The Aeneid Proper Names Book 1 Flashcards
(90 cards)
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Siculus
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Sicilian
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Teucri
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Trojans
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Pallas
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Pallas Athena, Minerva
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Ajax Oilei
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Ajax, son of Oileus- during sack of Troy tore Cassandra away from Minerva’s altars
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Juppiter, Jovis
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Jupiter, Zeus
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Aeolus
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King of the winds
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Auster
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South Wind
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Tyrrhenus
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Tyrrhenian Sea (to the west of the Italian peninsula)
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Ilium
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Ilium, Troy
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Deiopeia
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Deiopeia, a nymph (Juno’s offering to Aeolus)
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Eurus
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East Wind
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Notus
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South Wind
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Africus
A
Southwest Wind
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Tydides
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Son of Tydeus, Diomede- Greek who fought against Aeneas
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Aeacides
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Descendent of Aeacus- Achilles
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Hector
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Trojan Hero
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Sarpedon
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King of Lydia, Trojan ally
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Simois
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River near Troy
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Aquilo
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North Wind
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Lycius
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Of Lycia, a country in Asia Minor
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Orontes
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Comrade of Aeneas
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Ilioneus
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Trojan leader
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Achates
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Faithful comrade of Aeneas
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Zephyrus
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West Wind
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Cymothoe
Sea nymph
26
Triton
Minor sea-god
27
Aeneadae
Descendants, followers of Aeneas
28
Ceres
Goddess of grain
29
Antheus
Comrade of Aeneas
30
Phrygius
Phrygian=Trojan
31
Capys
Comrade of Aeneas
32
Caicus
Comrade of Aeneas
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Acestes
King of Sicily
34
Trinacria
Sicily
35
Cyclopius
Cyclopean
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Scylla
Sea monster
37
Bacchus
God of wine
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Amycus
Trojan
39
Lycus
Trojan
40
Cloanthus
Trojan
41
Gyas
Trojan
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Venus
Goddess of love, receiver of the golden apple from Paris
43
Antenor
Trojan leader, field after fall of Troy and settled in northern Italy at Patavium
44
Achivus
Achaean, Greek
45
Achivus
Achaean, Greek
46
Illyricus
Illyrian, Dalmatian
47
Liburni
Libumians=Illyrians
48
Timavus
River in Northern Italy, flows underground for 25 miles and then flow into Adriatic
49
Teucer
Ancient king of Troy
50
Patavium
Modern Padua
51
Cytherea
Venus, from isle of Cythera
52
Rutulus
Rutulian, a tribe of Central Italy
53
Ascanius/Ilus
Son of Aeneas
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Ilius
Ilian, Trojan
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Iulus
A later name for Ascanius
56
Albanus, a, um
Alban, of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome
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Mars
God of war
58
Romulus
Founder of Rome
59
Assaracus
Early king of Troy
60
Phthia
home of Achilles in Northern Greece
61
Mycenae
Home of Agamemnon, in central Greece
62
Vesta
Goddess of the hearth
63
Remus
Brother of Romulus
64
Quirinus
Name of the deified Romulus
65
Maja
Daughter of Atlas, mother of Mercury
66
Dido
Queen of Carthage
67
Poeni
Phoenician=Carthaginian
68
Spartanus
Spartan
69
Threissa
Thracian
70
Harpalyce
Thracian princess, huntress renowned for speed
71
Hebrus
Supposedly a fast river
72
Pheobus
Apollo, god of light, music, prophecy
73
Punicus
Punic=Carthaginian
74
Agenor
King of Phoenicia, pre-Dido
75
Sychaeus
Husband of Dido
76
Pygmalion
Brother of Dido
77
Byrsa
Measurement of land
78
Vesper
Evening star
79
Achilles
Famous Greek Warrior
80
Latium
Region of central Italy around Rome
81
Samos
Aegean island center of worship of Juno
82
Tiberinus, a, um
Of the Tiber, the river by which Rome is situated
83
Ganymede
Boy carried off by Jupiter’s eagle and made cupbearer to the gods
84
Libya
Region of North Africa
85
Parcae
The Fates
86
Paris
Trojan prince who ran off with Helen
87
Saturnia
Daughter of Saturn, refers to Juno
88
Tros, Trois
Trojan
89
Arvgivus
Argive, Greek
90
Neptunus
God of the sea
