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[[Image:Juno Louvre Ma485.jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Statue of a woman in a toga.|The goddess [[Juno]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' disguised herself as the old woman named '''''Beroe''''' to have the devious purpose of persuading the [[Trojan women]] to burn the ships of [[Aeneas]] and the [[Troy (ancient city)|Trojans]] to prevent them from leaving [[Sicily]].]] | [[Image:Juno Louvre Ma485.jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Statue of a woman in a toga.|The goddess [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' disguised herself as the old woman named '''''Beroe''''' to have the devious purpose of persuading the [[Trojan women]] to burn the ships of [[Aeneas]] and the [[Troy (ancient city)|Trojans]] to prevent them from leaving [[Sicily]].]] | ||
'''Beroe''' is a fictional character in the [[epic]] [[poetry|poem]] ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]'' who is an old woman. But she's really a [[transformation]] of the [[Greek god|Greek goddess]] [[Juno]] who wanted to thwart the mission of the [[Trojan warriors]] in their effort to reach [[Italy]] and build the then-future city of [[Rome]]. Beroe incites the [[Trojan women]] to burn the ships; while the son of Aeneas named [[Ascanius]] tries to prevent this from happening, he fails, but the king of the gods [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] causes it to [[rain]] which spares the ships off the coast of [[Sicily]]. | '''Beroe''' is a fictional character in the [[epic]] [[poetry|poem]] ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]'' who is an old woman. But she's really a [[transformation]] of the [[Greek god|Greek goddess]] [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] who wanted to thwart the mission of the [[Trojan warriors]] in their effort to reach [[Italy]] and build the then-future city of [[Rome]]. Beroe incites the [[Trojan women]] to burn the ships; while the son of Aeneas named [[Ascanius]] tries to prevent this from happening, he fails, but the king of the gods [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] causes it to [[rain]] which spares the ships off the coast of [[Sicily]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Juno]] | * [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 12:54, 24 February 2023
Beroe is a fictional character in the epic poem The Aeneid who is an old woman. But she's really a transformation of the Greek goddess Juno who wanted to thwart the mission of the Trojan warriors in their effort to reach Italy and build the then-future city of Rome. Beroe incites the Trojan women to burn the ships; while the son of Aeneas named Ascanius tries to prevent this from happening, he fails, but the king of the gods Jupiter causes it to rain which spares the ships off the coast of Sicily.