in the underworld
AnswerThe Israelites believed that God had made a promise to Abraham that his successors would inherit the land of the Canaanites. This would have included other, non-Hebrew people such as the Arabs, said in The Bible to be descendants of Ishmael, so the promise or covenant was later refined to include only the descendants of Israel.
The goddess who tormented Aeneas and the Trojans was Juno, the queen of the gods. She harbored a deep resentment towards the Trojans due to a prophecy that foretold their descendants would one day destroy her favorite city, Carthage. As a result, she constantly sought to hinder Aeneas's journey to fulfill his destiny of founding Rome, creating numerous obstacles and challenges along the way.
Anchises told Aeneas that he would be the ancestor to a line of people that would rule the world (otherwise known as the Romans) In the Underworld, Anchises showed Aeneas some of his people, pointing each out and telling of their accomplishments.
Hera was the Roman goddess Juno, and also the patron goddess of Carthage under another name (Tanit). (Greeks and Romans considered that the gods were the same everywhere, but different cities worshiped them under different names). She was also patron of the city-states of Argos and Mycenae (and many other places). As Tanit / Juno - Hera attempted to impede Aeneas' escape from Troy to Italy;- knowing that Aeneas' descendants would found Rome, which would in time destroy her holy city of Carthage. The Aeneid has Juno as a major character, acting mainly as Aeneas' antagonist.
They loved each other very much, forgetting that Aeneas also loved Dido for a period of time.
Abraham
God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
AnswerThe Israelites believed that God had made a promise to Abraham that his successors would inherit the land of the Canaanites. This would have included other, non-Hebrew people such as the Arabs, said in The Bible to be descendants of Ishmael, so the promise or covenant was later refined to include only the descendants of Israel.
Abraham was the father of the child of the promise. God promised him that he would have a child whose descendants would eventually be the salvation of all mankind.
The goddess who tormented Aeneas and the Trojans was Juno, the queen of the gods. She harbored a deep resentment towards the Trojans due to a prophecy that foretold their descendants would one day destroy her favorite city, Carthage. As a result, she constantly sought to hinder Aeneas's journey to fulfill his destiny of founding Rome, creating numerous obstacles and challenges along the way.
There are more than three, but three of them are that Macbeth would become king, that Banquo's heirs would become king, and that no harm would come to Macbeth until Birnam Wood came to Dunsinane.
At that time, God once again promised Abraham that he would inherit the Holy Land and would have very many descendants (Genesis ch.13).
God promised Abraham a land and a "seed" (son). One way that God kept that promise was to give Abraham a son named Isaac (even though he was too old to have children). He also kept His promise to give the land of Canaan (Israel) to Abraham's descendants. The New Testament says that these promises had an even greater fulfillment when Jesus came. It teaches that Jesus is the son of Abraham through whom all the nations of the earth would be blessed. The New Testament also says that Jesus would not only rule over the land of Israel but over the whole earth.
Anchises told Aeneas that he would be the ancestor to a line of people that would rule the world (otherwise known as the Romans) In the Underworld, Anchises showed Aeneas some of his people, pointing each out and telling of their accomplishments.
1) In Genesis ch.15, the Covenant Between the Parts, God promised the land of Canaan (Israel) to Abraham's descendants. 2) In Genesis ch.13, 17 and 22, God promised Abraham that he would have a multitude of descendants.3) In Genesis 18:19, God alluded that Abraham's teachings would never go lost from his descendants.See also:More about the CovenantMore about Abraham
Aeneas' first wife was Creusa, with whom he had a son, Iulius (from which the Julian line got it's name). Creusa died as Aeneas was fleeing the city, and she predicted he would marry a foreign woman in the future. That woman was Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latin people. He did also have a year long affair with Dido, Queen of Carthage, but they never married. Before he could take vows with her, Mercury was sent to remind him of his mission from Jupiter.
A covenant literally means a promise or pact, in the case of the jews, G-d made a covenant with Abraham about his descendants and what they would inherit and become