Lecture 23 Flashcards
The myth of Echo and Narcissus is
BEST understood using what theory?
Etiology
What is Ovid’s full (three part) name?
Publius Ovidius Naso
Dido was the queen and founder of
what city?
Carthage
According to Ovid, why was he exiled?
A poem and a mistake
To where was Ovid exiled?
To the black sea
A Roman woman who only had one husband was known as what?
Univera
Who told Aeneas to leave Dido?
Hermes (under orders of Jupiter)
According to Ovid, in what Age did people first live in houses?
Silver Age
Cadmus was the brother of whom?
Europa
Who was Aeneas’s primary ally in Italy?
Evander
What was Aeneas’s father’s name?
Anchises
Who was Deucalion’s father?
Prometheus
An extended literary description of a work of art is called what?
Ekphrasis
What is the famous example of
Ekphrasis from the Aeneid?
Aeneas’ shield
Ovid blamed Actaeon’s fate on whom?
Fate?
Virgil’s Roman audience might have associated Dido with whom?
Cleopatra
Who was Aeneas’s chief enemy in Italy?
Turnus
Where did Augustus live in Rome?
Palatine Hill
Who took Aeneas to the underworld?
The Sybil
What Trojan hero does Aeneas meet in the underworld?
Deiphobus
Who was that hero’s wife?
Helen
What city was the hometown of Bacchus?
Thebes
Daphne became what to avoid Apollo?
A Laurel Tree
What was the name of Ovid’s most famous lover?
Corinna
During which Punic War did Hannibal famously cross the alps?
Second
What was the name of Aeneas’s son?
Ascanius
Who was the father of Cadmus?
Agenor, King of Tyre
In the Aeneid, where was the entrance to the underworld?
Lake Avernus
