Aeneid Flashcards
“A great pounding…
… he took by land a sea at the hands of the heavenly gods.” (1)
“Overwhelm their…
… ships and sink them.” (1)
Simile- waves are compared to …
a “common mob” rioting (1)
“He succeeded…
… in stretching 7 huge carcasses on the ground, one for each of the ships.” (1)
Venus- “Is this our…
… reward for piety and obedience?” (1)
A- “Your face…
… is not the face of a mortal.” (1)
V- “Go on from…
… here to the Queen’s door.” (1)
A “You are…
… too cruel.” (1)
Simile for workers in Carthage
“They were like bees at the beginning of summer.” (1)
“Queen Dido in…
… all her beauty.” (1)
Ilioneus refers to Aeneas as:
“He had no equal for his piety and his care for justice.” (1)
A. when cloud is lifted from him…
“with head a shoulders of a god.” (1)
“But a Father’s love…
… allowed Aeneas’ mind no rest.” (1)
“Dido, doomed to be…
… the victim of a plague that was yet to come.” (1)
Laocoon: “If divine fate, if…
… the minds of the gods had not been set against us… Troy would still be standing.” (2)
Priam accepting Sinon: “You…
… will be one of us.” (2)
Laocoon’s death, simile: “Like the…
… bellowing of a wounded bull.” (2) Ironic HE’S the one now being sacrificed. He was doing the sacrificing before.
Hector to A: “You…
… must escape.” (2) (dream)
A: “Suddenly it seemed…
… the noble thing to die in arms.” (2)
“Let us…
… die.” (2)
Pyrrhus=
Neoptolimus. A Greek. Son of Achilles.
Simile for Pyrrhus: “He was like…
… a snake which had fed on poisonous herbs.” (sly/ravenous/tactile/violent.) (2)
Polites’ death…
… “He fell and vomited his life’s blood before their eyes.” (2)
“This is not how Achilles…
… treated his enemy Priam.” (2)
Priam “A corpse…
… with no name.” (2)
Aeneas: “I longed in my anger…
… to avenge my country.” (2)
“Such a victory…
… wins no praise.” (to kill a woman i.e. Helen) (2)
“It is the gods…
… the cruelty of the gods.” (2)
“My first wish was…
… to find my Father.” (2)
“So anxious…
… was I.” (2)
“Things do not happen…
… without the approval of the gods.” (2)
“Dido was on fire…
… with love.” (4)
“This day was the…
… beginning of her death.” (4)
Jupiter- Mercury: “Speak to the Trojan…
… leader who now linger in Tyrian Carthage without a thought for the cities granted him by the Fates.” (4)
“You owe him…
… the land of Rome.” (4)
“This warning, the command…
… from the gods, had struck him like a thunder bolt.” (4)
“You traitor, did you…
… imagine you could do this and keep it a secret?” (4)
“Pity my house…
… that is falling around me.” (4)
He struggles: “to fight…
… down the anguish in his heart.” (4)
“My first concern…
… would be to tend the city of Troy.” (4)
“The wrong I am doing him…
… cheating him of his kingdom in Hesperia.” (4)
“It is not by my…
… own will that I search for Italy.” (4)
“You are a…
… traitor.” (4)
“But Aeneas was…
… faithful to his duty.” (4)
Simile for Trojans getting ready to set sail out of Carthage:
“Pouring out of every part of the city like ants.” (4)
Simile for the effect that Dido’s words have on A:
Like a tree which is blowing in the wind, “But it holds on to the rocks with roots.” (4)
“Unhappy Dido…
… prayed for death.” (4)
D’s plan: “to set…
… me free from him.” (double meaning) (4)
D: “That monster…
… of wickedness.” (4)
D: “Let there be war…
… between the nations and between their sons forever.”
“Devout…
… Aeneas.” (6)
Sybil: “A second…
… Achilles is already born in Latium.” (6)
“I pray to be allowed…
… to go and look upon the face of my dear father.” (6)
“Aeneas knew they were…
… his mother’s birds and he was glad.” (6)
Dido’s ignoring A like a…
“block of flint.” (6)
“Learn to be…
… just and not slight the gods.” (6)
“I counted…
… the hours knowing you would come.” (6)
Anchises: “Your task, Roman… will…
… be to govern the people’s of the world in your empire.” (6)
2 omens. book 7. 1) a new leader is coming 2) there is a great war to come
1) bees. “a could of bees, buzzing loudly.” 2) Lavinia’s hair. “the princess’s hair was blazing.”
