Aeneid

Question 1

Father of Aeneis

Answer 1

Anchises

Question 2

City destroyed by the Greeks

Original home of Aeneas

Answer 2

Troy

Question 3

Son of Aeneas

Answer 3

Iulus

Question 4

Mother of Aeneas

Answer 4

Venus

Question 5

Priest of Neptune

Warns Trojans not to bring in the Horse

Answer 5

Laocoon

Question 6

Laocoon is killed in this way

Answer 6

two serpents sent by Neptune

Question 7

the Horse is dedicated to her

Answer 7

Athena

Question 8

This city will later be destroyed by Rome

Answer 8

Carthage

Question 9

Enemy of Rome in the Punic Wars

Answer 9

Carthage

Question 10

Female ruler of Carthage

Answer 10

Dido

Question 11

Carthage is sacred to her

Answer 11

Juno

Question 12

Aeneas’ men are attacked by them on the first island

Answer 12

harpies

Question 13

Description of harpies

Answer 13

female tops; bird bodies

Question 14

They have the the head and torso of a human and the bodies of birds

Answer 14

Harpies

Question 15

Called the Hounds of Jupiter

Answer 15

Harpies

Question 16

Tells Aeneas how to avoid Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 16

Helenus

Question 17

Female prophet

Answer 17

sibyl

Question 18

What body did the sibyl inhabit?

Answer 18

a young girl’s

Question 19

How long was Aeneas with Dido?

Answer 19

1 year

Question 20

Who told Aeneas to leave Troy?

Answer 20

Hector’s ghost

Question 21

What did Aeneas have to get for the sibyl?

Answer 21

a golden bough (branch)

Question 22

Where did Aeneas go to visit the Sibyl?

Answer 22

Cumae

Question 23

Who joined Aeneas on the Island of the Cyclops?

Answer 23

Nobody

Question 24

Why did Juno want to stop Aeneas from getting to Carthage?

Answer 24

It was her favorite city and she didn’t want it destroyed

Question 25

Who is the goddess of witchcraft/the dark arts?

Answer 25

Hecate

Question 26

Who helped Aeneas get to the Underworld?

Answer 26

Sibyl of Cumae

Question 27

What was Aeneas' quest?

Answer 27

To found a new Troy

Question 28

Where did Aeneas eventually land?

Answer 28

Latium

Question 29

Who is the king of Latium?

Answer 29

Latinus

Question 30

He was to marry the princess | He declared war on Aeneas

Answer 30

Turnus

Question 31

The temple of this god must be opened before war can be declared

Answer 31

Janus

Question 32

Two judges of the Underworld

Answer 32

Minos | Radamanthus

Question 33

River of Fire

Answer 33

Phlegethon

Question 34

How many rivers are located in Virgil's Underworld?

Answer 34

6

Question 35

River of Forgetfulness

Answer 35

Lethe

Question 36

River of Hate

Answer 36

Styx

Question 37

River of Woe

Answer 37

Acheron

Question 38

What are the two gates through which you can exit the Underworld?

Answer 38

Gate of True Shades | Gate of False Dreams

Question 39

guards Tartarus

Answer 39

Tisiphone | leader of the Furies

Question 40

guards entrance to Dis

Answer 40

Cerberus

Question 41

ferries the souls of the dead

Answer 41

Charon

Question 42

Fields where the heros go

Answer 42

Elysium | Elysian Fields

Question 43

Kore

Answer 43

Persephone (maiden)