Characters
This character is slain by Achilles' son.
Who is Priam?
The Greeks leave what wooden animal at the gates of Troy?
Horse
Aeneas wants to vengefully kill which character before the goddess Venus stops him
Helen
What is Juno's favorite city?
Carthage
The Aeneid was written by who?
Virgil
While Aeneas is away, Turnus and the Rutulians attempt to do this.
What is storm the Trojan camp?
Who charms Dido into forgetting her dead husband?
Cupid or Anna
Who are the future heroes of Rome, his descendants?
This man is killed by the god of sleep.
Who is Palinurus?
the Trojan horse is an offering to which god?
Minerva
How many books is the Aeneid?
12 books
These two Trojan warriors attempt a night raid on the Rutulian camp but are caught and killed.
Who are Nisus and Euryalus?
This character's name changes, likely to foreshadow the coming of the future Julius Caesar.
Who is Ascanius (Iulus)?
It is prophesied that who will found Rome?
Romulus
How did Dido's husband Sychaeus die?
Dido's brother killed him
Which god tries to sink the Trojan ships?
Aeolus
Augustus
Who are Pandarus & Bitias?
Who are Creusa, Dido*, and Lavinia?
It is prophesied that Aeneas will rule Lavinium for how long before his death?
three years
How does Laocoon die?
Strangled by two sea serpents
Anchises sees a sign from which god?
Jove
The Aeneid was written in this time period:
a) 150 – 100 BC
b) 50 BC – AD 0
c) AD 50 – AD 100
d) AD 200 – AD 250
What is B (between 30-19 BC)?
The Trojans’ ships, built from sacred wood, are set on fire by the Rutulians but are miraculously transformed into these creatures by divine intervention.
What are sea nymphs?
Who is the young man who was bound up and brought to the gates of Troy?
Sinon
This sign appeared to Latinus, warning him not to marry his daughter to an Italian.
What is her hair catching on fire?
Who is Euryalus?
The king of the gods sends down Mercury to Carthage to do what?
to make Dido and her people be hospitable to the Trojans.
Virgil caused the emperor's sister to weep and faint with grief by reading this portion of The Aeneid aloud.
What is Book 6, the description of Marcellus, Augustus' heir?
Turnus ultimately escapes from the Trojan stronghold by doing this dramatic action.
What is jumping into the Tiber?