Aeneid 5 Flashcards
Who welcomes the trojans when they arrive to Sicily?
King Acestes
Where are Anchises funeral games?
Sicily
Who hosts funeral games for Anchises?
King Acestes
During Anchises funeral games, who wins the ship race?
Cloanthus
Who throws his helmsman, Menoetes, overboard for poor steering during the ship race at Anchises funeral games
Gyas
Who hears the prayers of Cloanthus and helps him to victory during the ship race at anchises funeral games?
Portunus
Who does Gyas throw overboard for poor steering during the ship race at Anchises funeral games?
Menoetes
Portunus hears the prayers of which man and helps him to victory during the ship race at anchises funeral games?
Cloanthus
At anchises funeral games, who wins the footrace?
Euryalus
What does Euryalus win at anchises’ funeral games?
the footrace
During anchises funeral games, who slips in the blood of a sacrificial animal and then trips Salius?
Nisus
Who does Nisus trip during the footrace at anchises funeral games?
Salius
Why doesn’t nisus win the footrace at anchises funeral games?
he slips on the blood of a sacrificial animal
Who defeats dares in the boxing match at anchsies funeral games?
Entellus
Who loses to Entellus at the boxing match at anchises funeral games?
Dares
Who is spared when his opponent slaughters a bull instead of killing him?
Dares
Who slaughters a bull instead of killing his opponent (dares)?
Entellus
Who won the archery contest at anchises funeral games?
Achestes
How does Achestes win the archery contest at anchises funeral games?
his arrow ominously bursts into flames
What man, son of Hyrtacus, shoots first and misses at anchises funeral games?
Hippocoon
Who was Hippocoon the son of?
Hyractus
What happens to Hippocoon’s arrow at the funeral games of anchises?
it gets stuck in the mast of the ship
At anchises funeral games, who prays to his brother Pandarus, then pierces the bird and kills it before Acestes gets to shoot?
Eurytion
Who is the brother of pandaurus?
Eurytion
Who is the brother of Eurytion?
pandaurus
Who does Eurytion pray to during the funeral games of anchises?
Pandaurus
At the funeral games of anchises, whose arrow pierces the bird and kills it before achestes gets to shoot?
Eurytion
Who tells Epytides, the guardian and companion of Ascanius, to fetch him for the equestrian games.
Aeneas
Who does Aeneas tell to fetch him for the equestrian games?
Epytides
Who is epytides?
the guardian and companion of Ascanius
While the men participate in the games, who, disguised as Beroe, is sent by Juno to incite the Trojan
women to burn their ships?
Iris
While the men participate in the games, Iris, disguised as whom, is sent by Juno to incite the Trojan
women to burn their ships?
Beroe
While the men participate in the games, Iris, disguised as Beroe, is sent by whom to incite the Trojan
women to burn their ships.
Juno
While the men participate in the games, Iris, disguised as Beroe, is sent by Juno to incite the Trojan
women to what?
burn the ships
Who, the nurse of Priam’s children, tries to convince the women that the goddess (Iris) is not really Beroe?
Pyrgo
Who is pyrgo?
The nurse of priam’s children who tried to convince the women that Iris was not Beroe
Who informs the men that the women are burning the ships?
Eumelus
What does Eumelus inform the men of?
That the women are burning the ships
Who prays to Jupiter, who sends rain to put out the fire?
Aeneas
Who does Aeneas pray to to send rain which will put out the fire?
Jupiter
How many ships does the rain rescue from the fire?
all but four
Who advises Aeneas to leave the old and weary behind on Sicily?
Nautes
Who does Nautes advise to leave the old and weary behind on Sicily?
Aeneas
What does Nautes advise Aeneas?
to leave the old and weary behind on Sicily
Who appears to Aeneas in a dream and tells him he must visit him in the Elysian Fields?
Anchises
Who does Anchises appear to in a dream telling him that he must visit him in the Elysian Fields?
Aeneas
