Aeneid (In Order) Flashcards
Because she mocked the other deities about their love affairs with mortals, who was punished by Jupiter to have her own tryst with Anchises? (Aeneas Background)
Venus
By pretending to be a daughter of the Phrygian king Otreus, what goddess shares a night with Anchises only to reveal her true identity the following morning? (Aeneas Background)
Venus
What Dardanian prince believed he shared a moment with a daughter of Otreus, only for her to reveal herself to be the goddess Venus who was now carrying their child Aeneas? (Aeneas Background)
Anchises
Who are the parents of Aeneas? (Aeneas Background)
Anchises & Venus
Who was raised by nymphs on Mt. Ida until the age of 5 until he was brought to his father Anchises? (Aeneas Background)
Aeneas
Who is struck by a lightning bolt by Jupiter after revealing the true identity Aeneas’s mother Venus? (Aeneas Background)
Anchises
Who is the son of Aeneas & Creusa? (Aeneas Background)
Ascanius/Iulus
At what couple’s wedding were all the gods and goddesses invited except for Eris, the goddess of Discord? (TW Background)
Peleus & Thetis
What goddess of Discord was the only deity not invited to the wedding of Peleus & Thetis? (TW Background)
Eris
Minerva, Juno, and Venus all competed over what object thrown by Eris into the midst of a wedding? (TW Background)
Golden Apple
Not wanting to judge who the “fairest” was, Zeus forced what Trojan shepherd to decide which goddess deserved the golden apple of Eris? (TW Background)
Paris
Who denied battle prowess from Minerva & a kingdom from Juno in favor of a new wife from Venus? (TW Background)
Paris
Because Paris chose Venus as the fairest of the goddesses, what Spartan queen falls in love with Paris and flees to Troy with him? (TW Background)
Helen
Still upset over the judgment of Paris, what goddess ask Aeolus to wreck the ships of Aeneas and the Trojan refugees? (1)
Juno
Promised the hand of Deiopeia, what king of the winds accepts Juno’s proposition to wreck the Trojan fleet? (1)
Aeolus
What nymph did Juno promise to Aeolus as a gift for him to destroy the Trojan fleet? (1)
Deiopeia
Cymothoe, Triton, and what other god rebukes Aeolus and the winds for disrupting his domain? (1)
Neptune
Translate Aeneas’s advice to his downtrodden Trojans: forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit (1)
Perhaps it will be helpful to remember these things
What goddess disguises herself as a Carthaginian huntress and outlines the story of Dido to Aeneas? (1)
Venus
What man, the wealthiest of all the Phoneicians, does Dido marry before he’s killed by Pygmalion? (1)
Sychaeus
What Tyrian grows jealous over Sychaeus’s wealth and kills him, but is unable to find any of his treasure? (1)
Pygmalion
Spurred on by a dream of her late husband Sychaeus, what woman gathers allies and underground treasure and sails to Northern Africa to found a new city? (1)
Dido
What Libyan king, a son of Zeus, grants Dido as much land as an ox hide can encompass? (1)
Iarbas
Who cut Iarbas’s ox hide into thin strips, encompassing a wide area of land which would soon become the city of Carthage? (1)
Dido
What name was given to the citadel of Carthage on account of the ox hide Dido used to claim the land? (1)
Byrsa
What “faithful” friend of Aeneas joined him in the mist of Venus to scout Carthage? (1)
Achates
When Aeneas & Achates are amazed at the bustling city of Carthage, to what animal does Vergil compare the Carthaginians? (1)
Bees
As the eldest of the Trojan survivors, who was the first to address Dido to ask for help from the Carthaginian queen? (1)
Ilioneus
Disguised as Ascanius, what half-brother of Aeneas fires a golden arrow at Dido, enchanting her to fall in love with Aeneas? (1)
Cupid
In the guise of what young man does Cupid fire an arrow of love at Dido, causing her to fall in love with Aeneas? (1)
Ascanius/Iulus
When the Greeks “left” from Troy, what lone soldier stood underneath the giant wooden horse to explain the story to the questioning Trojans? (2)
Sinon
What Trojan priest, wary of the Greeks and the giant wooden horse, runs from the top of the Trojan citadel and hurls a spear at the horse? (2)
Laocoon
Translate Laocoon’s warning to his fellow Trojans: equo ne credite, Teucri. quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis. (2)
