Final - Study Q's Flashcards
What are majors themes in the Aeneid?
Sanctity of marriage and family and piety and duty
What is the meaning of the “destiny tradition” in Aeneid?
Importance of faith in divine providence
What parallel does Virgil create between characters?
Aeneas and Augustus
What juxtaposition, or character contrast, does Virgil present?
Aeneas and Dido (piety versus passion)
In which section of the Aeneid is Aeneas most like Odysseus?
The beginning, in Books I-V
In which section of the Aeneid is Aeneas most like Achilles?
The end, in Books VII-XII
What metric poetic pattern did Virgil use in the Aeneid?
Dactylic hexameter
Which traditions did Virgil emphasize in the Aeneid?
Exploration and destiny
Who in the Aeneid prophetically foretells the destiny of Rome?
Anchises
What does the prophecy identify as Rome’s destiny?
“To pacify, to impose law, to spare the conquered”
Which goddess does Virgil refer to at the beginning of Bk. 1 “in her sleepless rage”?
Juno
Which god calms the storm caused by Aeolus?
Neptune
Who is the mother in Bk. 1 who comes to Aeneas disguised as a young Spartan girl?
Venus
In Bk. 3, Aeneas tells Dido that he and his men have been seeking a new homeland for how long?
Seven years
In Bk. 6, whom does Aeneas search for first, as the prophet Helenus had counseled him to do?
Sibyl
During his tour of the underworld, what close relative does Aeneas meet in the Blessed Groves?
Father
In Bk. 7, which king had received prophecies that his only daughter Lavinia would marry a stranger, and establish a superior race?
Latinus
What does Venus request for her son Aeneas from one of the other gods in Bk. 8, much as Achilles’ mother requested for him in the Iliad?
Armor
In Bk. 9, Virgil’s explanation for the transformation of the ships is an earlier agreement between Jupiter and whom?
Cybele
In Bk. 10, what famous prince does Turnus kill, gloating over his corpse and looting a precious belt?
Pallas
In Bk. 11, who proposes a one-to-one combat between Aeneas and Turnus as a plan for ending their conflict?
Aeneas
Who is the great warrior princess of the Volscians who supports Turnus against the Trojans?
Camilla
To what wounded animal does Virgil compare Turnus in Bk. 12, when he finally agrees to fight Aeneas in one-to-one combat?
Lion
What does Aeneas promise if Turnus should win their combat?
Leave forever
What does Aeneas promise to Turnus if he, Aeneas, should win their combat?
Treat as equals
