A | B |
Anchises | died in Drepanum; served as spiritual leader until then |
Thrace (order) | 1st |
Delos (order) | 2nd |
Crete (order) | 3rd |
Strophades (order) | 4th |
Actium (order) | 5th |
Buthrotum (order) | 6th |
Castrum Minervae (order) | 7th |
Sicily (order) | 8th |
Drepanum (order) | 9th |
Thrace omen | go south |
Delos omen | seek your ancient mother |
Crete omen | go west (to "Hesperia") where Dardanus was from |
Strophades omen | you'll land in Italy but not before you get so hungry you eat your tables |
Buthrotum omen | lots! Beware of Juno; white sow at site of city; be careful of scylla and charybdis, seek out the Sybil |
Castrum Minervae omen | four horses-for war or for peace |
Hesperia | "western land"=Italy |
Juno | Helenus told Trojans to pray to her |
Achaemenides | Greek comrade of Odysseus who was left behind with the Cyclops |
Pergamum | name Aeneas gave the city he built on Crete |
Pyrrhus | ruled area of Buthrotum; took Andromache there; Helenus has his kingdom now |
Pachynus | cape in southern Sicily |
Castrum Minervae | first stop in Italy |
Dardanus | early founder of Troy; originally from Italy |
Helenus | married Andromache; Trojan prophet |
Polyphemus | head Cyclops |
Sibyl | priestess of Apollo at Cumae whom Aeneas will consult |
Celaeno | head Harpy; gave "pizza" omen |
Astyanax | dead son of Andromache and Hector |
Pylorus | strait between Italy and Sicily where Scylla and Charybdis lived |
Andromache | wife of Hector; taken by the Greeks as a slave |
Penates | household gods who tell Aeneas to sail from Crete |
Polydorus | spoke through a bloody bush; leave this greedy place |
Apollo | source of most of the information given in Book III |
Anius | King of Delos |
Aeneadae | followers of Aeneas |
Charybdis | whirlpool |
Abas | Greek who lost his shield to Aeneas |
Aeneas haec de Danais victoribus arma | Written on shield in Actium |
Palinurus | helmsman of Aeneas |
Ausonia | another name for Italy; said by Helenus |
Teucer | from Crete; one of the founders of Troy |