Do not believe the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts
Angry that his priest had children, what god sends twin snakes to strangle Laocoon and his two children? (2)
Neptune
Along with Laocoon, what other Trojan priestess begged her countrymen not to accept the wooden horse into their city to no avail? (2)
Cassandra
Whose mangled form appears to Aeneas in a dream during the sack of Troy instructing him to flee the city with Trojan refugees? (2)
Hector
What household gods do Aeneas, Anchises, and Iulus carry from the wreckage of Troy with them on their journey to Italy? (2)
Penates
In all the chaos during the final sack of Troy, what wife of Aeneas is lost only to be found again as a ghost? (2)
Creusa
What region to the north of Turkey did the Trojans first believe would be their new home until the ghost of Polydorus warned them away? (3)
Thrace
What son of Priam was sent to Thrace to be raised by Polymestor during the Trojan War only for the Thracian king to viciously kill him to support the Greeks? (3)
Polydorus
With blood dripping from Thracian wreaths, whose ghost appears to Aeneas and warns him against settling in Thrace? (3)
Polydorus
What king of Delos, whose three daughters provided food for the Greek soldiers at Troy, gave Aeneas and the Trojans safe refuge on account of his old friendship with Anchises (3)
Anius
Following the failed settlement in Thrace, to what island did the Trojans next sail where they were welcomed by king Anius? (3)
Delos
In a temple to Apollo on Delos, Aeneas is told to “seek out his ancient mother”. To what island did Anchises instruct the Trojans to go since Teucer was from there? (3)
Crete
Why did Anchises interpret the Trojans’ “ancient mother” to be Crete? (3)
Teucer, the first king of Troy, was from Crete
With Crete granting the Trojans barren land and a plague, what gods instruct Aeneas in a dream to found a new settlement in Italy? (3)
Penates
Because Dardanus is from there, where did the Penates instruct Aeneas to found a new settlement after the failed settlement of Crete? (3)
Italy
On the way to Italy from Crete, the Trojans stop and eat on what series of islands before they were interrupted by the harpy Celaeno? (3)
Strophades
While the Trojans were enjoying a meal on the Strophades islands, what harpy flies down and interrupts their meal? (3)
Celaeno
Celaeno tells the Trojans that they will found a city once they eat what? (3)
Their own tables
What couple, one a Trojan priest and the other the widow of Hector, built a stunning replica of Troy at Buthrotum? (3)
Helenus & Andromache
At what city are Aeneas and other Trojans amazed at the sight of a perfect replica of Troy built by Helenus & Andromache? (3)
Buthrotum
Helenus tells Aeneas to found a city when he sees what animals under an oak tree? (3)
A white sow with 30 piglets
What crewmate of Odysseus warned Aeneas about the cyclops Polyphemus on Sicily? (3)
Achaemenides
While on Sicily, Achaemenides warns Aeneas and the Trojans about what monster which Odysseus and the Greeks blinded earlier? (3)
Polyphemus
With what man’s death in Drepanum does Aeneas end his narrative to Dido about his travels since the fall of Troy? (3)
Anchises
Dido first admits her feelings about Aeneas to what woman, her sister? (4)
Anna
In order to escape the rain, what couple flees to a cave where Juno makes lightning flash and nymphs howl to simulate a Roman wedding? (4)
Aeneas & Dido
What activity were Aeneas & Dido doing before the rain forced them to flee to a cave and get “married”? (4)
Hunting
Bearing as many tongues as it has ears, what monster flew around the world informing everyone of Dido’s “marriage” to Aeneas? (4)
Rumor/Fama
When the rumor of Dido & Aeneas’s relationship reached Lydia, what king prayed to Jupiter to break their relationship off? (4)
Iarbas
Because Aeneas’s destiny is in Italy and not Carthage, whom does Jupiter send to encourage Aeneas to leave Dido? (4)
Mercury
Rushing like a Maenad through the city of Carthage, what queen felt that Aeneas would soon leave her and hurries to convince him in vain? (4)
Dido
With Aeneas resolute to leave Carthage, who asks her sister Anna to build a pyre of all of Aeneas’s belongings? (4)
Dido
