Aeneid 2 Flashcards
In book 2 of the Aeneid….
Aeneas is telling the story of Troy’s last days
The Greeks leave the Trojan horse allegedly as an offering to whom?
Minerva
What island do the greeks sail to after pretending to sail home?
Tenedos
Who advocates for bringing the horse into Troy?
Thymoetes
Who demands that the horse be cat into the sea?
Capys
Aeneid 2 - What priest of Apollo…
Laocoon
Aeneid 2 - What spy…
Sinon
What Greek spy was left behind to convince the Trojans to bring the horse into the city?
Sinon
What was the job of Sinon?
to convince the greeks to bring the horse into the city
What are Laocoon and his two sons killed by?
two serpents that came out of the sea
Who is killed by two serpents…
Laocoon (and his two sons)
Whose warnings about the horse are ignored?
cassandra
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?
Hector
Who did Hector warn to save himself from the destruction of Troy and take the Penates and the surviving Trojans to a new land?
Aeneas
What did Hector tell Aeneas to take with him to a new land?
the Penates and the surviving Trojans
Who appears before Aeneas carrying the holy vessels and lamenting the destruction of Troy?
Panthus
What greek soldier mistakes Aeneas and other Trojans for comrades and is killed by them?
Androgeos
What Trojan ally adorns Androgeos’ armor?
Coroebus
Coreobus is killed trying to save whom being dragged out of the temple?
Cassandra
Who dies trying to save cassandra being dragged out of the temple?
Coroebus
What son of Achilles kills Polites before the eyes of Priam and then kills Priam?
Pyrrhus
Who does Pyrrhus kill before the eyes of Priam?
Polites
What son of Priam is murdered in front of him?
Polites
Who killed Priam?
Pyrrhus
Who killed Polites?
Pyrrhus
Above whose head did Anchises see a flame?
Ascanius
Who refused to flee Troy until he saw a flame above Ascanius’ head?
Anchises
Who did Aeneas carry on his back?
Anchises
When does Aeneas realize Creusa is lost?
the shrine of Ceres
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
Who’s ghost does Aeneas see in book two?
Creusa’s
Where does Aeneas lead the Trojan survivors?
Mt. Ida
In the Aeneid, who is said to be a son of Belus…
Palamedes
What island, where the Greek forces hid…
Tenedos
Two crimson serpents crossed the sea from Tenedos to…
Laocoon
What structure, which Thymoetes and Capys…
Trojan horse
According to Sinon, when a storm was wrecking the Greek fleet…
Eurypylus / Calchas maybe
Thessandrus, Sthenelus, Ulysses, Acamas, Thoas, Neoptolemus, Machaon, Menelaus, and Epeius…
trojan horse
Who does Sinon claim was sent to the Delphic…
Eurypylus
In book 2 of the Aeneid, due to his previous confrontation with Odysseus, what man…
Sinon
In book 2 of the Aeneid, what priest…
Laocoon
In book 2 of the Aeneid, whose sons were…
Laocoon
In book 2 of the Aeneid, who appears to Aeneas in a dream…
Hector
Who, spotting the ruined house of Deiphobus and the burned house of Ucalegon…
Aeneas
Who, along with Ripheus, Epytus, Hypanis, Dymas, and Coroebus…
Aeneas
In the Aeneid, what suitor of Cassandra…
Coroebus
What man, who took Aeneas and his company for Greek allies…
Androgeus
Who, taking the armor of Androgeus…
Coroebus
What man, who suggested donning the armor of the Greeks…
Coroebus
In the Aeneid, who, killed by Peneleus…
Coroebus
Who, alongside Automedon and Periphas, attacks the palace…
Neoptolemus
Who journeys to the palace of Priam accompanied by Iphitus and Pelias…
Aeneas
Who is dragged through the blood of his son…
priam
What woman, who hid in a shrine of Vesta…
Helen
In book 2 of the Aeneid, after praying that Jupiter gives him direction…
Anchises / Ascanius maybe
A star shooting across the sky inspires what man…
Anchises probably
Who, instructed to follow Aeneas from a short distance…
Creusa
Who tries thrice to hug the ghost of his wife…
Aeneas
What woman, who Venus saved from being a slave to the Greeks…
Creusa
