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In book 2 of the Aeneid….

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Aeneas is telling the story of Troy’s last days

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The Greeks leave the Trojan horse allegedly as an offering to whom?

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Minerva

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What island do the greeks sail to after pretending to sail home?

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Tenedos

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Who advocates for bringing the horse into Troy?

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Thymoetes

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Who demands that the horse be cat into the sea?

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Capys

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Aeneid 2 - What priest of Apollo…

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Laocoon

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Aeneid 2 - What spy…

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Sinon

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What Greek spy was left behind to convince the Trojans to bring the horse into the city?

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Sinon

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What was the job of Sinon?

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to convince the greeks to bring the horse into the city

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What are Laocoon and his two sons killed by?

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two serpents that came out of the sea

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Who is killed by two serpents…

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Laocoon (and his two sons)

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Whose warnings about the horse are ignored?

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cassandra

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As Aeneas slept, who came to warn him to save himself from the destruction of Troy and take the Penates and the surviving Trojans to a new land?

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Hector

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Who did Hector warn to save himself from the destruction of Troy and take the Penates and the surviving Trojans to a new land?

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Aeneas

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What did Hector tell Aeneas to take with him to a new land?

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the Penates and the surviving Trojans

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Who appears before Aeneas carrying the holy vessels and lamenting the destruction of Troy?

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Panthus

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What greek soldier mistakes Aeneas and other Trojans for comrades and is killed by them?

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Androgeos

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What Trojan ally adorns Androgeos’ armor?

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Coroebus

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18
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Coreobus is killed trying to save whom being dragged out of the temple?

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Cassandra

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Who dies trying to save cassandra being dragged out of the temple?

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Coroebus

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What son of Achilles kills Polites before the eyes of Priam and then kills Priam?

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Pyrrhus

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21
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Who does Pyrrhus kill before the eyes of Priam?

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Polites

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22
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What son of Priam is murdered in front of him?

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Polites

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Who killed Priam?

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Who killed Polites?
Pyrrhus
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Above whose head did Anchises see a flame?
Ascanius
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Who refused to flee Troy until he saw a flame above Ascanius' head?
Anchises
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Who did Aeneas carry on his back?
Anchises
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When does Aeneas realize Creusa is lost?
the shrine of Ceres
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Who tells Aeneas that it was Cresua's destiny to die at Troy and that he must go wander and search for his destined home?
the ghost of Creuas
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Who's ghost does Aeneas see in book two?
Creusa's
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Where does Aeneas lead the Trojan survivors?
Mt. Ida
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In the Aeneid, who is said to be a son of Belus…
Palamedes
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What island, where the Greek forces hid…
Tenedos
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Two crimson serpents crossed the sea from Tenedos to…
Laocoon
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What structure, which Thymoetes and Capys…
Trojan horse
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According to Sinon, when a storm was wrecking the Greek fleet…
Eurypylus / Calchas maybe
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Thessandrus, Sthenelus, Ulysses, Acamas, Thoas, Neoptolemus, Machaon, Menelaus, and Epeius…
trojan horse
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Who does Sinon claim was sent to the Delphic…
Eurypylus
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In book 2 of the Aeneid, due to his previous confrontation with Odysseus, what man…
Sinon
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In book 2 of the Aeneid, what priest…
Laocoon
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In book 2 of the Aeneid, whose sons were…
Laocoon
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In book 2 of the Aeneid, who appears to Aeneas in a dream…
Hector
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Who, spotting the ruined house of Deiphobus and the burned house of Ucalegon…
Aeneas
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Who, along with Ripheus, Epytus, Hypanis, Dymas, and Coroebus…
Aeneas
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In the Aeneid, what suitor of Cassandra…
Coroebus
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What man, who took Aeneas and his company for Greek allies…
Androgeus
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Who, taking the armor of Androgeus…
Coroebus
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What man, who suggested donning the armor of the Greeks…
Coroebus
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In the Aeneid, who, killed by Peneleus…
Coroebus
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Who, alongside Automedon and Periphas, attacks the palace…
Neoptolemus
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Who journeys to the palace of Priam accompanied by Iphitus and Pelias…
Aeneas
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Who is dragged through the blood of his son…
priam
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What woman, who hid in a shrine of Vesta…
Helen
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In book 2 of the Aeneid, after praying that Jupiter gives him direction…
Anchises / Ascanius maybe
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A star shooting across the sky inspires what man…
Anchises probably
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Who, instructed to follow Aeneas from a short distance…
Creusa
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Who tries thrice to hug the ghost of his wife…
Aeneas
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What woman, who Venus saved from being a slave to the Greeks…
Creusa

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