Believing she was helping her sister get over a bad breakup, who actually was building a funeral pyre for Dido following the departure of Aeneas? (4)
Anna
What Sicilian king welcomes the Trojans into his city of Eryx where they hold funeral games for Anchises? (5)
Acestes
Whose funeral games do the Trojans hold while on Sicily with king Acestes of Eryx? (5)
Anchises
Captaining the Scylla, what Trojan wins first place in the boat race during the funeral games of Anchises? (5)
Cloanthus
During the funeral games of Anchises, what Trojan got out to an early lead in the footrace before slipping and helping his friend Euryalus win? (5)
Nisus
During the funeral games of Anchises, who is tripped by Nisus, paving the way for Euryalus to win? (5)
Salius
During the funeral games of Anchises, who wins the footrace after Nisus trips Salius? (5)
Euryalus
During the funeral games of Anchises, what young man stands up to box first with everyone else too scared to challenge him? (5)
Dares
Despite his old age, what man is convinced not only to box against the indomitable Dares, but defeat him? (5)
Entellus
During the funeral games of Anchises, who calls upon the Trojan archer Pandarus before hitting the dove as it flies away? (5)
Eurytion
After Eurytion hits the dove during the archery contest on Sicily, who fires his arrow into the sky before it bursts into flames and becomes a shooting star? (5)
Acestes
Disguised as an old woman named Beroe, what goddess of the rainbow convinces the Trojan women to set fire to their ships with the prospect of staying in Sicily? (5)
Iris
What Trojan nurse tried to question Iris’s disguise as Beroe since she had just seen the real Beroe moments before? (5)
Pyrgo
When Eumelus tells Aeneas about the burning Trojan ships on Sicily, to what god does Aeneas then pray to put an end to the fires? (5)
Jupiter
What Trojan elder recognized the weariness of some of the Trojan refugees and advised Aeneas to let some of them stay behind in Sicily and found a city in the name of Acestes? (5)
Nautes
Who visits Aeneas in a dream to tell him to listen to Nautes’s advice and to visit him in the Underworld? (5)
Anchises
On the condition that one person must die, what god accepts Venus’s request to allow safe passage for the Trojans up to the Tiber River? (5)
Neptune
While he was sailing at night, what Trojan helmsman was overcome by Somnus and fell into the sea? (5)
Palinurus
What personificiation of sleep induced Palinurus to slumber and tumble off the Trojan ship? (5)
Somnus
In what city did Aeneas approach a golden temple made by Daedalus to encounter Deiphobe, an old Sibyl who can guide him to the Underworld? (6)
Cumae
What aged priestess and old consort of Apollo instructed Aeneas on the best way to enter the Underworld to meet with his father Anchises? (6)
Sibyl of Cumae/Deiphobe
What Trojan trumpeter, who was drowned by Triton for his hubris, did Aeneas bury in Cumae before departing for the Underworld? (6)
Misenus
What specific object did the Sibyl of Cumae instruct Aeneas to acquire as payment for Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld? (6)
Golden bough
A pair of doves sent by Venus helped Aeneas find what object which he needed to ensure safe passage through the Underworld? (6)
Golden bough
At what lake did Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae enter the Underworld? (6)
Lake Avernus
Translate the Sibyl’s warning to Aeneas just before they enter the Underworld: facilis descensus Averno (6)
Easy is the descent to the Underworld/Avernus
What squalid figure with a long beard and fire-red eyes ferries the souls of the dead across the River Styx? (6)
Charon
The first shade that Aeneas sees in the Underworld is what helmsman who asked for a proper burial? (6)
Palinurus
Because he had fallen into the sea with no witnesses, what Trojan helmsman was condemned never to properly enter the Underworld? (6)
Palinurus
Who initially denied a couple of living passengers onto his boat until the Sibyl of Cumae brandished the golden bough? (6)
Charon
Whom did the Sibyl of Cumae satisfy with a sleep-inducing biscuit after they were ferried across the River Styx by Charon? (6)
Cerberus
Despite their relationship when living, who turned away from Aeneas in the Underworld in favor of her first husband Sychaeus? (6)
