Book 1
What goddess causes a storm that drives Aeneas and his fleet off course?
Juno
What object do the Greeks leave behind to trick the Trojans into bringing them inside the city?
The Trojan Horse
Which goddesses arranges for Dido and Aeneas to be caught together in a cave during a storm?
Juno and Venus
Who is the God of the wind that comes to the aid of Juno?
Aeolus
In Book 1, Virgil compares Neptune calming the stormy sea to a wise leader quieting an angry mob.
What is a metaphor?
Which god intervenes to calm the storm and save Aeneas’s ships?
Neptune
Which Trojan priest warns against bringing the horse into Troy, saying “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts”?
Laocoon
What does Dido believe this cave encounter signifies?
A marriage between herself and Aeneas
Who is Aeneas' godly brother?
Cupid
The Trojans bring the wooden horse inside their walls, thinking it’s a gift to the gods — but it’s actually their downfall.
What is dramatic irony?
In which city does Aeneas and his men finally find refuge after the storm?
Carthage
Who appears to Aeneas in a dream urging him to flee Troy?
Hector's Ghost
Who reminds Aeneas of his destiny to leave Carthage and found a new city?
Mercury (sent by Jupiter)
Carthage is the favorite city of which goddess?
Juno
Dido’s passion is described as a “wound” and a “flame” consuming her.
What is a simile?
Disguised as a huntress, which goddess helps guide Aeneas to Carthage?
Venus
Which god or goddess signals to Aeneas that the gods themselves are destroying Troy?
Venus
What ominous act does Dido perform after Aeneas leaves?
She kills herself on top of a funeral pyre.
Which minor deity, often associated with destructive storms and chaos, personifies Juno’s rage and sets Dido’s heart aflame?
Allecto, the Fury
Dido believes her love for Aeneas is divinely sanctioned, while readers know it will lead to her death.
What is tragic irony?
What specific deception does Venus use to make Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
She sends Cupid disguised as Ascanius to inflame Dido’s heart with love for Aeneas.
Aeneas attempts to save this elderly Trojan king but witnesses his brutal death at the altar. Who is he?
King Priam
What curse does Dido call down upon Aeneas and his descendants before she dies?
Eternal enmity between Carthage and Rome (foreshadowing the Punic Wars).
Which 3 goddesses asked Prince Paris of Troy which of them was the most beautiful, beginning the Trojan War?
Juno, Minerva, and Venus
Jupiter’s prophecy to Venus about Aeneas’s descendants ruling the world is an example of this literary device hinting at future events.
What is foreshadowing?