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Aeneas was originall from... | Troy |
Modern location of Troy | Turkey |
Aeneas's mother | Venus |
Aeneas's father | Anchises |
2 names of Aeneas's son | Aschanius / Iulus |
Uncle of Aeneas and king of Troy | Priam |
Aeneas's heroic epithet or nickname | Pius |
What does "pius" mean? | devotion to gods, country, family |
Who wrote the most famous version of Aeneas's story? | Vergil |
nomen of Publius Vergilius Maro | Vergilius |
cognomen of Gaius Iulius Caesar | Caesar |
praenomen of Publius Vergilius Maro | Publius` |
Aeneas was second only to roy's greatest warrior, who was... | Hector |
What did Aeneas's mother command him to do? | establish a "New Troy" |
Name of Aeneas's Trojan wife, whom the Greeks killed | Creusa |
Why was Aeneas's father crippled? | punishment for boasting of relations with Venus |
Which goddess hated Aeneas? | Juno |
Whatgreat city was he shipwrecked on? | Carthage |
Where is Carthage? | North Africa |
Who was the queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas? | Dido |
What did the queen do when Aeneas left her? | committed suicide |
What did the Romans think resulted in Dido's cursing of Aeneas? | Punic Wars |
What town did Aeneas FIRST reach in Italy? | Cumae |
Who guided Aeneas to the Underworld? | Cumaean Sybil (priestess of Apollo) |
Region of Italy where Aeneas settled | Latium |
King of Latium | Latinus |
Aeneas's Italian wife | Lavinia |
To whom had the king previously betrothed his daughter, Lavinia? | Turnus |
Turnus was king of what tribe? | Rutulians |
What becomes of Turnus? | Aeneas kills him |
Aeneas founds what Italian city? | Lavinium |
What city does Aeneas's son found? | Alba Longa |
What local god is Aeneas transformed into upon his death? | Indiges |