Outline of the Aeneid - Homestead

Aeneid 11: The Story of Camilla• Book 11 falls into two halves. The first half consists of the burial of Pallas, a 12-daytruce, and a war council of Italians; the second is devoted to a long cavalry battlefeaturing the warrior-maiden Camilla.First Half1: Trophy of Mezentius37: Funeral procession of Pallas85: Simile: Pallas like a flower130: Embassy of the Italians181: Arrival of Pallas' body240: Funerary rites on both sides: "a great heap of tangled butchery without a number, withouthonor."278: Public outcry: Turnus should fight Aeneas in a duel.295: Italian council of war317: Speeches: of Venulus,400: of Latinus,443: Drances,498: and Turnus592: War breaks outSecond Half643: Arming of Turnus650: Simile: Turnus like a stallion658: Turnus and Camilla plan698: The goddess Diana tells the story of Camilla789: Cavalry battle854: Camilla's exploits1040: Arruns prays…1055: …and strikes down Camilla1101: "with a moan, her life, resentful, fled to Shades below"1134: The nymph Opis kills Arruns1187: Turnus abandons his ambushAeneid 12: The Death of Turnus• The longest book in the poem begins and ends with Turnus. It revolves around a duelbetween him and Aeneas that is postponed repeatedly. But once Juno submits toJupiter (and Fate), the outcome is decided. Vergil depicts Turnus' death sympathetically,and the motivations and actions of Aeneas are enormously complex.14: Turnus agrees to a duel23: Latinus opposes75: Amata opposes88: Lavinia's "burning face"; simile110: Preparations for a duel181: Juno and Juturna, the sister of Turnus216: Ceremonies and speeches: Aeneas…