Lines 1-91 Quiz Flashcards
Vergil’s characterization of Aeneid in the opening verses deliberately recalls ________
Homer’s introduction of Odysseus
Why cano and not recito?
In the days of Homer, epics were usually sung or chanted
History of Lavinium
It was founded by Aeneas near the site where he and his followers first landed in Latium and named after the Latin princes Lavinia
Who entrusted Aeneas with Troy’s tutelary gods, the Penates?
the ghost of the Trojan prince Hector
What happened after Aeneas’ death?
his son Ascanius founded Alba Longa and after their descendants ruled for 3 centuries, they established a new settlement at Rome
Who was the patron deity of epic?
Calliope
que arces Tyrias olim verteret is an allusion to what event?
Rome’s defeat of Carthage in the Punic Wars
Describe the event that made Juno hate Paris.
The goddess Discord brought to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis (Achilles’ parents), a golden apple inscribed “For the loveliest” and Paris gave the apple to Venus who promised him Helen
Story of Ganymede
Zeus, admiring Ganymede’s beauty, carried him off to Olympus with some homoerotic associations
Aiax refers to
Ajax the lesser, a Greek hero in the Trojan war and son of Oileus
