| A | B |
|---|
| Laocoon | Trojan priest who warned against bringing the horse into the city |
| Ulysses | Latin name for Odysseus, trickiest of the Greeks |
| Priam | King of Troy. Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus kills him in Book 2 |
| Tenedos | island near Troy. The Greek fleet hides there. |
| Tritonia | another name for Minerva |
| Cassandra | Trojan princess who has the gift of prophecy but is never believed |
| Hector | Best of the Trojan warriors. He was killed by Achilles but returned as a ghost to warn Aeneas to leave Troy. |
| Vesta | goddess of the hearth |
| Creusa | Aeneas' wife, who is left behind and is killed |
| Iulus/Ascanius | Aeneas' son by Creusa |
| Helen | In Book 2, Aeneas considers killing her. |
| Sparta | Greek city where Helen lived |
| Mycenae | Greek city ruled by Agamemnon (Menelaus' brother) |
| Phrygian | another word for Trojan |
| Venus | mother of Aeneas. She appears to him in Book 2 and keeps him from killing Helen. |
| Scaean gates | name of a gate of the city of Troy |
| Neptune | god of the sea. In Book 2, he fought against Troy. |
| Juno | queen of the gods. In Book 2, she leads an assault on Troy. |
| Pallas Minerva | goddess of war/wisdom. In Book 2, she opposes the Trojans. |
| Jupiter | king of the gods. He fully supports the Greeks in Book 2. |
| Sinon | a Greek left behind to help convince the Trojans to bring in the horse |
| Pyrrhus/Neoptolemus | son of Achilles, who kills King Priam in Book 2 |
| Hecuba | Queen of Troy |
| Anchises | father of Aeneas. He was unwilling to leave Troy until he saw some miraculous signs. |
