O Tempora!
This poet wrote the Aeneid.
Who was Vergil?
This woman's capture launched the Trojan War.
Who was Helen?
This goddess was the mother of Aeneas.
Who is Venus?
This poetic device describes the repetition of word-initial consonants.
What is alliteration?
This woman was (or wasn't) Aeneas' wife and Juno's favorite queen.
Who was Dido?
This emperor commissioned the Aeneid to be written.
Who was Caesar Augustus?
This Greek king of Mycenae led the Greeks in the Trojan War.
Who was Agamemnon?
This god of the forge crafted Aeneas' armor.
Who was Vulcan?
This poetic device consists of over-exaggeration for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
This princess of Latium was given in marriage to Aeneas.
Who is Lavinia?
This naval battle in 31 BC is considered the beginning of the Roman Empire.
What was the Battle of Actium?
This trickster came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse.
Who was Odysseus?
This goddess loved Carthage the most.
Who was Juno?
This inversion of word order is also called interlocking word order.
What is synchysis?
This woman was Aeneas' first wife who died in Troy.
Who is Creusa?
This date marks the official beginning of Caesar Augustus' reign.
When is 27 BC?
A prince and warrior of Troy, this hero was defeated by Achilles.
Who was Hector?
These three goddesses offered Paris gifts in exchange for the golden apple and the title of most beautiful.
Who were Juno, Venus, and Minerva?
An entire line made up of a chiasm or synchesis is called this.
What is a golden line?
This man was the king of Troy and father of Paris and Hector.
Who was Priam?
Vergil also wrote this poem that some scholars believe refer to Jesus Christ.
What is the Messianic Eclogue?
This woman was the sister of Helen who killed her husband upon his return from the Trojan War.
Who was Clytemnestra?
This goddess of discord threw an apple that started a feud that began the Trojan War.
Who was Eris?
Just like the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid was written in this meter.
What is dactylic hexameter?
This man was king near Latium and went to war with Aeneas at the end of the Aeneid.
Who was Turnus?