea
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While he has been gone, more survivors have joined him
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