Aeneid 5 Flashcards
(115 cards)
Who welcomes the trojans when they arrive to Sicily?
King Acestes
Where are Anchises funeral games?
Sicily
Who hosts funeral games for Anchises?
King Acestes
During Anchises funeral games, who wins the ship race?
Cloanthus
Who throws his helmsman, Menoetes, overboard for poor steering during the ship race at Anchises funeral games
Gyas
Who hears the prayers of Cloanthus and helps him to victory during the ship race at anchises funeral games?
Portunus
Who does Gyas throw overboard for poor steering during the ship race at Anchises funeral games?
Menoetes
Portunus hears the prayers of which man and helps him to victory during the ship race at anchises funeral games?
Cloanthus
At anchises funeral games, who wins the footrace?
Euryalus
What does Euryalus win at anchises’ funeral games?
the footrace
During anchises funeral games, who slips in the blood of a sacrificial animal and then trips Salius?
Nisus
Who does Nisus trip during the footrace at anchises funeral games?
Salius
Why doesn’t nisus win the footrace at anchises funeral games?
he slips on the blood of a sacrificial animal
Who defeats dares in the boxing match at anchsies funeral games?
Entellus
Who loses to Entellus at the boxing match at anchises funeral games?
Dares
Who is spared when his opponent slaughters a bull instead of killing him?
Dares
Who slaughters a bull instead of killing his opponent (dares)?
Entellus
Who won the archery contest at anchises funeral games?
Achestes
How does Achestes win the archery contest at anchises funeral games?
his arrow ominously bursts into flames
What man, son of Hyrtacus, shoots first and misses at anchises funeral games?
Hippocoon
Who was Hippocoon the son of?
Hyractus
What happens to Hippocoon’s arrow at the funeral games of anchises?
it gets stuck in the mast of the ship
At anchises funeral games, who prays to his brother Pandarus, then pierces the bird and kills it before Acestes gets to shoot?
Eurytion
Who is the brother of pandaurus?
Eurytion