Characters in Aeneid
He and his sons were killed by two giant snakes.
Who was Laocoon?
His translation of Homer's Odyssey was the first Latin epic.
Who was Livius Andronicus?
Long short short
What is a dactyl?
The Trojan War was fought to get back this man's wife, Helen.
Who was Menelaus?
Who was Cassandra?
The earliest Latin epic poets wrote in this meter.
What are Saturnians?
Long Long
What is a spondee
This son of a goddess was considered the best of the Greek warriors.
Who was Achilles?
He convinced the Trojans to take the wooden horse inside the city.
Who was Sinon?
She was invoked instead of the Muse by some early Latin poets.
Who was Camena?
The number of dozens of feet in a hexameter.
What is half?
This statue of Minerva allegedly protected Troy.
What was the Palladium?
The greatest of the Trojan warriors, he appeared to Aeneas in a dream.
Who was Hector?
This was the subject of Naevius' epic poem.
What was the First Punic War?
This happens when the grammar keeps going beyond the end of the verse into the next line.
What is enjambment?
The number of Greek ships traditionally held to have sailed to Troy.
What is 1000?
He made the fatal error of thinking Aeneas and his men were fellow Greek soldiers.
Who was Androgeos?
People sometimes confuse this poet's name with that of a Trojan hero who is mentioned in his poem.
Who was Ennius?
It means "a cut," it is a pause near the middle of a hexameter.
What is a caesura?
This piece of fruit started the whole mess of the Trojan War. It's not surprising that its Latin name sounds like the word for "evil."
What was the golden apple?