Amata’s Family Tree

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Family

• Latinus(spouse),Lavinia(child)— Marriage

  King Latinus and Queen Amata ruled Latium together and were parents of the princess Lavinia, whose hand in marriage became the cause of war between the Trojans and the Latin peoples in Virgil's Aeneid.

Associated with

• Alecto(Greek)

  Alecto drove Queen Amata to madness in Aeneid Book 7 by casting a serpent into her breast. The poisoned queen raged through the city and led Latin women into Bacchic frenzy to prevent Lavinia's marriage to Aeneas.

• Turnus

  Queen Amata passionately championed Turnus as husband for her daughter Lavinia, regarding him almost as a son. When Turnus fell in combat, Amata hanged herself in despair.