After escaping Troy, Aeneas and the Trojans sail the seas looking for this promised homeland.
What is Italy?
This one-eyed giant species lives on the island near where Aeneas finds the abandoned sailor.
What are Cyclopes?
This Carthaginian Queen falls in love with Aeneas
Who is Dido?
This goddess is Aeneas’s mother and tries to protect him throughout the story.
Who is Venus?
Aeneas mistakenly believes this island is the Trojans’ new homeland before a prophecy says otherwise.
What is Crete?
The Trojans must sail carefully to avoid this giant Cyclops, who was blinded by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?
Dido uses this to kill herself
What is Aeneas's sword?
This goddess hates the Trojans and constantly tries to ruin Aeneas’s journey.
Who is Juno?
Aeneas finds the spirit of this murdered Trojan prince when the ground begins bleeding in Thrace.
Who is Polydorus?
The two sea monsters threaten ships traveling near southern Italy.
What are Scylla or Charybdis?
This god spreads the rumor of Dido and Aeneas’s relationship across the land of Carthage.
Who is Fama
This god sends a message reminding Aeneas he must continue his journey.
Mercury
At the end of Book 3, this important family member of Aeneas dies in Sicily.
Who is Anchises?
Aeneas rescues this Greek sailor who was left behind by Odysseus.
Who is Achaemenides?
When Dido dies, this goddess cuts a lock of her hair to release her soul from her suffering.
Who is Iris?
This god gives a prophecy through his oracle telling the Trojans they must seek their true homeland.
Who is Apollo?
This Trojan prophet and son of Priam tells Aeneas how to reach Italy safely.
Who is Helenus?
After the Trojans drive off winged monsters on the Strophades Islands, their leader delivers a prophecy that the Trojans will not found their city until hunger forces them to do this.
What is eat their tables?
Dido’s sister who encourages her to pursue Aeneas.
Who is Anna
Before reaching Italy, Helenus warns Aeneas that he must visit this prophetic woman in Italy who will reveal more of his destiny.
Who is the Sibyl of Cumae?