Aeneid 1 Flashcards
What goddess hates the Trojans?
Juno
A new race is destined to spring from the Trojans would one day destroy what city?
Carthage
What city is Juno’s favorite?
Carthage
Who is the guardian of the winds?
Aeolus
Who was the mother of Dardanus?
Electra
Who was the father of Dardanus?
Jupiter
What Trojan youth was hated by Juno because he was made the cup bearer of the gods?
Ganymede
What does Juno ask Aeolus to do?
send the winds to cause a storm to shipwreck the Trojans
What nymph does Juno offer Aeolus?
Deiopeia
Aeolus creates a storm which shipwrecks Aeneas and the Trojans where?
Carthage
Who calms the storm and rebukes the winds caused by Aeolus?
Neptune
What two people dislodge Aeneas’ ships from the rocks?
Triton & Cymothoe
Who was Aeneas’ loyal right hand man?
Achates
Aeneas and Achates kill how many deer to feed each of the ships?
seven
Who starts the first fire at Carthage?
Achates
In book one of the Aeneid, who scolds Jupiter because he didn’t fulfill his promise that from the Trojans were to spring the mighty Roman people?
Venus
In book one of the Aeneid, who does Venus scold because he didn’t fulfill his promise that from the Trojans were to spring the mighty Roman people?
Jupiter
In book one of the Aeneid, what does Venus scold Jupiter for?
he didn’t fulfill his promise that from the Trojans were to spring the mighty Roman people
What does Jupiter do after Venus scolds him?
He explains what is to come
Who sends Mercury to Carthage to inspire Dido and her people with sympathy for the Trojans?
Jupiter
Jupiter sends who to Carthage to inspire Dido and her people with sympathy for the Trojans?
Mercury
Why does Jupiter send Mercury to Carthage?
to inspire Dido and her people with sympathy for the Trojans
As Aeneas & Achates explore the land, who, in the form of a huntress, comes to Aeneas and tells him
that he is at Carthage, urging him to go to her palace.
Venus
In what form did Venus come to Aeneas to tell him that he in in Carthage and should go to her palace?
a huntress
What were Aeneas and Achates doing when Venus came to tell them they were in Carthage?
exploring the land
What two people were exploring the land when Venus explained that they were in carthage?
Aeneas and Achates
Who founded Carthage?
Dido
What city did Dido found?
Carthage
Where did Dido live before Carthage?
Tyre
Who is the brother of Dido?
Pygmalion
Who are the sisters of Pygmalion?
Dido and Anna
Who was the husband of Dido?
Sychaeus
Who killed Sychaeus?
Pygmalion
What was the citadel of Carthage Called?
Byrsa
What city had a citadel named Byrsa?
Carthage
Why was the citadel of Carthage called Byrsa?
because the city spanned as much land as Dido could cover with an
oxhide
What citadel was named because the city spanned as much land as Dido could cover with an oxehide?
Byrsa
Who covers Aeneas & Achates in a dark mist and sends them into the city?
Venus
With what does Venus cover Aeneas and Achates when they go into the city of Carthage?
dark mist
Aeneas cries when he sees the Trojan War scenes on what?
the temple of Juno
Who cries when he sees the Trojan War scenes on the temple of Juno?
Aeneas