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Images here are provided for study in the context of the course "Literature in the Visual Arts in Medieval Europe" (Rutgers Camden, Spring, 2001) under the fair use doctrine and may not be further reproduced without permission of the copyright holders.
- Painting from a Greek vase of 520 BC, Aneas carrying Anchises.
- Wall painting from Pompeii
- About 69-79 AD.
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Compare to Aeneid Book XII, lines 383-430 (pp. 314-16 in the David
West translation).
- Link to a color photo (where the painting is surely misidentified by being connected to the Illiad).
- Low Ham mosaic
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Fourth century (after 330) floor mosaic from a Roman villa in England,
now in Somerset County Museum, Taunton.
- The scenes described and numbered starting with the ships and moving around the image counterclockwise. Click on the listings for links to color photos.
- Mosaic "The Rape of Europa" with verses alluding to the Aeneid (link to image).
- Images from two late Antique manuscripts of the Aeneid.
1. Aeneas's ships.
2. Aeneas, Dido, Venus, and Ascanius.
3. The hunt: Ascanius, Aeneas, Dido.
4. Aeneas and Dido embracing.
5. The center scene: Venus with attendants.
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