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What goddess hates the Trojans?

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Juno

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A new race is destined to spring from the Trojans would one day destroy what city?

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Carthage

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What city is Juno’s favorite?

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Carthage

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Who is the guardian of the winds?

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Aeolus

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Who was the mother of Dardanus?

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Electra

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Who was the father of Dardanus?

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Jupiter

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What Trojan youth was hated by Juno because he was made the cup bearer of the gods?

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Ganymede

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What does Juno ask Aeolus to do?

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send the winds to cause a storm to shipwreck the Trojans

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What nymph does Juno offer Aeolus?

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Deiopeia

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Aeolus creates a storm which shipwrecks Aeneas and the Trojans where?

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Carthage

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Who calms the storm and rebukes the winds caused by Aeolus?

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Neptune

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What two people dislodge Aeneas’ ships from the rocks?

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Triton & Cymothoe

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Who was Aeneas’ loyal right hand man?

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Achates

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Aeneas and Achates kill how many deer to feed each of the ships?

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seven

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Who starts the first fire at Carthage?

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Achates

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In book one of the Aeneid, who scolds Jupiter because he didn’t fulfill his promise that from the Trojans were to spring the mighty Roman people?

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Venus

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In book one of the Aeneid, who does Venus scold because he didn’t fulfill his promise that from the Trojans were to spring the mighty Roman people?

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Jupiter

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In book one of the Aeneid, what does Venus scold Jupiter for?

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he didn’t fulfill his promise that from the Trojans were to spring the mighty Roman people

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What does Jupiter do after Venus scolds him?

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He explains what is to come

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Who sends Mercury to Carthage to inspire Dido and her people with sympathy for the Trojans?

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Jupiter

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Jupiter sends who to Carthage to inspire Dido and her people with sympathy for the Trojans?

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Mercury

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Why does Jupiter send Mercury to Carthage?

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to inspire Dido and her people with sympathy for the Trojans

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As Aeneas & Achates explore the land, who, in the form of a huntress, comes to Aeneas and tells him
that he is at Carthage, urging him to go to her palace.

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Venus

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In what form did Venus come to Aeneas to tell him that he in in Carthage and should go to her palace?

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a huntress

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What were Aeneas and Achates doing when Venus came to tell them they were in Carthage?
exploring the land
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What two people were exploring the land when Venus explained that they were in carthage?
Aeneas and Achates
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Who founded Carthage?
Dido
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What city did Dido found?
Carthage
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Where did Dido live before Carthage?
Tyre
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Who is the brother of Dido?
Pygmalion
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Who are the sisters of Pygmalion?
Dido and Anna
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Who was the husband of Dido?
Sychaeus
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Who killed Sychaeus?
Pygmalion
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What was the citadel of Carthage Called?
Byrsa
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What city had a citadel named Byrsa?
Carthage
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Why was the citadel of Carthage called Byrsa?
because the city spanned as much land as Dido could cover with an oxhide
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What citadel was named because the city spanned as much land as Dido could cover with an oxehide?
Byrsa
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Who covers Aeneas & Achates in a dark mist and sends them into the city?
Venus
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With what does Venus cover Aeneas and Achates when they go into the city of Carthage?
dark mist
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Aeneas cries when he sees the Trojan War scenes on what?
the temple of Juno
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Who cries when he sees the Trojan War scenes on the temple of Juno?
Aeneas
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Who in the Aeneid commanded the ship that was lost at sea?
Orontes
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In the Aeneid, How many ships hadn't returned?
one
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Who addresses Dido and asks for help rebuilding their fleet?
Illioneus
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Illioneus asks who for help rebuilding their fleet?
Dido
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What does Illioneus ask Dido for?
help rebuilding their fleet
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Dido offers the Trojans hospitality and promises them what?
to send them with an escort to Sicily
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Cupid, disguised as Ascanius, inspires who with love for Aeneas?
Dido
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Who, disguised as Ascanius, inspires Dido with love for Aeneas?
Cupid
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Cupid, disguised as who, inspires Dido with love for Aeneas?
Ascanius
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What does cupid do disguised as Ascanius?
inspires Dido with love for Aeneas
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What does Dido invite the Trojans to?
a banquet
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Who, the palace bard, entertains the Trojans with a song at the banquet about the labors of the sun, origins of men and beasts, and the elements?
Iopas
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What was the job of Iopas?
palace bard
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At the banquet, what does Dido ask of Aeneas?
To tell the story of his travels
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Who does Venus first speak to in Book 1?
Jupiter
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What city will Ascanius found?
Alba Longa
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Who is Venus compared to in her hunting getup?
Harpalyce
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, who promises the most beautiful of her nymphs...
Juno
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what two deities...
Triton and Cymothoe
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what king of Tyre...
Pygmalion
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what woman buys as much land...
Dido
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, who interprets...
Venus
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Who takes the form of Ascanius...
Cupid
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Who, the richest among the Phoenecians...
Sychaeus
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In the center of Carthage is a temple to...
Juno
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What daughter of Belus...
Dido
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What son of Tydeus...
Diomedes
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What son of Oileus...
Ajax the Lesser
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How many nymphs does Juno have?
14
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What was another name for Ascanius?
Iulus
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What was another name for Iulus?
Ascanius
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, who bemoans the transgressions of Ajax the lesser…
Juno
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, who promises the most beautiful of her nymphs…
Juno
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, by what hand does Aeneas wish…
Diomedes
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what Lycian’s ship is the first…
Orontes
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what two deities…
Triton and Cymothoe
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Who, looking for Antheus, Caicus, or Capys…
Aeneas
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Who, the richest among the Phoenecians…
Sychaeus
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As much land as could be enclosed in the strips of a hide…
Dido
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Who, in the guise of a purple-booted huntress…
Venus
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Who, able to outrun Hebrus and his horses…
Harpalyce
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Whose horses, before they were able to drink from the river Xanthus…
Rhesus
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Who, the oldest member of the Trojan crowd…
ilioneus
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, who does Jupiter send…
Mercury
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Compared to Harpalcye of Thrace…
Venus
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what Thracian king…
Pygmalion
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what woman buys as much land…
Dido
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, who interprets…
Venus
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, the death of Rhesus, Troilus, Hector, Memnon, and Pentheisleia…
Juno (temple)
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, what woman, compared to Diana…
Dido
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In book 1 of the Aeneid, Aeneas sends Achates to retrieve…
Ascanius
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Who is taken to Idalium…
Ascanius
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Who takes the form of Ascanius…
Cupid
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What man, taught the lyre by Atlas…
Iopas
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Arcturus, Hyades, and Ursa Major and Minor were sung…
Iopas
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What city, neglecting even Samos…
Carthage
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Who ascends to the top of a Libyan hill looking for Antheus, Capys, or Caicus…
Aeneas
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Who, the richest among the Phoenecians…
Sychaeus
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In the center of Carthage is a temple to…
Juno
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A cloak of Helen and a scepter of Ilione are among the gifts offered to…
Dido
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What man, coming to Sidon…
Teucer
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What man, after being exiled, came to Sidon…
Teucer

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