Funeral Games for Anchises (book 5)

Finally we get a bit of comic relief from all the disaster that Aeneas hast to face. In book five Aeneas goes to the shore of a long lost friend Acestes rules. There they have a set of Olympic games to remember the anniversary of Aeneas's dad. I think that these games and meeting with Acestes in Eryx is a foreshadow to how rich and skilled the new empire will be when Aeneas founds it. Throughout the games great skilled is shown in boat racing, running, and archery all skills that help build a great empire. To top it off Aeneas gives wealthy prizes to all of the people competing even if they didn't win. All this skill, and wealth combined with a city of fellow trojans is a foreshadow of how great Italy will be for Aeneas, however once again he leaves a place that is very wealthy and powerful, to go off to something that will be even bigger and better.