“The all-powerful Father…
… thundered clear three times from the heights of the sky” (7)
“This Aeneas is the…
… man the Fates demand.” (7)
Juno (7): “They must think…
… my powers are exhausted and discredited.”
(Amata) “A horror driving her…
… to frenzy and bringing down her whole house in ruin.” (7)
(Amata) “Like a…
… spinning top.” (7)
(Turnus) “The lust…
… for battle raged within him.” (7)
“Turnus was filling…
… the hearts of the Rutulians with boldness.” (7)
(Juno) “There is enough…
… terror and lying.” (7)
Simile: “King Latinus who stood…
… unmoved like a rock in the ocean.” (7)
Turnus= “Fairest….
… of them all.” (7)
A to Evander: “I should…
… come to you as a suppliant.” (8)
Evander: “Come into my…
… poor home.” (8)
Vulcan: “Armour has to…
… be made for a brave hero.” (8)
Thunder and trumpets in book 8: “This is…
… heaven asking for me.” (8)
Evander about Pallas: “O my dear…
… son, my only source of joy.” (8)
Aeneas: “He was like…
… the morning star.” (8)
Zeus: “I had forbidden…
… Italy to clash with the Trojans.” (10)
Z: “Let each man…
… face his own fortune.” (10)
Ascanius in the fighting: “He was like…
… a gem sparkling in its gold setting.” (10)
“Duty allowed…
… no rest for the limbs of Aeneas.” (10)
“On the head…
… of Aeneas there blazed a tongue of fire.” (10)
“But the bold…
… confidence of Turnus never wavered.” (10)
Trojans and Latins facing each other simile: “Like…
… opposing winds.” (10)
Turnus killing Pallas: “I wish…
… his Father were here to see it.” (10)
Turnus (after chasing the apparition of A. away from the battle): “If only the…
… earth could open deep enough to swallow me.” (10)
Mezentius: “My trophy…
… over Aeneas will be my own son!” (10)
Aeneas before killing Lausus simile: “Just as when…
… the clouds descend in a sudden storm of hail.” (10)
Aeneas after L’s death: “He groaned…
… from his heart in pity.” (10)
M after L’s death: “fouling his…
… grey hair with dust.” (10)
M to A: “You are…
… my bitter enemy.” (10)
Latinus’ words: “These words…
… had no effect on Turnus.” (12)
Lavinia’s reaction, simile: “As when Indian…
… ivory has been stained with blood-red dye.” (12)
(Turnus) “He is confronting…
… a destiny to which he is not equal.” (12)
“Father Aeneas…
… the founder of the Roman race, with his divine armour blazing and his shield like a star.” (12)
“I shall not order…
… Italians to obey Trojans.” (12)
Turnus= “Downcast…
… eyes.” (12)
“unhelmetmed, stretched…
… out his weaponless right hand.” (12)
“From me, my son…
… you can learn hard toil.” (12)
A. coming back to battle simile, like when: “a cloud…
… blots out the sun.” (12)
Juturna- like: “a…
… black swallow.” (12)
A= “roused…
… himself to savage slaughter.” (12)
Way Trojans push into city: “Just as when…
… a shepard tracks some bees to their home.” (12)
Turnus: “Just as a boulder…
… comes crashing down from the top of a mountain.” (12)
“Just as when two enemy bulls…
… bring their horns to bear and charge into battle.” (12)
A: “Like a…
… hunting dog.” (12)
“What they were competing…
… for was the lifeblood of Turnus.” (12)
“You are fierce, Aeneas…
… but wild words do not frighten me.” (12)
A throwing his final spear: “Like a…
… dark whirlwind it flew.” (12) (carrying death and destruction with it, simile and metaphor)
“Burning with a mad…
… passion and terrible in his wrath.” (12)
