Books IX-X Flashcards
One of the seven hills of Rome on which Rome was first built
Palatine
The Muses dwell on Mount ___
Helicon
The sea nymph
Cymodecea
the former Etruscan king who oppressed his subjects
Mezentius
This king’s son who defends him in battle against Aeneas
Lausus
The god of war
Mars
Responsible for letting Turnus into the Trojan camp by opening its gates
Pandarus
Why did he Trojans stay inside the walls of their camp as Turnus’ army arrives to fight?
Aeneas commands that the Trojans do not engage anyone in battle outside the camp’s walls while he is gone.
the younger friend of Nisus who forces himself on Nisus’ mission
Euryalus
Nisus and Euryalus are discovered by the Latin cavalrymen who see …
the moonlight gleaming from Euryalus’ helmet which he took as plunder
What does Venus ask of Jupiter as the Trojans fight?
that she take Ascanius away
What does Turnus strip from the dead body of Pallas?
his sword-belt
How does Juno lure Turnus away from battle?
by fashioning an image of Aeneas from vapor.
Who said, “One feeble argument after another … My mind is made up.”
Euryalus
Who said, “Your mother will be my mother in everything but the name Creusa.”
Ascanius
