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Dido is reluctant to pursue a relationship with Aeneas because?
Her vow to her late husband
The first four feet in the line "luce sedet custos aut summi culmine tecti" is
What is DSSS
Which two deities conspired to marry Dido and Aeneas?
Venus and Juno
What rhetorical device is used in the following sentence
"Interea magno misceri murmure caelum"
What is alliteration
What is the broader historical significance of Dido cursing Aeneas?
Animosity between Rome and Carthage
Which being is described as having numerous eyes and feathers?
Rumor
What type of ablative is hoc nomine in "Dido meditatur amorem: coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomine culpam"
ablative of means
Which goddess set Dido free from her pains?
Iris
What literary device is found in the following line
"Aenean fundantem arces ac tecta novantem"
What is chiasmus
Who is Vergil trying to slander by portraying Aeneas as an imperfect Hero
Caesar Augustus
Why was Dido suffering after she stabbed herself?
Translate the following sentence
"Exemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes"
Immediately, Rumor goes through through great cities of Libya.
Dido's sister is called:
Anna
"Speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandem deveniunt"
Hyperbaton
What is shown as being inevitable in book 4 through Dido's suicide and Aeneas's departure
Fate
When Dido learns of Aeneas' schemes, her rage is compared to a follower of this god.
Bacchus
Translate the following sentence
"At vero Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens,
arrectaeque horrore comae et vox faucibus haesit."
obmutesco, ere, tui: stand speechless
faux, faucis: throat
haereo, haerere, haesi, haesus + abl = cling
amens, amentis: insane,mad,foolish
But, mad Aeneas stood speechless at this sight, and his hair stood on end with horror and his voice clung to his throat.
Dido's late husband is called:
Sychaeus
What literary device is found in the following line "Ergo Iris croecis per caelum roscida pennis
What is Synchesis
How does Virgil characterize Juno in book 4 Aeneid
Someone who is foolish and is ruining others lives
Name one bad omen Dido recieves after Aeneas' departure.
Libation/Wine turning black as gore
Sees a lone owl
Strange cries at her husband's altar
Transalate the following sentences
" dixit, et os impressa toro 'moriemur inultae, sed moriamur' ait. 'sic, sic iuvat ire sub umbras. hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, et nostrae secum ferat omina mortis' "
torus, tori: couch
inultus, inulta, inultum: unavenged
haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus: drink
She spoke and having pressed her face on the bed she said, "We will die unavenged, but let us die. Thus, thus it helps me to go under shadows Let the cruel Dardanian drink the fire with his eyes from the deep and bear the omens of our death with him.'”
Who is the father of Iarbas? (not accepting Jupiter)
Hammond
What rhetorical device is used in the following lines "Quin etiam hiberno moliri sidere classem et mediis properas Aquilonibus ire per altum, crudelis?"
What is metonymy
How is love characterized in Aeneid book 4
Many possible answers such as: a disease, destruction, fate, distraction