Aeneid

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

Founds Roman people, Remus/Romulus found Rome.

Question 2

Dido

Answer 2

From middle east, but blonde, exiled to N. Africa.

Question 3

Pygmalion

Answer 3

Dido’s sister, killed her husband.

Question 4

Iopas

Answer 4

Bard in court of Dido.

Question 5

Iarbas

Answer 5

Prince nearby who wished to marry Dido but she wished to remain loyal to her late husband but then shacks up w/ Aeneas.

Question 6

Astrate

Answer 6

Juno, patron goddess of Carthage, three dimensions of Juno - Hera, Astrate, Juno

Question 7

Anchises

Answer 7

Aeneas’s father, cripple.

-Idea of pietas, responsibility to all responsibilities.

Question 8

Anna

Answer 8

Sister of Dido, pushes Dido to love Aeneas.

-Venus casts love spell on Dido.

Question 9

Iris

Answer 9

Messenger of Juno, cuts length of Dido’s hair so she can die.

Question 10

Charon

Answer 10

Carries dead across the Styx, Aeneas shows him golden fleece as payment for passage.

Question 11

Creusa

Answer 11

Aeneas’s wife, dies, appears as ghost to Aeneas to tell him there’s a wife waiting for him in Italy.

Question 12

Ascanus

Answer 12

Iulus, Aeneas’s son.

Question 13

Allecto

Answer 13

Fury sent by Juno to start war in Italy.

Question 14

Lavinia

Answer 14

Daughter of Latinus and Amata, set to marry Turnus, then then Latinus decides not to allow it and promises her to Aeneas.

Question 15

Laocoon

Answer 15

Trojan priest who warned of Horse and serpents came from sea to kill him and sons.

Question 16

Rutulians

Answer 16

Turnus is leader.

Question 17

Juturna

Answer 17

Sister of Turnus, warriors unable to save brother in end.

Question 18

Evander

Answer 18

Father of Turnus, founds pueblo on site of future Rome, Freek.

Question 19

Pallas

Answer 19

Killed in battle by Turnus, avenged by Aeneas.

Question 20

Vulcan

Answer 20

God of artisanship - Hephaestus

Question 21

Palunurus

Answer 21

Helmsman of Aeneas, dies fallen asleep at helm and falls from ship and dies.