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Aeneid 6 Flashcards

1
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What was the name of the sibyl at Cumae?

A

Deiphobe

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2
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Who climbs the hill to the temple of Apollo and consults the Sibyl?

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Aeneas

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What does the Sibyl of Cumae tell Aeneas?

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the Trojans will remain in Italy and they will conquer the land after a
dreadful war

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4
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Who tells Aeneas that the Trojans will remain in Italy and they will conquer the land after a
dreadful war?

A

The cumaean sibyl

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5
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What does Aeneas ask the sibyl?

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to lead him to the underworld

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6
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How does the sibyl respond to Aeneas asking to be led to the underworld?

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he must first pluck a golden bough and then bury his trumpeter Misenus, who was drowned by Triton

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7
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What must Aeneas do to get to the underworld?

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pluck a golden bough and then bury his trumpeter Misenus, who was drowned by Triton

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8
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Who was Aeneas’s trumpeter?

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Misenus

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9
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Who of Aeneas’s men was drowned by Triton?

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Misenus

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10
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What river do the Sibyl & Aeneas reach the and see Palinurus?

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The Styx

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11
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Who do Aeneas and the sibyl see at the Styx?

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palinurus

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12
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What does Aeneas promise Palinurus after seeing him at the Styx?

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to bury him

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13
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Who drugs cerberus to help Aeneas get into the underworld?

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The sibyl

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14
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Who are the first people that Aeneas and the sibyl see in the underworld?

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people who died as infants

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15
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Who are the second people Aeneas and the Sibyl see in the underworld?

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people who had false charges among them

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16
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Who are the third people that Aeneas and Sibyl see in the underworld?

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people who killed themselves

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17
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Who are the last people Aeneas and the sibyl see in the underworld?

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those who died because of the sorrows of love

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18
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In the underworld, who was among those who died because of the sorrows of love?

A

Dido and Sychaeus

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19
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Who weeps over Dido’s death in the underworld but she does not respond to him?

A

Aeneas

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20
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Who is the first person Aeneas talks to in the underworld?

A

Deiphobus

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21
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What does Deiphobus tell Aeneas in the underworld?

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that he was killed by Helen and Menelaus

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22
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Who killed Deiphobus?

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Helen and Menelaus

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23
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When Aeneas and the Sibyl get to the Elysian Fields, who leads them to Anchises?

A

Musaeus

24
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Who was the father of Musaeus?

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Orpheus

25
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What did Anchises prophesize about?

A

the future of Rome

26
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In the underworld, who does Anchises say Aeneas will have a son with and what will the son’s name be?

A

Lavinia; Silvius

27
Q

Anchises notes the sad shade of what young boy?

A

Marcellus

28
Q

Where do Aeneas and the subyl leave the underworld?

A

the ivory gates

29
Q

How do true shades exit the underworld?

A

the horn gates

30
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How do false shades exit the underworld?

A

the ivory gates

31
Q

Coming to the grove of Diana in Cumae, Aeneas sees a temple…

A

daedalus

32
Q

What place, where Daedalus allegedly dedicated his wings to Apollo…

A

Cumae

33
Q

Aeneas was instructed to sacrifice 7 bullocks from a virgin herd and as many 2-year old sheep…

A

Deiphobe

34
Q

What man, who promises to erect a temple to Apollo and Diana Trivia…

A

Aeneas

35
Q

What man, referred to by Deiphobe as the Achilles of Latium…

A

Turnus

36
Q

Whose golden bough…

A

Proserpina

37
Q

In the Aeneid, what son of Aeolus…

A

Misenus

38
Q

What old companion of Hector and son of Aeolus…

A

Misenus

39
Q

Aeneas was led to the golden bough while a pyre was erected…

A

Misenus

40
Q

What man, whose ashed were collected in a bronze urn by Corynaeus…

A

Misenus

41
Q

Who challenged the gods on a conch…

A

Misenus

42
Q

What lake, known only to the Greeks as Aornos…

A

Avernus

43
Q

In book 6 of the Aeneid, what captain…

A

Orontes

44
Q

What man, though Apollo promised he would reach Ausonian shores safely…

A

Palinurus

45
Q

What man, prophesied to be safe on shore and reach Ausonia…

A

Palinurus

46
Q

What priestess of Amphrysian Apollo…

A

Deiphobe

47
Q

In book 6 of the Aeneid, who returns to her husband…

A

Dido

48
Q

In book 6 of the Aeneid, what mutilated man…

A

Deiphobus

49
Q

In book 6 of the Aeneid, what son of Priam…

A

Deiphobus

50
Q

What man, killed by Menelaus and Odysseus and set up by his wife…

A

Deiphobus

51
Q

Which of the furies, who guards the entrance to Tartarus…

A

Tisiphone

52
Q

What man, who leads Aeneas to Anchises…

A

Musaeus

53
Q

In book 6 of the Aeneid, who explains to Aeneas his descent…

A

Anchises

54
Q

Who promises Aeneas a son, Silvanus…

A

Anchises

55
Q

In the Aeneid, what fine man, walking alongside another with the same name…

A

Marcellus

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