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| Who composed the Aeneid? | Virgil |
| What group of thinkers/philosophers did the author join who believed in a life of pleasure and luxury? | Epicureans |
| What career was planned for the author by his father? | Law |
| What is the title of the author's collection of rural poems? | Bucolics (composed of Eclogues) |
| In one of his eclogues, what prophecy does the author make which affects his long-term reputation? | Birth of divine child, bringing in Golden Age for Rome |
| In what 14th-century epic does the author act as a guide through the Underworld? | The Divine Comedy |
| What nickname was ascribed to the author? | Virtuous Pagan |
| Who was the mother of Aeneas? | Venus |
| What family members escaped Troy along with Aeneas? | Anchises and Ascanius |
| What signs caused Aeneas to leave Troy? | Son's shining hair and a shooting star |
| What is the link between Aeneas and Romulus and Remus? | Son of Aeneas built the city of their birth, Alba Longa |
| In a dream, what name is given to the destination of Aeneas? | Hesperia, the Western Country |
| What is the difference between the Harpies attack on the Greeks as Argonauts and the Romans in the Aeneid? | Greeks kill most of the them; Trojans flee. |
| Who is Helen's daughter? | Hermione, who marries Pyrrhus/Neoptolemus |
| What was the fate of Andromache afte the fall of Troy? | Though given to Pyrrhus, she eventually marries the Trojan prophet Helenus |
| Helenus tells Aeneas he must go to the west coast of Italy, but should avoid going between Italy and Sicily--why? | Scylla and Charybdis |
| What foe do they encounter when landing at Sicily? | The Cyclops (Polyphemus) |
| Who saves them from possible destruction on Sicily? | A former crew member of Odysseus |
| Who sends a storm driving the ship of Aeneas to Carthage? | Juno/Aeolus |
| What muses are invoked by the author of the epic? | Muses of epic poetry (Calliope) and music/song (Polyhymnia) |
| Who is the Queen of Carthage when Aeneas arrives there? | Dido |
| For what two reasons does Juno dislike the Trojans? | Judgement of Paris and prophecy concerning destruction of Carthage |
| What allows the Trojans to make their way safely to the palace in Carthage? | A mist provided by Venus |
| Stopping at a temple in Carthage, what surprise encourages the Trojans? | Engravings of Trojan War battles |
| What two assurances does Venus require for Aeneas to fulfill his destiny? | Confirmation by Jupiter and the assistance of Cupid |
| What "faithful friend" of Aeneas goes with him to explore the unknown land of Carthage? | Achates |
| When/where does Aeneas recount his journey, starting with the fall of Troy? | At welcome banquet in court/palace of Queen Dido of Carthage |
| Why did Queen Dido know how Aeneas and his friend felt? | She had once been homeless after fleeing her murderous brother. |
| While Aeneas lived with Dido, she gave him everything, only asking for what one thing in return? | Aeneas' love |
| Who is sent to Aeneas with the message to depart Carthage and "seek the kingdom which is your destiny"? | Mercury |
| When Aeneas leaves Carthage, what does he see from his ship? | Fire in Carthage, the flames of Dido's funeral pyre |
| How does Dido die? | She places herself on a funeral pyre and then stabs herself. |
| How do the gods show some mercy regarding Dido's death? | Iris is sent to cut Dido's thread of life to ease her suffering. |
| Who was Palinurus and what happened to him? | Aeneas' ship pilot who dies on the journey from Carthage to Italy |
| Upon arriving on the west coast of Italy, who is Aeneas supposed to seek? | Sibyl of Cumae, a prophetess |
| Where does Sybil advise him to go, showing him the way there? | Hades/Underworld |
| In the Aeneid, where is the entrance to the Underworld located? | Lake Avernus cavern on Italy's west coast |
| What item must Aeneas use for admittance to the Underworld? | Golden bough |
| What allows Aeneas to find the item he needs for entrance to the Underworld? | Doves of Venus |
| Identify five former living heroes (mortals/demigods) to enter the passage to the Underworld. | Ulysses/Odysseus, Theseus, Hercules, Orpheus, Pollux, and Psyche |
| What action does Sybil perform before they can enter the Underworld cavern? | Sacrifice to Hecate |
| Who is Hecate? | Goddess of the night/witchcraft |
| Identify three of the "great company of terrors" Aeneas encounters upon entering the passage to the Underworld. | Pale Death, avenging Care, Hunger, War, Discord |
| Where do Sibyl and Aeneas find Charon? | Junction of Underworld rivers Cocytus and Acheron |
| What is the fate of the dead who have not been buried? | They wander aimlessly for 100 years with no place to rest. |
| Who agrees to do Sibyl and Aeneas' bidding after seeing the golden bough? | Charon |
| Who allows Sibyl and Aeneas to enter Hades for pieces of cake? | Cerberus, the three-headed dog |
| Aeneas sees what judge of the dead (Europa's son) passing final judgement on the dead (but not the wicked) in the Underworld? | Minos |
| Where does Aeneas see Dido in the Underworld? | Fields of Mourning |
| What does Dido say to Aeneas in the Underworld? | Nothing, she remains silent. |
| What question does Aeneas ask of Dido in the Underworld? | Was he the cause of her death? |
| What Underworld judge passes sentence on the wicked? | Rhadamanthus |
| Where in the Underworld does Aeneas meet his father? | Elysian Fields |
| In the Underworld, whose souls does Anchises point out to Aeneas? | Their descendants, future Romans |
| According to Anchises, what must all Underworld souls do before living (again) in the world above? | Drink from the River Lethe |
| What unusual instruction does Anchises give Aeneas, a task that must be performed upon landing on the coast of west Italy, the land promised by Jupiter? | Eat the table upon which he will feast. |
| What two Italian groups of people did Juno manipulate to oppose the Trojans settling there? | Latins and Rutulians |
| Who was the great-grandson of Saturn and ruler of the Latins? | Latinus, King of Latium |
| Why does Latinus welcome Aeneas? | Latinus believes Aeneas is the stranger prophesied to marry his daughter. |
| What three actions does the Fury Alecto perform to aid Juno in opposing the marriage of Aeneas to the princess of Latium? | Alecto's three actions: She turns Queen Amata against the marriage; she stirs up King Turnus against the Trojans; she sets a trap for Ascanius to kill the sacred stag |
| Who is the princess of Latium? | Lavinia |
| Who is Turnus? | King of the Rutulians, a suitor for Lavinia's hand in marriage, and foe of Aeneas |
| Who is Mezentius? | Former cruel king of the Etruscans |
| What maiden warrior opposes marriage and Aeneas, but loves the chase and the battle? | Camilla |
| What river god advises Aeneas in a dream? | Father Tiber |
| What king shows Aeneas where Saturn came and where the Roman Forum and Capitol will later be located? | Evander, King of Arcady |
| What "rich and powerful" people will join the Trojans' side to get revenge against their former cruel king? | Etruscans |
| What man invented a new way of killing people, coupling the living and the dead in a fatal embrace? | Mezentius, former king of the Etruscans |
| What prince, an ally of Aeneas, will die defending the honor of the kingdom of Arcady in battle? | Pallas, son of Evander |
| What two brave soldiers die trying to reach Aeneas with news of the Trojans' situation? | Nisus and Euryalus |
| With whose death does The Aeneid end? | Turnus, in a fight with Aeneas |
| Who marries Lavinia? | Aeneas |
