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Midterm Exam: Books I-VI Flashcards

1
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Ascanius is

A

Aeneas’ Son

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2
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The Aeneid’s author (full name)

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Publius Virgilius Maro

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3
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Causes the storm at the beginning of the book; Jupiter’s wife

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Juno

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4
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Latin gods of the household

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Lares, Penates

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5
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the father of Aeneas

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Anchises

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6
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The god of the seas

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Neptune

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7
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Was like a “little Troy”

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Buthrotum

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8
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Queen of Carthage

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Dido

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9
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Harpies are ___ creatures with the faces of ___.

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bird-like; women

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10
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Thrace is the “land of ___.”

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Mars

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11
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Priest who warns against accepting the Greeks’ gift

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Laocoon

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12
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Latin god of wine and the theater

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Bacchus

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13
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Dido’s former husband

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Sychaeus

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14
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Crete is a large island to the south of

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Greece

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15
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___ is successful in deceiving the Trojans into accepting the wooden horse.

A

Sinon

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16
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The needed sacrifice for a safe journey to Italy from Sicily

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Palinurus

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17
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Sicilian king of Trojan descent

A

Acestes

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18
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The ___ guides Aeneaas through the Underworld.

A

Sibyl

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19
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Cerberus is the ___ watchdog of the Underworld

A

three-headed

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20
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Incites the Trojan women to burn the Trojan ships

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Iris

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21
Q

Lethe is the river of ___.

A

Forgetfulness

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22
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The “place without birds”

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Aornos

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23
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The paradise of the Underworld

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Elysium

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24
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Charon is the ___ of the Underworld

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ferryman

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25
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God of the Underworld

A

Dis

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26
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Who appears to Aeneas as a “Spartan girl out hunting”?

A

Venus, Aeneas’ mother

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27
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What stirring sight does Aeneas see upon reaching Carthage?

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an elaborate carving depicting the fall of Troy

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28
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How long have the Trojans been wayward before arriving at Carthage?

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7 years

29
Q

How is the heart of Dido “inflamed”?

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During the welcoming party for the Trojans. Venus sends Cupid to Dido in the form of Ascanius and he inflames Dido’s heart while Dido bounces him on her knee.

30
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What reason is given for why the wooden horse is left at the Greek camp?

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It is a “votive” offering to the gods for a safe journey home.

31
Q

What do the Trojans have to do in order to bring the horse into the city?

A

They have to break down sections of Troy’s walls.

32
Q

What do the Trojans do as they bring the horse into the camp?

A

They dance and sing

33
Q

Why does Dido flee from Tyre?

A

he killed her husband

34
Q

As Aeneas sees his home falling to the Greeks, he decides to take vengeances upon ___.

A

Helen

35
Q

How does Anchises escape Troy?

A

on Aeneas’ back

36
Q

Why is Trojan destroyed?

A

They let the Trojan horse in.

37
Q

Who were the Trojans’ two founders, realized by Anchises?

A

Dardanus and Teucer

38
Q

What does Harpy Calaeno prophesy for the Trojans?

A

famine

39
Q

In true poetic justice, who is killed on the altar commemorating his father, Achilles?

A

Pyrrhus

40
Q

What prophetic sign do the Trojans see on the shores of Italy?

A

four white horses

41
Q

To what does Virgil compare Dido in her infatuation?

A

a wounded doe

42
Q

Why does Dido take her own life?

A

She knows she has lost the respect of her people and those around her because of her love for Aeneas

43
Q

How does Aeneas feel about leaving Carthage?

A

conflicted

44
Q

Why does Aeneas call for the games?

A

In commemoration of his Father’s death

45
Q

What contests are held in Book 5?

A

ship racing, foot racing, archery, and boxing

46
Q

What is decided in response to the distraught and weary women burning the Trojan ships?

A

The Trojans will leave the weary and older behind in Sicily.

47
Q

What is prophesided that will come after Aeneas’ journey through the Underworld?

A

safety

48
Q

Describe the inhabitants of the Underworld.

A

“disembodied spirits, a mere semblance of living substance”

49
Q

Why are some people left behind on the banks of Acheron?

A

These people did not receive a proper burial.

50
Q

Why does Aeneas see that “kindled in his mind a love for the glory that was to come”?

A

a parade of his descendants, the Roman people.

51
Q

What is Tartarus reserved for?

A

the most despicable inhabitants of the Underworld

52
Q

What do the inhabitants of Elysium spend their days doing?

A

playing sports, wrestling, riding horses, having feasts, festively dancing, and taking care of themselves and their horses as they did while living.

53
Q

Who said, “Whip up your winds. Overwhelm their ships and sink them.”

A

Juno

54
Q

Who said, “Trojan and Tyrian shall be as one in my eyes.”

A

Dido

55
Q

Who said, “What ever it is, I am afraid of Greeks even when they bear gifts.”

A

Laocoon

56
Q

Who said, “Do no fail in your love for our s on.”

A

Creusa

57
Q

Who said, “Why do you tear my poor flesh, Aeneas?”

A

Polydorus

58
Q

Who said, “It is not only yourself you have destroyed, but also your sister and your people.”

A

Anna

59
Q

Who said, “ … that one life will be given for many”

A

Neptune

60
Q

Who said, “Now you need your courage. Now let your heart be strong.”

A

The Sibyl

61
Q

Who said, “Learn to be just and not to slight the gods.”

A

Phlegyas

62
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“We have suffered worse before, and this too will pass.”

A

Aeneas to his men when he and his men were shipwrecked on the coast of N. Africa in Book 1.

63
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“No man could speak of such things and not weep.”

A

Aeneas when beginning to tell the story of Troy to Dido.

64
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“Seek out your ancient mother.”

A

Apollo in response to Aeneas’ desperate prayer to be granted a home.

65
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“Have you entirely forgotten your own kingdom and your own destiny?”

A

Mercury telling Aeneas that he must leave Carthage.

66
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:
“I pray that we may stand opposed, shore against shore, sea against sea and sword against sword. Let there be war between the nations and between their sons forever.”

A

Dido praying for vengeance against Aeneas as he leaves Carthage.

67
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“Whatever fortune may be ours, we must at all times rise above it by enduring it.”

A

Nautes comforting Aeneas after the ships were burned near Drepanum.

68
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“I could no have believed that my leaving would cause you such sorrow. Do no move away. Do not leave my sight.”

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Aeneas as he tries to talk to Dido in the Underworld, though she will not speak a word in return.

69
Q

Identify the speaker and the context:

“These will be your arts.”

A

Anchises to Aeneas as he prophesies the future character of the Roman people.

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