Aeneid

Question 1

Vergil

Answer 1

Author

Question 2

Time period

Answer 2

Augustus

Question 3

Genre

Answer 3

Epic poetry

Question 4

Aeneas

Answer 4

Trojan hero, descendants found Rome

Question 5

Dido

Answer 5

Queen of Carthage; commits suicide

Question 6

Venus

Answer 6

Mother of Aeneas; goddess

Question 7

Juno

Answer 7

Hates Trojans; Patron of Carthage; goddess

Question 8

Jupiter

Answer 8

King of gods; Directs Aeneas’ progress

Question 9

Turnus

Answer 9

Ruler of Rutulians; Lavina’s other suitor; wages war against Trojans

Question 10

Evander

Answer 10

King of Pallanteum; father of Pallas; Helps Aeneas against Turnus

Question 11

Latinus

Answer 11

King of Latins; Father of Lavina

Question 12

Amata

Answer 12

Wife of Latinus; wants Lavinia to marry Turnus; kills herself

Question 13

Lavina

Answer 13

Daughter of Latinus and Amata; suitors are Aeneas and Turnus

Question 14

Pallas

Answer 14

Son of Evander; he trusts him to Aeneas’ care; Turnus kills him and Aeneas avenges him

Question 15

Themes

Answer 15

Wandering hero; piety; How to live a good life; Devotion to duty; Family; Rome’s divinely willed destiny

Question 16

Books 1-6

Answer 16

Odyssean part; Aeneas as a wandering hero on hid god-sent mission to found a new city

Question 17

Books 7-12

Answer 17

Iliadic part; Aeneas and Trojans are at war with the Italians and their allies

Question 18

What does Aeneas take with him?

Answer 18

Penates (Household gods), his family

Question 19

What city does his son found?

Answer 19

Alba Longa

Question 20

Roman hero

Answer 20

Pious epithet; Roman heroism; Personal desires are subsumed for the good of the community

Question 21

Roman heroism

Answer 21

On the behalf of the community, corporate heroes

Question 22

Aeneid syle

Answer 22

Part of propaganda; celebrate golden age that Augustus’ reign ushered in; bad stuff pushed to the background

Question 23

Proem

Answer 23

Tells what the poem will be about: War and men at war, destiny; and fated to found a city

Question 24

Book 1

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Carthage; Juno’s wrath (Tries to drown their ships); arrive with only 7 ships; Venus’ appeal; Jupiter’s prophecy; Dido; Aeneas on himself; Aeneas with venus; Eros assaults Dido

Question 25

Wrath of Juno

Answer 25

Judgement of Paris; Knew Rome would conquer Carthage

Question 26

How was Carthage founded in myth?

Answer 26

Dido fled and founded it; real- Punics/Phoenicians colonized there; became powerful

Question 27

Juno asks Aeolus to drive the Trojan ships off course

Answer 27

Bribe: the nymph, Deiopeia, but Neptune calms the sea

Question 28

Mother's appeal

Answer 28

Venus appeals to Jupiter for her son

Question 29

Jupiter's prophecy

Answer 29

Lords of the world will be the Romans and the empire will last forever

Question 30

Aeneas encounters his disguised mother

Answer 30

She tells him Dido's history; he recognizes her and asks why she disguised herself and he just wants a hug

Question 31

Aeneas on himself

Answer 31

Duty bound, famous, pious, saved form the enemy, descended from Venus, follows fate

Question 32

Aeneas and Troy

Answer 32

Lost his wife and city, looking for a new home, left with his father and son

Question 33

Temple of Juno in Carthage

Answer 33

While Aeneas is in the clouds he describes the city, walls are painted with scenes of the Trojan war, shows Carthage is civilized but he cries at the scenes

Question 34

Ekphrasis

Answer 34

Describes something visual (Like the shield of Achilles)

Question 35

Eros assaults Dido

Answer 35

She is inflicted with amour for Aeneas as he tells his story

Question 36

Book 2

Answer 36

Fall of Troy and the Trojan horse, ghost of Hector

Question 37

Book 3

Answer 37

Aeneas' wanderings

Question 38

Book 4

Answer 38

Pergamum; Aeneas leaves Dido

Question 39

Who is Dido meant to represent?

Answer 39

Cleopatra (Villainous)

Question 40

Book 6

Answer 40

Speaks with his father, guided through Hades, meets Dido, other Trojans, monsters, famous people, and souls not yet born (Romulus, Caesar, and Augustus (Propaganda))

Question 41

Sybil

Answer 41

Aeneas' guide through the underworld; female prophet

Question 42

Book 7

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Trojans land in Latinus' territory; Lavinia's hair catches fire; Latinus seeks an oracle; Trojans have reached destined place; Latinus offers Lavinia to Aeneas

Question 43

Lavinia's hair catches fire

Answer 43

Bright future but a great war

Question 44

Book 8

Answer 44

Aeneas agrees to marry Lavinia, goes to get allies, meets Evander, Evander entrusts Pallas to him, Turnus kills Pallas (Reminiscent of Patrokles killing Sarpedon)

Question 45

Oracle tells Latinus what?

Answer 45

Lavinia will marry a foreigner and their children will rule all

Question 46

Book 12

Answer 46

Gods decide to end the war; Turns appeals to Aeneas when he is wounded but Aeneas kills him in an anti-homeric style; Aeneas has become more Roman

Question 47

Why could it be that Vergil was actually anti-augustan

Answer 47

Makes Romans look bad in the end; Underworld two gates: go through gate of dreams