The Trojans

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.9 Trojans

  Troy's defenders, told to break the Greek lines while love keeps Achilles from the field.

• The Heroides §7 Trojans

  Aeneas's people, the Trojans, whose treading of 'Punic soil' Dido wishes had never happened.

• The Heroides §7 the Dardan holy things

  The sacred objects of Troy (the Dardan/Trojan line) that Aeneas bore in flight, sworn by in Dido's prayer.

• The Heroides §13 sons of Dardanus

  The Trojans, whom Laodamia begs to spare her husband among so many foes.

• The Heroides §13 the Trojan women

  The wives of Troy, whom Laodamia envies for being able to arm and tend their husbands at hand.

• The Heroides §13 the Dardan arms

  The Trojan (Dardan) armor a Trojan bride hands her husband.

• The Heroides §16 the Trojan matrons

  The married women of Troy, who will throng to greet Helen.

• The Heroides §16 the Dardanian cities

  The cities of Troy through which Helen will be hailed as a queen and goddess.

• The Heroides §16 the women of Ilium

  The Trojan women who will heap gifts on Helen.

• The Heroides §17 the Dardanian brides

  The Trojan daughters-in-law, whose talk Helen dreads.

• Metamorphoses §12.355 the Trojans

  The defenders of Troy (Troes, Phrygians), who contest the Greek landing.

• Metamorphoses §13.388 the Trojans bring sword

  The defenders of Troy.

• The Cure for Love §2 Trojan sails

  The Trojans, here the fleet of Aeneas leaving Carthage — the sight Dido watched from her tower before her death.

• Sorrows §1.2 Teucrians

  The Trojans, called Teucrians after their ancestor Teucer; favored by Venus.