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Why does Aeneas travel to Italy?
To create a new city.
Translate the following sentence:
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italian, fato profugus
I sing of arms of a man, who exiled by fate first came from the shores of Troy to Italy
Who is the protagonist of the Aeneid, the person who aims to revive the Trojans in the new area of Italy, and possibly go on to create one of the largest empires in the world?
Aeneas
What literary device is being used in the following excerpt?
Interea magno misceri murmure pontum
Alliteration
How is Aeneas characterized differently than traditional Roman epic heroes?
Traditional Roman heroes were seen as courageous and invincible, but Aeneas in his introduction displays fear and even weeps when faced with death.
Who Saves Aeneas’s Fleet?
Neptune, the god of the Seas.
Translate the following line:
Aeolus haec contra: 'Tuus, O regina, quid optes
explorare labor, mihi iussa capessere fās est."
Aeolus replied to this: ‘Your work, O queen, is to decide what you wish: my duty is to fulfil your orders.
Which character loves Carthage very much, loses a divine beauty contest known as the Judgement of Paris, and seeks to disrupt Aeneas’s travels as much as possible?
Juno
What literary device is being used in the following excerpt?
Tres Notas abruptas in saxa latentia torquet… tres Eurus ab alto in brevia et syretes urget
Anaphora
How is Virgil’s depiction of Juno’s anger in line with traditional Roman and Greek depictions of the gods?
The Gods were frequently depicted as having human faults and emotions in Roman and Greek epics.
Who tries to stop Aeneas?
Juno
Translate in context the underlined phrase:
Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversā cuspide montem
impulit in latus; ac ventī velut agmine factō,
quā data porta, ruunt et terrās turbine perflant.
And the winds, just as with a battle line having been formed
Which character was sent by Juno to create bad weather for the Trojans?
Aeolus
What literary device is used in the following excerpt AND which word is the key part of it?
Arma virumque cano
What is Metonymy and arma?
What is a major theme reflected upon in the Aeneid and other famous epics that create trials and tasks that mortals must do?
The meddling of the gods in human lives
Who does Juno take help from?
Aeolus
Translate in context the underlined phrase:
Iam validam Īlioneī nāvem, iam fortis Achātae, et quā vectus Abās, et quā grandaevus Alētēs, vīcit hiems.
Who is Creusa’s son, also known as Iulus?
Ascanius
What literary device is used in the following excerpt AND which two words are the key part?
Eripiunt subito nubes caelumque diemque Teucrorum ex oculis
What are Hendiadys and caelum diemque?
Both Aeneas and Dido are the peak of their civilization, being wonderful leaders. However, their relationship falls apart for what reason?
They have differing destinies and thus must stick to their own agendas.
Who does Cupid take the form of?
Ascanius
Sīc ait, et dictō citius tumida aequora plācat
collēctāsque fugat nūbēs sōlemque redūcit.
So he speaks, and swifter than his speech, he calms the swollen sea, scatters the gathered cloud, and brings back the sun.
Which character is introduced by the following passage:
Just as Diana leads her dancing throng on Eurotas’s banks, or along the ridges of Cynthus, and, following her, a thousand mountain-nymphs gather on either side:
Queen Dido
Which two literary devices are being displayed in the following excerpt?
Vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram
What is Transferred Epithet and Synchesis?
What is the overarching theme that all of the gods try to meddle with, but no matter what, nothing significant will change?
Fate