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Vergil 1.1-33 People and Places
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| Achillēs, Achillis or Achillī (m) | son of Pelus and Thetis, Greek chieftain in the Trojan War and hero of the Iliad |
| Albānus, -a, -um | Alban, of Alba (Alba Longa, a city south of Rome and east of Lavinium) |
| Argī, -ōrum | Argives (citizens of Argos, Greece), Greeks |
| Danaī, Danaum or Danaōrum (m pl) | Danaans (descendants of Danaus, legendary king of Argos), Greeks |
| Ganymēdēs, Ganymēdis (m) | son of Troy’s founder, Tros, whom Juppiter carried off to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods |
| Ītalia, -ae | also known as Hesperia |
| Iūnō, Iūnōnis | queen of the gods, wife of Juppiter, and nemesis of the Trojans |
| Karthāgō, Karthāginis (f) | capital of the Phoenician settlement in North Africa, modern Tunisia |
| Latium, -ī (n) | the area of central Italy that included Rome and gives name to the language |
| Lāvīnius, -a, -um | Lavinian, of Lavinium (a town in Italy) |
| Libya, -ae | North Africa (often = Carthage) |
| Mūsa, -ae | probably Calliope, the muse of epic poetry |
| Parca, -ae | (in the plural) the Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, often depicted spinning thread for the tapestry of a person’s life) |
| Paris, Paridis (m) | the Trojan prince, son of Priam, who awarded the apple of discord to Venus who gave him Helen, thus starting the Trojan war and angering Juno |
| Samos, -ī | an island off the coast of Asia Minor, birthplace of Juno and an important cult center |
| Sāturnius, -a, -um | of Saturn |
| Tiberīnus, -a, um | of the Tiber river |
| Trōia, -ae | Troy |
| Trōs, Trōis nom pl Trōes, acc pl Trōas | a Trojan (specifically Tros, founder of Troy) |
| Tyrius, -a, -um | Tyrian, of Tyre (of Phoenicia) |
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