🟩 Aenidos Lib. I. Proper Nouns Flashcards

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Abas, Abantis

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One of Aeneas’ captains, his ship caught in the storm off Carthage

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Achates, Achatae

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Loyal comrade of Aeneas, a close friend

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Aeacides, Aecidae

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Achilles

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Aeolus, -i

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Minor god of the winds

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Africus, -i

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Southwest wind

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Aletes, Aletae

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Trojan, seasoned adviser of Aeneas

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Aquilo, Aquilonis

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North wind

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Arae, Ararum

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“Altars,” a ledge of rocks on which the storm drives several of Aeneas’ ships

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Cymothoe, Cymothoes

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Sea-nymph who with Triton hauls the shipwrecked Trojan vessels off the rocks

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Danai, -orum

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Group among the Trojans; descendent of Dardanus

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Eurus, -i

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East wind

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Hector, Hectoris

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Trojan, supreme commander of Trojan forces; killed by Achilles to avenge the death of Patroclus at Hector’s hands

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Iliacus, -a, -um

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Poetical name for Troy, the city of Ilium

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Ilioneus, Ilionei

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Trojan, representative of Aeneas before Dido and Latinus

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Italus, -a -um

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One of the legendary, founding fathers of Italy

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Iuppiter, Iovis

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(Zeus), son of Saturn, king of the gods, alternatively called Jove, husband and brother of Juno; his spheres include the sky and the weather

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Lycius, -a, -um

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Lycian; Lycia, a country in Asia Minor

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Neptunus, -i

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(Poseidon), son of Saturn, brother of Iuppiter; his spheres include water and the seas

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Notus, -i

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South wind

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Orontes, Orontis

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Loyal comrade of Aeneas

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Sarpedon, Sarpedonis

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Lycian prince and a hero in the Trojan War

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Simois, Simoentis

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River near Troy

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Teucri, -orum

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Trojans, descendants of Teucer

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Triton, Tritonis

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Minor sea god, son of Neptune

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Troius, -a, -um

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Trojan

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Tros, Trois

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Troy

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Tydides, Tydidae

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Greek who fought against Aeneas

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Zephyrus, -i

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West wind