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Vergil - Characters in Book I
Great self-check before you go into tests or quizzes!
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| Acestes | king in Sicily |
| Aeneas | Trojan prince, son of Venus and Anchises |
| Anchises | Trojan prince, father of Aeneas |
| Danaus, -a, -um | Greek |
| Dido | legendary founder and queen of Carthage |
| Italia | Italy |
| Juno | Queen of the gods |
| Jupiter | King of the gods |
| Priamus | King of Troy |
| Teucrus, -a, -um | Trojan |
| Troia | Troy, city of Asia Minor |
| Tyrius, -a, -um | Carthaginian |
| Karthago, -inis, f. | city of Dido |
| Byrsa, -ae, f. | traditional name of area near Carthage |
| Pygmalion, -nis, m. | Dido's brother |
| Sychaeus, -i, m. | Dido's murdered husband |
| Venus, -eris, f. | goddess of love; Aeneas' mother |
| Harpalyce | Thracian huntress |
| Agenor, -oris, m. | Dido's ancestor |
| Phoenices, -um, m. | Carthaginians |
| Maia, -ae, f. | goddess, mother of Mercury |
| Argus, a, um | Greek |
| Ilus, i, m. | Original cognomen for Ascanius |
| Iulus, i, m. | augmented cognomen of Ascanius |
| Ascanius, i, m. | son of Aeneas |
| Poeni, -orum, m. | Pheonicians, Carthaginians |
| Cytherea, -ae, f. | cognomen for Venus |
| Achivus, a, um | Greek |
| Antenor, -oris, m. | hero, escaped sack of Troy and settled in Gaul |
| Albani Patres | Roman ancestors who settled Alba Longa |
| Samos | Greek island, one of Juno's haunts |
| Aeolus, i, m. | god of the winds |
| Aiax Oilei | king of the Locri, not the son of Telamon |
| Tyrrhenus, a, um | Etruscan |
| Tydides | Diomedes, hero comrade of Odysseus in Trojan War |
| Aeacidae | Achilles, grandson of Aeacus |
| Quirinus, i, m. | Romulus |
| Ilioneus, i, m. | one of Aeneas' captains |
| Sidon, -nis, f. | city in Phoenicia |
| Mycenae, -arum, f. | Agamemnon's kingdom in N. Greece |
| Cupido, -nis, m. | god of desire, son of Venus |
| Phoenissa, ae, f. | cognomen of Dido |
| Acidalius, a, um | relating to the fountain sacred to Venus |
| Belus, i, m. | mythical founder of Babylon, father of Danaus and Aegyptus |
| Hector, -ris, m. | great hero of Troy |
| Aurora, -ae, f. | goddess of the dawn |
| Troes, -um, m. | Trojans |
| Penates | two gods of the household larder |
| Ceres, -ris, f. | grain, often personified as grain goddess |
| Idalius, a, um | relating to Venus' beloved Cyprus |
| Lyaeus, i, m. | surname of Bacchus, "releaser from care" |
| Typhoius, a, um | relating to Typhoeus, a giant who rebelled against Jupiter and was struck by a thunderbolt |
| Leda, -ae, f. | mother of Helen |
| Pergama, orum, n. and Pergamum, i, n. | The citidel of Troy |
| Patavus, i, m. | modern day Padua, Italy |
| Eryx, Erycis, m. | Sicilian city near Mt. Eryx, sacred to Venus |
| Rutuli, -orum, m. | A tribe of Italy |
| Illyricus, a, um | relating to the country across the Adriatic from Italy |
| Lavinium, i, n. | Town built by Aeneas, named for his wife |
| Liburni, -orum, m. | a tribe of Illyria |
| Graius, a, um | Greek |
| Phthia, ae, f. | birthplace of Achilles, in Thessaly |
| Assaracus, i, m. | one of the founders of Troy |
| Mavortius, a, um | relating to Mars |
| Ilium | Troy |
| Latium, i, n. | the general territory around Rome |
| Libya, Libyae, f. | N. Africa |
| Orontes, i.;Amycus;Gyan;Cloanthus | comrades of Aeneas |
| Bacchus, i, m. | god of wine; son of Jupiter |
| Phrygia, ae. f. | country south of Troy |
| Capys; Caicus; Antheas | comrades of Aeneas |
| Neptunus, i, m. | god of the sea |
| Eurus, i, m. | wind; the East Wind |
| Notus, i, m. | wind; the South Wind |
| Zephyrus, i, m. | wind; the West Wind |
| Africus, i, m. | rainy wind; the Southwest Wind |
| Simois, | Trojan river |
| Sarpedon | Ally of Troy |
| Deiopea, -ae, f. | a nymph offered by Juno to Aeolus |
| Pallas, Palladis, f. | Athena; Minerva |
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