Dido
In what region of the Underworld does Aeneas reconnect with his father Anchises? (6)
Elysian Fields
The Roman Monarchy, the Caesars, and Marcellus were all outlined to Aeneas in the Elysian Fields by what man, his father? (6)
Anchises
What 2 materials comprise the exit gates for souls to leave the Underworld? (6)
Horn & Ivory
Who is the king of Latium? (7)
Latinus
Who is the queen of Latium? (7)
Amata
Who is the daughter of Latinus & Amata and princess of Latium? (7)
Lavinia
What man, especially loved by Amata, was the favorite to marry her daughter Lavinia before Aeneas arrived? (7)
Turnus
Whose crown and dress lit aflame without harming her, foretelling great fame and fortune for her after a war between the Latins and Trojans? (7)
Lavinia
After praying at the oracle to his father Faunus, who is told that he should marry his daughter Lavinia to a foreigner? (7)
Latinus
Nearby Latium, what Trojan recognized that they were eating their “plates”, fulfilling the prophecy of Celaeno? (7)
Ascanius/Iulus
Remembering the prophecy of his father, who immediately offers the hand in marriage of his daughter Lavinia to Aeneas on account of his status as a foreigner? (7)
Latinus
Juno travels to the Underworld to recruit what Fury to stir up war and delay Aeneas’s ascension to the Latin throne? (7)
Alecto
By sending a snake into her, Alecto maddens what woman who marches across Latium like a Maenad with other women? (7)
Amata
By pretending to be Calybe, a priestess of Juno, who sneaks into Turnus’s bredchamber and convinces him to wage war against the Trojans? (7)
Alecto
Whom does Alecto compel to shoot a stag dear to a Latin girl, causing the first skirmish of the Trojan-Latin War? (7)
Ascanius/Iulus
After her pet stag was killed by Ascanius, what young Latin girl complained to her father Tyrrhus, formally beginning the Trojan-Latin War? (7)
Silvia
After his daughter’s pet stag was killed by Ascanius, who rallies a group of Latin to enter combat against Ascanius and the other Trojans? (7)
Tyrrhus
What ally of Turnus, known as the “scourge of the gods”, would allegedly tie corpses to living bodies as a form of torture? (7)
What two allies of Turnus were the king and prince of Etruria? (7)
Mezentius & Lausus
What ally of Turnus was a son of Vulcan who was conceived when a spark fell into a woman’s lap? (7)
Caeculus
What ally of Turnus was a son of Hercules who was born after the hero killed Geryon? (7)
Aventinus
What ally of Turnus was a son of Neptune who was immune to fire and steel? (7)
Messapus
What ally of Turnus was a leader of the Volscians who was saved by her father Metabus by flinging her across the river Amasenus? (7)
Camilla
While Aeneas was sleeping by his namesake river, what god instructs Aeneas in a dream to recrut Evander and Pallas? (8)
Tiberinus
Fulfilling the prophecy of both Helenus and Tiberinus, Aeneas sees what positive omen under an oak tree? (8)
A white sow & 30 piglets
After sailing up the Tiber River, Aeneas comes upon what father and son in Pallanteum as they’re sacrificing to Hercules for a festival? (8)
Evander & Pallas
About what fire breathing monster and cow thief did Evander tell the story to Aeneas? (8)
Cacus
What king of Pallanteum allied himself with Aeneas and allowed his son Pallas to fight alongside the Trojans? (8)
Evander
Lupa nursing Romulus & Remus, Marcus Manlius defending Rome from the Gauls, and the battle of Actium were all depicted on what man’s breastplate forged by Vulcan? (8)
Aeneas
With Aeneas away in Pallanteum, whom does Juno send to urge Turnus to strike the leader-less Trojans? (9)
Iris
After the wolf-like Turnus burns the Trojan ships, what goddess begs Jupiter to save the ships since they were made from her sacred trees on Mt. Ida? (9)
Cybele
In order to appease Cybele, how does Jupiter rescue the Trojan ships burned by Turnus? (9)
Transforms them into water nymphs
After the Latin onslaught in Aeneas’s absence, what two men, who previously competed in the footrace in Sicily, volunteered themselves to send a message to Aeneas? (9)
Nisus & Euryalus
What two Trojans go off script on their message run to Aeneas and massacre sleeping Latins and Rutulians before meeting their end that same night? (9)
Nisus & Euryalus
