Tamta Gegechkori First Year Seminar Professor Bartscherer 10.10.2012 Aeneid, Chapter !

A "etter #$ %ear Friend, hope a&& is 'e&& in Carthage. t(s )een se*era& months since &eft the cit$ for Co&chis, and $o+ a&read$ manage to get a *isit from Aeneas. ha*e to te&& $o+, r+mors a)o+t him f&$ fast, can(t attest to most of them, )+t the$ create -+ite an interesting pict+re. First of a&&, did $o+ kno' that he(s a demigod. Yes, Another of /en+s( chi&dren, sho+&d 'e )e s+rprised. 0is father, Anchises, is from Tro$ ! poor g+$, pro)a)&$ tho+gh that /en+s sa' something e1ceptiona& in him. %on(t the$ a&&, m$ friend, don(t the$ a&&. An$'a$, apparent&$ )eca+se of his 2connections3 he gets a &ot of he&p a&ong the 'a$. mean, for se*en $ears he(s )een tra*e&ing, and (*e heard that his so&diers ha*e )een attacked )$ e*er$thing from )&inded c$c&opses to strange 'inged creat+res. Yet he a&'a$s manages to come o+t of the )att&e 'itho+t a scratch. (m s+re he(s a co+rageo+s man and his s+r*i*a& can )e attri)+ted to his ski&&s, )+t his ski&&s co+&dn(t ha*e he&ped him 'hen the p&ag+e str+ck, co+&d the$. (m te&&ing $o+, there(s definite&$ something di*ine going on here. t 'o+&d make sense ! first of a&&, he(s a demigod. Second of a&&, it(s o)*io+s that he has a *er$ specific destination, a&tho+gh don(t kno' that m+ch a)o+t that ! e*er$)od$ here sa$s something different, it(s hard

to decide 'ho to )e&ie*e. 4hat if the gods directed him this 'a$. The$ ma$ )e he&ping him a&ong the 'ho&e 'a$. n that case, don(t $o+ think 'e need to )e caref+&. The gods 'i&& destro$ e*er$thing that 'i&& pre*ent their 'ish to come tr+e. 4ho kno's 'hat(s going to happen... 5e+s, 'ish Aeneas has ne*er set foot in Carthage. 0e doesn(t seem &ike that )ad of a person, )+t he ma$ )ring tro+)&e.

0o' is e*er$thing 'ith $o+r fami&$. %id $o+r da+ghter find a s+ita)&e h+s)and $et. Co&chis is gorgeo+s, )+t miss home. Yo+ ha*e to 'rite to me more fre-+ent&$, Te&& $o+r 'ife said he&&o, Best 'ishes, Yo+r dearest friend, Tamta