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Aeneas Characters
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Anchises
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father of Anchises, died at end of book three
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Ascanius
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Aeneas' son
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Creusa
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Aeneas' wife at Troy, died end of book 2
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Dido
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Queen of Carthage, died end of book 4
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Deiphobe the Sibyl
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sibyl who took aeneas to the underworld
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Evander
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king of Pallanteum, father of pallas, ally of Aeneas
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Pallas
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son of Evander,
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Nisus and Euryalus
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Trojans that snuck into the Latin camp and were later killed because of the things they stole
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Latinus
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king of Laurentum in Latium, father of Lavinia
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Amata
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queen of Laurentum
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Lavinia
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destined wife of Aeneas
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Turnus
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King of the Rutulians, led the Italian forces against Aeneas
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Juturna
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a nymph, sister of turnus, restarts the war before the treaty can be made
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Juno
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sister and wife of jupiter, hostile to the Trojans
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Venus
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Aeneas mother,daughter of jupiter
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Jupiter
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Supreme god
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Apollo
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Son of Jupiter
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