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Why are Achates and Aeneas initially invisible to the Carthaginians?
The are surrounded by mist
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Who is the narrator of book 2?
Aeneas
100
Who is the narrator of book 3?
Aeneas
100
How is Dido characterized in book 4?
Insane, mad, crazy
100
What is a dactyl?
Finger
200
Who is king of the winds?
Aeolus
200
Who is the priest of Apollo?
Laocoon
200
What do the Greeks call Italy?
Hesperia
200
Who plans to have Dido and Aeneas meet in the cave?
Juno
200
How many feet are in normal line of Vergil?
6
300
Who is Dido's brother?
Pygmalion
300
From which Island do the snakes come?
Tenedos
300
Which city does Aeneas found on Crete?
Pergamum
300
Who is Dido's suitor?
Iarbas
300
multum ille et terris. What metrical term describes these words?
Elision
400
To which animal are the Carthaginians compared?
Bees
400
What is the name of the Greek youth who deceives the Trojans?
Sinon
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Which Trojan youth is killed by the king of Thrace? (Hint: Aeneas finds this boys body when he digs up roots that drip black blood.)
Polydorus
400
Who tells Aeneas that he is doing a woman's bidding and should leave?
Mercury
400
Scan this line: accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopea saxa.
What is SDSSDS.
500
Which literary device does Vergil employ in his description of the temple walls?
Ecphrasis
500
Who awakes Aeneas and informs him that he must leave Troy?
Hector
500
Through whom does Apollo speak in book 3?
Helenus
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What appears in the sky after Dido kills herself?
Rainbow
500
Name all six Latin diphtongs.
Ae, au, ei, eu, oe, ui.