Vergil's Works
All of Vergil's works were written in this meter.
What is dactylic hexameter?
This is the main character of the Aeneid.
Who is Aeneas?
Octavian was gifted this title after defeating Antony and Cleopatra.
What is Augustus?
princeps
What is prince/chieftain?
This goddess is the mother of Aeneas.
Who is Venus?
This poetic device is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
Julius Caesar's assassination
What is 44 BC?
Dactylic hexameter contains this many metrical feet.
What is six?
This series of poems shows the plight of farmers and shepherds dispossessed of their land.
What is Virgil's Eclogues (Bucolics)
This city is the hometown of Aeneas.
What is Troy?
The second triumvirate was made up of Octavian, Mark Antony, and this man.
Who is Marcus Leppidus?
Augustus
What is revered (one)?
This is the only Trojan fighter that is more powerful than Aeneas.
Who is Hector?
This poetic device is the repeated use of conjunctions.
The Battle of Actium
What is 31 BC?
This is the slurring together of two syllables at the beginning and end of words.
What is ellision?
Vergil apocryphally asked for this to be done to the Aeneid while on his deathbed.
What is burned?
The Aeneid is comprised of this many books.
What is 12?
This was the decisive naval battle between Octavian and Antony & Cleopatra.
What is the Battle of Actium?
auctoritas
What is authority?
Aeneas's son changes his name from Ascanius to this.
What is Iulus?
This poetic device is a name or adjective derived from the name of the subject's father.
What is a patronymic?
Vergil's death
What is 19 BC?
-uu
What is a dactyl?
This man was the patron of Aeneas and confidante of Octavian who financially supported the poet.
Who is Maecenas?
The first half of the Aeneid echoes this earlier Greek work.
What is the Odyssey?
This later author makes Vergil his guide to hell.
Who is Dante?
imperium
What is power/empire/the ability to command armies?
Venus/Aphrodite and this other god saved Aeneas during the Trojan war.
Who is Poseidon/Neptune?
This poetic device is the repetition of vowel sounds in a words or series of words.
What is assonance?
The Georgics
What is 29 BC?
--
What is a spondee?
"The Georgics" are this type of poem, written in a way to teach a skill.
What is didactic?
This goddess is the main antagonist of the Aeneid
Who is Juno?
This country was considered Rome's "breadbasket."
What is Egypt?
primus inter pares
What is first among equals?
This man is Aeneas's father.
Who is Anchises?
This poetic device is the shortening of words to fit the poetic meter.
What is syncope?
Clyde Pharr's birth year
What is 1883?
-u
What is a trochee?