Aeneid Names and Places Flashcards
Where is Tyre?
Modern day Lebanon, the ancient world: Phoenicia, on the east coat of the mediterranean.
Alba Longa
The city which will be founded by Aeneas’ son Ascanius, South East of modern Rome.
Argos
Greek city which houses temple to Juno - in the eastern Peloponnese.
Carthage
Dido’s city she is building in North Africa (in modern day Tunisia).
Europe
The continent (traditionally seen as East of the americas and west of Asia).
Hebrus
A Greek river in Thrace (northern Greece)
Illyria
Area in the Balkans (north east of Greece roughly where Croatia is today)
Italy
The country Aeneas is journeying to, in which he will found a new city for the Trojans (East from Greece and Troy)
Latium
The kingdom in Italy which Aeneas will eventually conquer (South-east of modern day Rome).
Lavinium
The kingdom in Italy which Aeneas will eventually conquer (South-east of modern day Rome).