After their midnight slaughter, Nisus & Euryalus are spotted by Volcens due to the glint of Euryalus’s purple helmet which he took as a trophy from what Rutulian? (9)
Messapus
What Rutulian spots the glint of Euryalus’s helmet and kills him before being killed himself by Nisus? (9)
Volcens
Translate the now ill-utilized lament from Vergil about Nisus & Euryalus: nulla dies umquam memori vos eximet aevo (9)
No day shall ever erase you from the memory of time
After he killed Numanus, Ascanius is whisked away from the battlefield by what god, promising him a tremendous future? (9)
Apollo
With Venus begging Jupiter to stop the Latin siege of the Trojans and Juno denying her involvement in the Trojan’s affairs, what decision does Jupiter make? (10)
Leave everything up to Fate
When Aeneas finally returns from Pallanteum, what ship-turned-nymph warns and advises Aeneas about the ongoing battle? (10)
Cymodoce
What young soldier bravely (or recklessly) tries to fight Turnus in solo combat, before swiftly dying and losing his sword belt? (10)
Pallas
After Turnus killed Pallas, what spoil of war does Turnus take from Pallas? (10)
His sword belt
What goddess sees Aeneas’s enraged after Pallas’s death and begs Jupiter to allow her to save Turnus from Aeneas? (10)
Juno
With Aeneas enraged after the death of Pallas, how does Juno save Turnus? (10)
Creates a phantom image of Aeneas to lure Turnus away from battle
After Turnus is pulled away from battle, what two Etruscans does Aeneas kill? (10)
Mezentius & Lausus
In a eulogy to his son, who encourages Aeneas to take revenge on Turnus on behalf of Pallas? (11)
Evander
During a 12 day truce, the elder Drances and what Latin king urge their people to end the war and betroth Lavinia to Aeneas? (11)
Latinus
What goddess, to whom Camilla swore her allegiance, had Opis promise to avenge Camilla if she’s killed? (11)
Diana
As Camilla joins the fray of battle, whom does Diana make promise to avenge the Volscian if she is killed? (11)
Opis
Compared to the Amazons Hippolyta & Penthesilea, what warrior dominates the battle so much that Jupiter himself rallies the Trojans to defeat her? (11)
Camilla
Who is overcome by the shimmering gold armor of Chloreus, a priest of Cybele, before Arruns kills her in her distracted state? (11)
Camilla
While Camilla was distracted by shimmering golden armor, what Trojan archer fires an arrow and kills the Volscian? (11)
Arruns
Who avenges Camilla’s death by firing her own arrow and killing Arruns? (11)
Opis
Following Camilla’s death and subsequent Latin retreat, Latinus and Amata both try to convince what Rutulian leader not to fight Aeneas to no avail? (12)
Turnus
What sister of Turnus does Juno convince to help the Latins? (12)
Juturna
In the guise of Camers, who claims that it’s not fair for Turnus to fight for the Latins alone and rallies them to save her brother? (12)
Juturna
A flock of swans defending themselves against an eagle was interpreted by what Latin seer as a sign for them to defend Turnus against Aeneas? (12)
Tolumnius
What Trojan doctor was unable to heal the wound of Aeneas until Venus bestowed to him a magical plant from Crete? (12)
Iapyx
What goddess gives Iapyx a magical plant from Crete to heal Aeneas? (12)
Venus
With Aeneas back in the battlefield, who transforms herself into Metiscus, the charioteer of Turnus, to whisk him away from the battlefield? (12)
Juturna
Into what charioteer of Turnus does Juturna transform to whisk Turnus away from the battlefield? (12)
Metiscus
Who sees floods of Trojan soldiers entering into her kingdom of Latium and hangs herself in grief for her people and Turnus? (12)
Amata
After he heard about the death of Amata, who ignored with warnings of his sister Juturna and rushes towards the capital to meet Aeneas in single combat? (12)
Turnus
When Jupiter tells Juno to stop interfering during the final battle, Juno agrees on what condition? (12)
That the Latins keep their name and customs and don’t become Trojans
With Turnus begging for mercy, Aeneas considered granting it until he spotted what specific item around Turnus’s waist? (12)
Pallas’s swordbelt
What Latin verb does Vergil use in the Proem to mean “found” and at the end of Book 12 to mean “bury”?
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