VERGIL
Vergil lived between these dates
What is 70-19 BCE?
They are the parents of Aeneas.
Who are Venus and Anchises?
This person prevented the Aeneid from being burned, as per Vergil's dying requests.
Who is Augustus?
He ferries the dead into the underworld for a fee.
Who is Charon?
This is the main reason that Aeneas is making the trip to the underworld.
What is "to see his father"?
This was a work of ten poems about pastoral life
What is the Bucolics (or Eclogues)?
Aeneas was considered the 2nd best fighter at Troy behind his hero.
Who is Hector?
This is the number of books that the Aeneid has.
What is 12?
Who is The Sibyl?
The Sibyl is a prophetess of this God, who has a wide range of specialties.
Who is Apollo?
The reason why Vergil wanted the Aeneid burned after his death
What is he felt it was incomplete?
During his flight from Troy, these are the 3 things that Aeneas took with him.
What is Anchises (his father), Ascanius (his son), and the Penates (the household gods)?
Vergil's writing of the Aeneid was heavily influenced by this author.
Who is Homer?
This watchdog of Hades guards the entrance and blocks the path for Aeneas and the Sibyl.
Who is Cerberus?
The temple of the Sibyl is found at this location in Italy.
What is Cumae?
It's Vergil's famous didactic poem
What is the Georgics?
Who is Dido?
The Aeneid was written in this meter, which was common for this genre at the time.
What is Dactylic Hexameter?
They inhabit the big elm tree found at the beginnings of the underworld.
What is "False Dreams"?
In order to enter the underworld, Aeneas needed to acquire this as an admission ticket.
What is the Golden Bough?
In this later literary work, Vergil served as a guide in the underworld.
What is Dante's Inferno?
This is what Aeneas was doing the first time the reader sees him in Book 1.
What is "wishing he was dead"?
Some scholars read the Aeneid as Augustan propaganda, while others from this school have a more pessimistic reading.
What is Harvard?
These people were refused crossing the river into the underworld by Charon.
Who are "those without payment" and "those unburied"?
In order to be granted entrance to the underworld, Aeneas must bury this person.
Who is Misenus, Aeneas' trumpeter?