| A | B |
|---|
| qualis ubi in lucem coluber, mala gramina pastus... | simile comparing Pyrrhus to a snake that has shed its skin and is coming up from underground all winter |
| Periphas, Achilles' charioteer, Automedon, the Scyrian youth | People with Pyrrhus as he stormed the palace |
| ferit aurea sidera clamor | hyperbole |
| ululant, errant tectis ingentibus, tenent postes, etc. | what the pavidae matres were doing |
| Neoptolemus, Pelides | other names for Pyrrhus |
| Fit via vi | alliteration |
| non sic, cum spumeus amnis...cum stabulis armenta trahit | simile comparing the Greeks storming the palace to a mountain stream carrying away cattle |
| Atridae | Agamemnon and Menelaus |
| Hecuba | Priam's wife |
| centum | how many daughters and daughters-in-law there were |
| Priam | king of Troy |
| Danai | Greeks |
| limina | threshold |
| tectum | roof |
| penetralia | innermost areas of the palace |
| aedes | house, palace (sometimes temple) |
| custodes | guards |
| ianua | door |
| furentem | raging (describing Pyrrhus) |
| quinquaginta | how many marriage chambers there were |
| moriturus | about to die (describes Priam as he takes up arms again) |
| laurus et altaria circum | where the women are hiding in the palace |
| altaria circum device | anastrophe |
| praecipites atra ceu tempestate columbae... | women in palace are compared to doves in a storm |
| Quae mens tam dira, miserrime coniunx, impulit his cingi telis, aut quo ruis? | What Hecuba says to Priam after he puts on weapons |
| Polites | son of Priam, killed by Pyrrhus |
| device of per tela, per hostes | anaphora |
| At tibi pro scelere, pro talibus ausis di persolvant gratis dignas" | Priam's speech to Pyrrhus |
| Achilles | corpus exsangue sepulcro reddidit Hectoreum (Priamo) |
| Referes haec et nuntius ibis Pelidae genitori...degeneremque Neoptolemum narrare memento | What Pyrrhus says to Priam |
| Pergama | citadel of Troy |
| iacet ingens litore truncus, avulsumque umeris caput, et sine nomine corpus | the ultimate fate of Priam |
| subiit cari genitoris imago, deserta Creusa, direpta domus, parvi casus Iuli | what Aeneas thinks about when he sees Priam killed |
| deseruere, corpora ad terram misere aut ignibus dedere | things that the tired and desperate Trojan men did |
| male numen amicum | litotes (an unfriendly divinity) |
| substitit or erravit via | what happened to Creusa |
| tumulum antiquae Cereris | meeting place for Aeneas and the refugees (where he noticed Creusa was missing) |
| natumque virumque device | polysyndeton |
| comites natumque virumque fefellit | she deceived her companions and son and husband (Creusa) |
| crudelius | comparative adjective (neuter) more _____ |
| Ascanius, Anchises, Penates | what Aeneas entrusted to his allies when he went back to look for Creusa |
| periclis (instead of periculis) | syncope |
| recondo, repeto, sequor vestigia, lustro, refero, reviso | actions Aeneas takes (going back into the city/to his house/to the palace) |
| porticibus Iunonis asylo | where Phoenix and Ulixes were standing guard |
| Troia gaza, mensae, crateres, vestis | Trojan treasure |
| pueri et pavidae matres | standing in a long line, being sold to Greeks as booty |
| simulacrum, umbra, imago | different words for ghost |
| maior nota | larger than what was known (comparative and ablative of comparison) |
| quid tantum insano iuvat indulgere dolori, o dulcis coniunx? | beginning of Creusa's speech to Aeneas |
| longa exsilia, res laetae, regnum, regia coniunx | things that await Aeneas in Hesperia |
| Dardanis et divae Veneris nurus | a Trojan woman, daughter in law of Venus (=Creusa) |
| magna deum genetrix | Cybele (Creusa will be one of her priestesses) |
| par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno | what Creusa's ghost is compared to |
| comites novi (matres, viros, collectam pubem) | the miserabile vulgus that is waiting for Aeneas |
| Lucifer | bringer of light, the morning star |
| Ida | mountain near Troy |
| cessi | very important word! Aeneas is finally saying "I give up" |
| Panthus | holding the household gods/rushes to Aeneas' house and tells his the Greeks have stormed the city |
| Coroebus | Cassandra's husband |
| Epytus, Ripheus, Hypanis, Dymas, Coroebus | other Trojans whom Aeneas joins in the fighting (compared to wolves) |
| Androgeos | Greek who thought Aeneas and his men were Greeks, compared to a man coming upon a snake |
| Coroebus's idea | pretend to be Greeks |
| Cassandra | dragged out of the temple, seeing her made Coroebus throw himself into Greek hands |
| Andromache | Hector's wife |
| Astyanax | Hector's son |
| Helen | Aeneas sees her and wants to kill her |
| Venus | tells Aeneas not to kill Helen, tells him to think about his family, shows him how the gods are helping the Greeks destroy Troy |
| Anchises | wants to stay and die at home |
| flame over Iulus' head and then the thunder | omens that Anchises should leave with Aeneas and Creusa |
