Who's Who?
The son of Venus, this Trojan acts as the protagonist of the epic.
Who is Aeneas?
"Moriemur inultae, sed moriamur."
What is "we shall die unavenged, but let us die."
Completely unmoved by Aeneas, Dido's ghost is compared to this in the Underworld.
What is a rock?
Aeneas spends over a year in this Phoenician colony.
What is Carthage?
In "Tyrii tenuere coloni," tenuere is this type of verb.
What is a syncopated verb?
When urging her son to flee Troy, Venus blames the city's fall on these three gods.
Who are Minerva, Neptune, and Juno?
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deos Latio...
What is "also having suffered many things even in war, until he could found the city, and bring the gods to Latium..."
The working Carthaginians are compared to these animals when Aeneas sees them working hard.
What are bees?
The Trojans seek to found a new kingdom in Italy, also known by this name.
What is Hesperia?
In "Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam," infelix Dido is this case.
What is vocative?
She was offered to Aeolus as a bride by Juno.
Who is Deiopeia?
forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
What is "and perhaps it will help to have remembered these things one day."
Neptune is likened to this upon calming the winds.
What is a political leader?
Aeneas and his comrades encounter blind Polyphemus on this island.
What is Sicily?
In "Hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, et nostrae secum ferat omina mortis," hauriat and ferat are this type of subjunctive.
What is jussive subjunctive?
Dido's brother, whom she thinks remains hunting her after her flight from Phoenicia.
Who is Pygmalion?
Sat patriae Priamoque datum: si Pergama dextra defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.
What is "Enough has been given to our country and to Priam: if Pergamum were able to be defended by a right hand, it would have also been defended by this (right hand)."
Pyrrhus is compared to this animal, as he makes his way towards Priam.
What is a snake?
Aeneas encounters the Sibyl here.
What is Cumae?
In "inferretque deos Latio," Latio is this case and use.
What is dative with compound verb?
While stuck in the storm, Aeneas laments that he was not killed in Troy, by this man.
Who is Diomedes?
tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento (hae tibi erunt artes), pacique imponere morem, parcere subiectis et debellare superbos.
What is "You, O Roman, remember to rule your peoples with command (these skills will be to you) and to place your custom with peace, to spare those defeated and to defeat those proud."
Upon being murdered by snakes, Laocoon is compared ironically to this.
What is a bull?
Anchises leads Aeneas and the Sibyl to this gate of the Underworld.
What is the gate of ivory?
In "Tum breviter Dido, vultum demissa, profatur," vultum is this case and use.
What is accusative of respect?