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The Aeneid Facts
100

The protagonist in The Aeneid

Aeneas

100

The Greeks leave what wooden animal at the gates of Troy?

Horse 

100

Aeneas wants to vengefully kill which character before the goddess Venus stops him

Helen

100

What is Juno's favorite city?

Carthage

100

The Aeneid was written by who?

Virgil

200

Who charms Dido into forgetting her dead husband?

Cupid

200

What appeared in the sky as a sign for Aeneas's dad?

A shooting star

200

Why does Laocoon die?

He through a spear at the wooden horse

200

the Trojan horse is an offering to which god?

Minerva

200

How many books is the Aeneid?

12 books

300

Who is Aeneans's son

Ascanius

300

It is prophesied that who will found Rome?

Romulus

300

How did Dido's husband Sychaeus die?

Dido's brother killed him

300

Which god tries to sink the Trojan ships?

Aeolus

300
The character Aeneas was meant to mirror which roman ruler?

Augustus

400

Who is Aeneas's wife?

Creusa

400

It is prophesied that Aeneas will rule Lavinium for how long before his death?

three years

400

How does Laocoon die?

Strangled by two sea serpents

400

Anchises sees a sign from which god?

Jove

400

What year was the Aeneid written?

between 30-19 BC

500

Who is the young man who was bound up and brought to the gates of Troy?

Sinon

500

What appeared over Aeneas's son's head?

A flame

500

Who kills Polites?

Pyrrhus

500

The king of the gods sends down Mercury to Carthage to do what?

to make Dido and her people be hospitable to the Trojans.

500

How many years did it take to write the Aeneid?

10 years