Aeneid Character ID
Who are Aeneas' parents?
Venus & Anchises
What is the name of the centaur who trains Heracles? (Also, trainer of Achilles & Jason)
Chiron
His wife is Clytemnestra.
Agamemnon (King of Mycenae)
Who is the King of Troy?
Priam
In which city does the Golden Fleece reside?
Colchis
Who is Neoptolemus?
son of Achilles, kills Priam, is killed later by Orestes
Who is the Queen of Carthage that Aeneas has a relationship with?
Dido
How does Heracles clean the Augean stables?
Another pair to know, like Cepheus & Cassiopeia, who are Princess Nausicaa's parents, the king and queen of Phaeacia
Alcinous & Arete
Name the two warriors whose battle occurs at the end of the Iliad.
Hector (Trojan) & Achilles (Greek)
Which epic poem describes the Trojan Horse?
The Aeneid
Odysseus has several monstrous encounters. Who is the "witch in the woods," and who is the "blinded ogre" that he encounters?
"Blinded ogre" = Polyphemus
Who guides Aeneas to the Underworld in Aeneid Book 6?
Sybil (of Cumae)
Hylas, Deianeira, and Philoctetes
Hylas = beloved of Heracles, one of the Argonauts (stolen by water nymphs)
Deianeira = wife of Heracles, who accidentally kills him with a poisoned shirt
Philoctetes = is given the bow of Heracles
Who are Sextus Tarquinius, Tarqinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), & Lucretia?
List the three characters whose love triangle causes the Trojan War.
Paris (Trojan) & Menelaus (Greek) & Helen (of Troy/of Sparta)
What is a "death island"? Provide at least 1 example.
A place that's impossible to leave (i.e., you die there). Examples include the Land of the Lotus Eaters, the Laestrygonians, etc.
Name the hero that is friend to each of these so-called "Hero's friends": Patroclus, Enkidu, Hylas
Patroclus & Achilles
Enkidu & Gilgamesh
Hylas & Heracles
What is King Latinus' daughter's/Aeneas' eventual bride's name?
Lavinia
Name the following 4 of Heracles' relatives:
Mother, Father, Cousin (who gives him the labors), Half-Brother (can also just name his parents)
Alcmena, Zeus, Eurystheus, Iphicles (Alcmena & Amphitryon)
Name Leda's 4 children
(2 traditionally by Zeus, 2 by her husband Tyndareus)
Castor & Pollux (Polydeuces) & Helen & Clytemnestra
Andromache, Astyanax, Deiphobos, & Hecuba
Andromache = his wife, Astyanax = his son, Deiphobos = his brother; Hecuba = his mother
What is an eponymous ancestor? Give an example.
The place's name comes from their name.
Europa --> Europe
Romulus --> Rome
Some unusual names to know. Explain who they are.
1) Pelias
2) Peleus & Thetis
3) Janus
4) Phrixus & Helle
1) Jason's evil uncle, the Peliades (his daughters) are tricked by Medea into killing him
2) Achilles' parents
3) Roman god with two faces
4) escape sacrifice by their evil step-mother Ino by flying away on a golden ram
What is the name of the Aeneid "Hector"-like figure that Aeneas kills?
Turnus
Name 2 of the labors and how they're accomplished
(cannot relist the Augean Stables)
Nemean Lion = used it's own claws against it
Lernean Hydra = cauterized the stumps
Stymphalian Birds = drove away with bronze clappers
Cerberus = brought up from the Underworld
Ceryneian Hind = captured once tired out from chase
Erymanthian Boar = trapped in a net
Cretan Bull = wrestled bull
Diomedes' Horses = feeds Diomedes to them
Hippolytus' Belt = killed some of the Amazons
Geryon's Cattle = stole them
Herespides' Golden Apples = stole them
Killed by sea serpents, recognizes the wooden horse as a trap.
Laocoön
Explain the main conflict of Iliad Book 1, listing the Greek warrior, Greek king, Trojan priest, his daughter, and the other young Trojan woman involved.
Greek warrior = Achilles; Greek king = Agamemnon; Trojan priest = Chryses; his daughter = Chryseis; other Trojan woman involved = Briseis
2 journeys come upon the Clashing Rocks: who are the leaders of these two crews, and what do they each decide to do?
Odysseus, goes around
Jason, goes through
Greek & Roman Name Matching. Give the Roman name for the following Greek ones:
1) Zeus
2) Athena
3) Persephone
4) Hermes
5) Heracles
1) Jupiter
2) Minerva
3) Proserpina
4) Mercury
5) Hercules