A | B |
Siculus | Sicilian |
Teucri | Trojans |
Pallas | Pallas Athena, Minerva |
Ajax Oilei | Ajax, son of Oileus--during sack of Troy tore Cassandra away from Minerva's altars |
Juppiter, Jovis | Jupiter, Zeus |
Aeolus | king of the winds |
Aeolia | land of the winds, an island off Sicily |
Auster | the south wind |
Tyrrhenus | Tyrrhenian Sea (to the west of the Italian peninsula) |
Ilium | Ilium, Troy |
Deiopeia | Deiopeia, a nymph (Juno's offering to Aeolus) |
Eurus | the east wind |
Notus | the south wind |
Africus | the southwest wind |
Aeneas | ? |
Tydides | son of Tydeus, Diomede--Greek who fought against Aeneas |
Aeacides | descendent of Aeacus--Achilles |
Hector | Trojan hero |
Sarpedon | king of Lydia, Trojan ally |
Simois | river near Troy |
Aquilo | the north wind |
Lycius | of Lycia, a country in Asia Minor |
Orontes | a comrade of Aeneas |
Ilioneus | Trojan leader |
Achates | faithful comrade of Aeneas |
Zephyrus | the west wind |
Cymothoe | sea nymph |
Triton | mino sea-god |
Aeneadae | descendents, followers of Aeneas |
Ceres | goddess of grain |
Antheus | comrade of Aeneas |
Phrygius | Phrygian = Trojan |
Capys | comrade of Aeneas |
Caicus | comrade of Aeneas |
Acestes | king of Sicily |
Trinacria | Sicily |
Cyclopius | Cyclopean |
Scylla | sea monster |
Bacchus | god of wine |
Amycus | a Trojan |
Lycus | a Trojan |
Cloanthus | a Trojan |
Gyas | a Trojan |
Venus | ? |
Antenor | Trojan leader, fled after fall of Troy and settled in northern Italy at Patavium |
Achivus | Achaean, Greek |
Illyricus | Illyrian, Dalmatian |
Liburni | Liburnians = Illyrians |
Timavus | river in n. Italy, flows underground for 25 miles and then flows into Adriatic |
Teucer | ancient king of Troy |
Patavium | modern Padua |
Cytherea | Venus, from isle of Cythera |
Rutulus | Rutulian, a tribe of central Italy |
Ascanius | son of Aeneas |
Ilus | another name for Ascanius |
Ilius | Ilian, Trojan |
Iulus | a later name for Ascanius |
Albanus, -a, -um | Alban, of Alba Longa, mother city of rome |
Mars | god of war |
Mavortia | adjectival form of Mars |
Romulus | founder of Rome |
Assaracus | early king of Troy |
Phthia | home of Achilles in n. Greece |
Mycenae | home of Agamemnon, in central Greece |
Vesta | goddess of the hearth |
Oceanus | ? |
Caesar | ? |
Remus | brother of Romulus |
Quirinus | name of the deified Romulus |
Maja | daughter of Atlas, mother of Mercury |
Dido | queen of Carthage |
Poeni | Phoenician = Carthaginian |
Spartanus | Spartan |
Threissa | Thracian |
Harpalyce | Thracian princess, huntress renowned for speed |
Hebrus | supposedly a fast river |
Phoebus | Apollo, god of light, music, prophecy, etc. |
Punicus | Punic = Carthaginian |
Agenor | king of Phoenicia, pre-Dido |
Sychaeus | husband of Dido |
Pygmalion | brother of Dido |
Byrsa | measurement of land |
Vesper | evening star |
Olympus | home of the gods! |
Europa | in this case, the continent |
Asia | Asia |
Achilles | famous Greek warrior |
Lavinaque litora | Lavinian shores |
Latium, -ii (n.) | region of central Italy around Rome |
Samos, -i (f.) | Aegean island center of worship of Juno |
Tiberinus, -a, -um | of the Tiber, the river by which Rome is situated |
Ganymede | boy carried off by Jupiter's eagle and made cupbearer to the gods |
Libya | region of north Africa |
Parcae | the Fates |
Paris | Trojan prince, fellow who ran off with Helen |
Saturnia | daughter of Saturn, refers to Juno |
Tros, Trois (m.) | Trojan |
Argivus | Argive, Greek |
Abas | Trojan leader |
Aletes | Trojan leader |
Neptunus | god of the sea |