Aeneas Flashcards
Where is Aeneas from?
Troy
What war did Aeneas fight in?
The Trojan war
Who told Aeneas to leave Troy?
The goda
Where did Aeneas end up after sailing over the Mediterranean?
Italy
Why did Aeneas go to the underworld?
To see his father
What did Aeneas’s father tell him?
He was going to be the founding father of the romans
Who was Aeneas the son of?
Venus
Which god gives Aeneas grief?
Juno
Why does Juno not want him to go to Rome?
Because she heard a prophecy that the romans were going to destroy her favourite city in north Arica, Carthage
How did Juno make Aeneas suffer?
Lost homeland
Lost parents
Fell in love with Didp (queen of Carthage) and had to leave her
Who welcomed Aeneas to Italy?
The local king Latinus
Who did Aeneas want to marry in Italy?
Lavinia - daughter of latinus
Who else wanted to marry Lavinia?
Turner - so of a neighbouring king
Who won the war between Turner and Aeneas
Aeneas
Did Aeneas have kids with Lavinia?
Yes
