A | B |
Elissa | the smoke from her pyre could be seen from Aeneas' ship |
Palinurus | told Aeneas it would be impossible to sail to Italy because of a storm |
Acestes | ruler of Sicily |
Anchises | the anniversary of his death was celebrated in Sicily |
seven-coiled snake | fed at the altars, went under the tomb; Anchises' spirit? |
Mnestheus, Gyas, Sergestus, Cloanthus | participants in the boat race |
Seabeast, Chimaera, Centaur, Scylla | boats |
Menoetes | helmsman who was tossed overboard by his ship's captain |
Sergestus | his ship hit a rock |
Cloanthus | won ship race with help from the sea deities |
Nisus, Euryalus, Dirores, Salius, Patron | participants in the foot race |
Nisus | was first in foot race, until he slipped in blood |
Salius | was tripped by Nisus so that Euryalus could win |
Salius and Nisus | got consolation prizes |
Dares | no one wanted to box against him initially |
Entellus | agrees to fight Dares |
Aeneas | stopped the boxing match because Dares was getting beaten to a pulp |
Hippocoon, Mnestheus, Eurytion, Acestes | participants in the archery contest |
dove on a mast | target for the archery contest |
Eurytion | shot the bird, after she had been set free |
Acestes | his arrow turned into flame--an omen that he was the winner |
Iulus | rode a horse in the equestrian show |
Juno | sent Iris to Sicily |
Iris | disguised as Beroe to convince the Trojan women to burn the ships |
Jupiter | sent a storm to put out the fire which was destroying the ships |
Nautes | had the plan that the tired and old Trojans should stay in Sicily and found a town and that the young ones should go to Italy with Aeneas |
Anchises | tells Aeneas to obey Nautes, consult the Sibyl, and meet him in Hades |
Venus | asked Neptune to give Aeneas safe voyage to Italy |
Naptune | says one life will be lost on the way to Italy |
Somnus | made Palinurus fall asleep and cast him overboard |