General Aeneid and Ancient Lit Knowledge
What is the Greek name for the godess Venus?
Aphrodite.
What came out of Aeneas's Father's tomb?
A snake.
What is the name of the preistis of Apollo?
The Sybil
What causes the qeen to go mad?
A snake that bites her.
What demi god is celebrated in this book?
Hercules
Who wrote the Aeneid?
Bonus 50 - Who tranzlated the version we are reading?
Virgil
Robert Fitzgerald
What is do the Trojans see as they leave for Sicily?
Dido burning on a pyre.
What is the plant called that Aeneas had to have go into the underworld?
The golden bough.
What causes the fight between the Trojans and the countrymen?
Bonus 50 - What's the name of the man who is technically at fault?
A stag was shot, that the countrymen had raised, was shot and killed.
Ascanius
Who is Aeneas told to seek help from becasue of the war?
Bonus 25 - Where was he from
King Evander
Arcadia
Why was the Aeneid written?
It was written as a tribute to Caesar.
What was the name of the man thrown overboard?
Menoetes.
What is the name of the feild where Aeneas's father is?
Elysium.
What was Faunus' prophecy?
That a man from abroad would be his son-in-law.
What does Venus do to help Aeneas in the battle?
Convices her husband, Vulcan, to make weapons for Aeneas.
How many chapters are in the Aenied (within 2)?
Bonus 25 if you can get the exact number.
Acceptable Numbers: 10,11,13,14
Exact: 12
What 4 ingredients were used for the ritual libations?
100 pts. per ingredient
1) Wine
2) Fresh milk
3) Two victim's blood
4) Purpple mounring flowers
Where do the people who have died tragic deaths go?
Feilds of Mourning.
What were the gifts brought to King Latinus?
Relics from (burning) Troy.
What is the importance of the sheild Aeneas is given?
It shows Rome's history as well as Aeneas's own fate.
How many gods and godesses are mentioned in the Aenied? (within 3)
Bonus 25 for exact number
Acceptable: 9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15
Exact: 12
Name the funeral games.
100 pts. per event
1) foot race
2) boat race
3)spear/javiline throw
4) horseback ridding
5) boxing
There are two gates of Sleep described as Aeneas and the Sybil leave the underworld.
"one is said to be horn"
What is the other?
White ivory.
What prophecy is fulfilled at the begining of this book by eating somthing?
The trojans fulfill the prophecy of eating their platters.
What was the name of the Monster that was killed near Arcadia?
Cacus