Aeneid Events

Question 1

What did Aeneas dream of?

Answer 1

Hektor, covered in blood and dust

Question 2

What did dream Hektor tell Aeneas?

Answer 2

Troy was falling
He should take the sacred relics and household Gods of Troy, and find new walls to protect them

Question 3

What happened when Hektor woke up?

Answer 3

He could hear the Greeks attacking
Deiphobus’ and Ucalegon’s houses were burning

Question 4

Who came to Aeneas’ door and what did he say?

Answer 4

Panthus, a priest of Apollo, with Troy’s sacred relics
He told him that Troy was gone, as warriors had come from the wooden horse

Question 5

Who did Aeneas and his friends encounter in the streets of Troy?

Answer 5

Androgeos, a Greek warrior
He mistook them for Greek fighters, so they killed him

Question 6

What did Coroebus suggest?

Answer 6

That they change their shields and pretend to be Greek

Question 7

What happened to Cassandra?

Answer 7

Priam’s daughter was abducted by Ajax

Question 8

What did Coroebus do when he saw what had happened to Cassandra?

Answer 8

He started fighting back against the Greeks madly
However the Trojans started fighting Aeneas and his friends as well as the Greeks due to their changed armour

Question 9

What happened to Aeneas after he tried fighting to get Cassandra back?

Answer 9

He was separated from Pelias and Iphitus
He went to Priam’s palace

Question 10

What is happening at Priam’s palace?

Answer 10

There’s a big battle

Question 11

What are the Trojans doing during the battle at Priam’s palace?

Answer 11

Using parts of the palace as weapons
Defending the inner doors with swords
Climbing ladders on the walls

Question 12

What does Aeneas pass in the palace?

Answer 12

A secret passageway that Andromache used to visit Hektor’s parents (Hecuba and Priam)

Question 13

Who led the charge against Aeneas?

Answer 13

Pyrrhus, with a double axe

Question 14

What happened when the palace gates were broken down?

Answer 14

The Greeks came in, killing anyone in their path

Question 15

What happened to the royal family once Pyrrhus and the Greeks entered the palace?

Answer 15

Priam put on his armour to face the enemy

Hecuba and her daughters huddled by an altar, holding statues of the Gods

Priam’s son, Polites, managed to escape but Pyrrhus then killed him infront of his family

Question 16

What did Pyrrhus do to Priam?

Answer 16

After Priam tried throwing a spear at Pyrrhus..
- Pyrrhus dragged Priam to the altar into his son’s blood and killed him
- Priam died seeing his city in flames
- Now an unrecognisable corpse

Question 17

How does Aeneas feel seeing his destroyed city?

Answer 17

He’s filled with fear and despair

Question 18

Who does Aeneas feel angry towards, and what does he want to do?

Answer 18

Helen- he thinks killing her will be justified as its vengeance for his people

Question 19

Who persuades Aeneas not to kill Helen/

Answer 19

His mother, Venus
She reminded him of his duty to his family, and explains that this war is not Helen’s fault, but the Gods

Question 20

What does Venus do to Aeneas?

Answer 20

She clears his vision
He sees that the Gods are helping to destroy Troy

Question 21

What are the Gods doing to Troy?

Answer 21

• Neptune is shaking the walls and foundations of the city
• Juno is attacking with her troops
• Jupiter is supplying the Greeks with courage

Question 22

What happens when Aeneas reaches his house?

Answer 22

His father refuses to leave Troy with him, as he doesn’t want anymore burdens on his life, and he thinks he’s useless

Question 23

Who is Aeneas’ wife and what does she ask him to do?

Answer 23

Creusa pleads with him to defend their home

Question 24

What happens to Iulus?

Answer 24

He is surrounded by a gentle light, which doesn’t harm him

Question 25

After the light around Iulus, what happens?

Answer 25

Anchises sees this as a sign from Jupiter and he asks for a sign for confirmation

Question 26

What signs does Jupiter give?

Answer 26

A thunderclap and a shooting star- they use this star to guide them through the city

Question 27

What did Aeneas carry with him whilst leaving?

Answer 27

Anchises
Iulus
Troy’s Gods

Question 28

What happened whilst they were leaving?

Answer 28

Aeneas’ fear grew as he worried about his comrades and what he was carrying
When they reached a sacred place outside the city he realised Creusa was missing

Question 29

What did Aeneas do once he realised Creusa was missing?

Answer 29

• He accused every man and God
• Entrusted his family in his comrades care
• Put on his armour and went to search the city

Question 30

What did Aeneas find once he got to his house?

Answer 30

That it was invaded by Greeks and in flames

Question 31

Where did the Trojan treasures go?

Answer 31

To Juno’s sanctuary, where they were guarded by Phoenix and Ulysses

Question 32

What happened whilst Aeneas was searching for Creusa?

Answer 32

A ghostly form of her appeared, that was larger than life

Question 33

What did the ghost of Creusa say to Aeneas?

Answer 33

She said that divine will prevented her from leaving, and he was fated to be exiled

That he would find hapiness in Hesperia, where the Tiber flows

Question 34

What did Aeneas say to Creusa’s ghost?

Answer 34

He said goodbye, then returned to his friends

Question 35

What happens at the end of the Aeneid?

Answer 35

A new crowd of Trojans join Aeneas as they leave Troy
Carrying his father, Aeneas heads for the hills.

Question 36

What two ideas are there surrounding Coroebus fighting for Cassandra?

Answer 36

• Selfish- he’s fighting because he loves her, not because he doesn’t want her to suffer
• Pietas reasons- he’s trying to protect a Priestess and a temple from being defiled (duty to God) and she’s also a Princess (duty to state)