family in the aeneid

Question 1

What does Venus work about in book 1?

Answer 1

That Aeneas will be killed

Question 2

How are Hector + Aeneas related?

Answer 2

Cousins

Question 3

What does Hector tell Aeneas to do in book 2?

Answer 3

Tells him to escape Troy before it falls

Question 4

How is Dido related to Anna?

Answer 4

Sisters

Question 5

What does Anna tell Dido?

Answer 5

That she is going to waste away alone without children if she continues obeying the oath

Question 6

What effect will what Anna says have on Dido?

Answer 6

Anna thinks she’s helping Dido, but she’s contributing to her death

Question 7

What does Aeneas owe Ascanius (his son)?

Answer 7

The land of Rome + kingdom of Italy

Question 8

What does Dido tell Anna to build? Why?

Answer 8

She tells Anna to build a funeral pyre to burn Aeneas’ belongings so she can wipe all memories of him

Question 9

What did Anna not understand?

Answer 9

That madness had seized Dido + she actually was going to kill herself

Question 10

What does Anna say when she finds out that Dido killed herself?

Answer 10

“You have abandoned me”

Question 11

What does Anna say Dido could’ve done?

Answer 11

Told Anna what she wanted to do + they could’ve died together

Question 12

What does Aeneas refuse to do in b2?

Answer 12

Refuses to leave Troy without his father, Anchises

Question 13

How does Aeneas lead Anchises and Iulus out?

Answer 13

He carries Anchises on his back + has Iulus by his side

Question 14

What does the ghost of Creusa tell Aeneas in b2?

Answer 14

Tells him not to fail their son

Question 15

How does Anchises greet Aeneas in b6?

Answer 15

He stretches out his hands + cries

Question 16

What does Anchises say he did while waiting in b6?

Answer 16

He counted the hours

Question 17

What is Anchises aware of?

Answer 17

Aeneas’ piety

Question 18

How does Evander refer to Pallas in b8?

Answer 18

As his only source of joy

Question 19

What does Evander pray to Jupiter for?

Answer 19

That he may see his son again or die before he hears the news of his death

Question 20

What does Evander do when he sees Pallas’ body?

Answer 20

Clings to it, crying

Question 21

What does Evander say about the Gods in b11?

Answer 21

“None of the gods answered my prayers”

Question 22

What does Evander say about his life?

Answer 22

He loses the will to live after Pallas is killed

Question 23

What does Evander say about what a father shouldn’t do?

Answer 23

A father should not survive his son

Question 24

What does Cowen say about father-son relationships?

Answer 24

“Father + son relationships + suffering are central to the plot”

Question 25

What does Lausus do when Mezentius is about to be stricken by Aeneas?

Answer 25

Lausus leaps forwards + throws himself between them

Question 26

What does Aeneas tell Lausus?

Answer 26

“Your love for you father is deceiving you”

Question 27

Why was Lausus’ death glorious?

Answer 27

Because he was defending his father

Question 28

When does Aeneas feel pity in b10?

Answer 28

When he is reminded of his love for his own father

Question 29

What does Mezentius say when he sees Lausus’ body?

Answer 29

“For the first time death is bitter to me”

Question 30

What does Mezentius say he has gone to do in b10?

Answer 30

“I have come here to die”

Question 31

What does Mezentius say about his burial?

Answer 31

He wants to be buried with his son

Question 32

How are Juturna + Turnus related?

Answer 32

Siblings

Question 33

How does Juturna protect Turnus?

Answer 33

Disguises as his charioteer + keeps him away from Aeneas