| A | B |
|---|
| Hercules | hero of Pallanteum, Pallas calls on him |
| Hesperia | another name for Italy |
| Iarbas | African chieftain turned down by Dido, calls Aeneas a semivir |
| Icarus | son of Daedalus |
| Ilioneus | ambassador, spokesperson for Aeneas |
| Ilium | another name for Troy |
| Iris | goddess of rainbow, messenger of Juno |
| Ithaca | home of Ulysses |
| Iulus | son of Aeneas |
| Janus | his temple has gates of war |
| Julius | clan descended from son of Aeneas |
| Juno | ultimate immortal enemy of Aeneas |
| Jupiter | Rex Olympi, pater deorum et hominum |
| Juturna | sister of Turnus who helps him |
| Laocoon | priest of Neptune, "beware Greeks bearing gifts" |
| Latinus | king of Latium, father of Lavinia |
| Latium | district or area around Rome |
| Lausus | son of Mezentius slain by Aeneas |
| Lavinia | Latin princess, daughter of Latinus, will become wife of Aeneas |
| Lavinium | city founded by Aeneas in Italy |
| Lethe | river of forgetfulness in Underworld |
| Marcellus | heir of Augustus who sadly will die prematurely |
| Mars | that war god |
| Menelaus | king of Sparta, husband of Helen |
| Mercury | messenger sent by Jupiter to Aeneas to remind him of his mission |
| Mezentius | exiled Etruscan king killed by Aeneas |
| Minerva | goddess of wisdom |
| Muse | called upon by Vergil to help him tell the story |
| Myrmidons | fierce soldiers of Achilles |
| Nautes | Trojan elder who advises Aeneas to leave the weak behind in Sicily |
| Neoptolemus | son of Achilles, other name is Pyrrhus |
| Neptune | god of sea, stops storm and helps Aeneas |
| Nisus | friend of Euryalus |
| Olympus | moutain home of the gods |
| Orcus | another name of Underworld |
| Palatine | hill on which Romulus founds city of Rome |
| Palinurus | helmsman of Aeneas who is sacrificed to Neptune at end of Book 5 |
| Palladium | sacred statue stolen by Ulysses and Diomedes |
| Pallanteum | city of Evander |
| Pallas | son of Evander, slain by Turnus |
| Paris | Trojan prince, decided beauty contest, stole Helen |
| Penates | household gods carried out of Troy by Anchises |
| Pergamum | Trojan settlement on Crete |
| Phoenicia | land where Dido is originally from |
| Pluto | god of the Underworld |
| Polites | son of Priam killed by Pyrrhus |
| Polydorus | bloody bush guy in Thrace |
| Priam | aged king of Troy |
| Proserpina | wife of Pluto, golden branch was for her |
| Pygmalion | wicked brother of Dido who killed her husband |
