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The Golden Bough is one of the episodic tales written in the epic Aeneid, book VI, by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC), which narrates the adventures of the Trojan hero Aeneas after the Trojan War. [1] [2]
Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598). Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Map of Aeneas' fictional journey. The Aeneid (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ɪ d / ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenēĭs [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
The tales told in the Cycle are recounted by other ancient sources, [7] notably Virgil's Aeneid (book 2), which recounts the sack of Troy from a Trojan perspective, and Ovid's Metamorphoses (books 13–14), which describes the Greeks' landing at Troy (from the Cypria) and the judgment of Achilles' arms (Little Iliad).
The painting draws upon imagery from Aeneid § Book 6: Underworld, an epic poem written in ancient Rome by Publius Vergilius Maro. Aeneas , the protagonist , is being guided through Hades by the Cumaean Sibyl , a temple priestess.
The Cumaean Sibyl leads Aeneas to the Underworld for his katabasis in the Aeneid. The katabasis of Virgil 's Aeneid occurs in book 6 of the epic. Unlike Odysseus, Aeneas seeks to enter the Underworld, rather than bring the spirits of the dead to him through sacrifice.
The epic poem consists of 12 books in dactylic hexameter verse which describe the journey of Aeneas, a warrior fleeing the sack of Troy, to Italy, his battle with the Italian prince Turnus, and the foundation of a city from which Rome would emerge. The Aeneid's first six books
The painting depicts a scene from book VI of the ancient Roman epic Aeneid by Virgil. Turner has used Christopher Pitt's English translation. [2] The hero Aeneas wants to enter the Underworld to consult his dead father. The Sibyl of Cumae tells him that he needs to offer a golden bough from a sacred tree to Proserpine in order to enter.
Anchises is mentioned in Book 6 when Aeneas voyages to the underworld. [7] When Aeneas finds his father in the underworld, they have a tearful reunion. [7] Aeneas tries to hug Anchises, yet he is unable. [7] Aeneas then observes swarms of people gathered around a river. [7] He asks his father about the river and those surrounding it. [7]