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She was the wife of Menelaus whom Aeneas sees as a traitor for running off with the Trojan prince, Paris.
Helen
The author of The Aeneid imitated the style of this ancient Greek epic poet.
Homer
Like Achilles, Aeneas' mother is a goddess. Her name is this, and she is the goddess of ...
Her name is Venus, the goddess of love.
This famous Greek warrior who was known for his cleverness was among the Greek soldiers hidden in the belly of the wooden horse. His Roman name is this...
Ulysses (Odysseus)
He was the King of Troy.
Priam
There were two groups of leaders (3 in each group) that rose to power before the formation of the Empire. What were the names of these groups?
1st and 2nd Triumvirate
Aeneas represents Rome's cultural ideals because he shows responsibility to these three things...
Gods, family, and country.
The Greek soldiers invaded this building in an epic battle scene of the Aeneid.
King Priam's palace
He is the son of the Greek hero Achilles, also known as Pyrrhus, who killed King Priam.
Neoptolemus
This Roman leader commissioned this author of the Aeneid to write Rome's national epic.
Augustus Caesar commissioned Virgil to write Rome's national epic.
Book II of The Aeneid is told in the first person of Aeneas who is telling his story to this person.
Queen Dido
This Greek leader ultimately kills King Priam.
Pyrrhus
The Greek name for this goddess of wisdom is Athena. The Romans knew her as Minerva or this name.
Pallas
The Aeneid was originally written in this language.
Latin
The ghost of this person visits Aeneas in his sleep to warn him of the Greek invasion.
Hector
Aeneas becomes very angry and craves vengeance when he sees this person hiding after Priam is killed.
Helen
He and his sons were eaten by a sea serpent after warning the Trojans not to trust the Greeks.
Laocoon
The Aeneid was written for this reason.
The purpose was to give the Roman people a sense of pride in the divine origin of their nation.
Who is the ghost that tells Aeneas not to mourn her, and to leave Troy where he will find peace, a kingdom, and a new queen.
The ghost of Aeneas' wife, Creusa
The following people are with Aeneas once he leaves the gates of Troy.
His father, his son, and the Trojan refugees