Characters
Who are the Danaans?
Greeks
Book II is told in the first person of Aeneas who is telling his story to this person.
Dido
The "Greek spy" who convinces the Trojans to bring the horse into their city walls.
Sinon
Anna says Dido and Aeneas should have a relationship because
It will end the war between Troy and Carthage / unite them / make both cities stronger
This god confronts Venus to have Dido and Aeneas married
Juno
The Romans knew her as Minerva or this name
Pallas
What Aeneas decides to do immediately after Mercury confronts him in Book IV.
He leaves Carthage in secret, without telling Dido.
Two opinions about the wooden horse.
It is a trick. It is a peace offering.
Why does Dido assume her and Aeneas are married?
Juno, goddess of marriage. She performs wedding rituals that seem believable.
Runs around town telling everyone about Dido and Aeneas
Rumor
The Greek Warrior who created the wooden horse and was hidden in the belly.
Ulysses
Mercury witness Aeneas doing this in Carthage in Book IV.
Building
This character warns the Trojans the horse is a trick led by the Greeks. He is also referred to as the "soothsayer"
Laocoon
Dido says she will do this to Aeneas after he leaves her during one of her powerful speeches.
Haunt him, he will hear her voice, endless war
Confronts Aeneas about his delay following his fate.
Mercury
Dido's husband who was killed by her own brother, Pygmalion.
Sychaeus
What is Aeneas' fate in Book IV?
To found Italy, the city of Rome.
The Trojans will win the war.
How does Dido die?
Places herself on a burning pyre, stabs herself with Aeneas' sword.
This goddess is Aeneas' mother
Venus
The son of Jupiter
King Iarbas
What detail about Agamemnon convinces the Trojans that Sinon is telling the truth?
What does Dido's lock of golden hair represent at the end of Book IV?
Given to Proserpina to make Dido's death more peaceful. It was never her fate to die, so she takes a long time to pass to the underworld.
This god is King Iarbas' father.
Jupiter