The Aeneid Book II Test Flashcards
Who was the greatest warrior in the Greek army at Troy?
Achilles
Who was Aeneas’s father?
Anchises
___ was the son of Aeneas who was destined to inherit the Italian realm and also went by Iulius.
Ascanius
___ was a Greek priest and seer who was with the army at Troy.
Calchas
___ was the Trojan princess with the gift of prophecy but the curse that her prophecy would never be believed by anyone. She was the daughter of Priam and Hecuba.
Cassandra
___ was an ally of Troy who loves Cassandra and fight alongside Aeneas in the last battle of Troy.
Coroebus
Who were the Danaans?
Greeks
Who were the Dardanians?
Trojans
___ is the son of Tydeus and one of the most important Greek chieftains at Troy. He also captured the swift horses of Aeneas, preventing fulfillment of the oracle that if these horses were to feed and drink at Troy, the city could never be taken.
Diomedes
Who is Priam’s queen?
Hecuba
Who is the Trojan priest of Neptune?
Laocoon
___ is the goddess of wisdom who allegedly sent serpents to attack Laocoon after he disgraced the wooden horse presented by the Greeks.
Minerva
A(n) ___ is a Greek soldier who was led by Achilles.
Myrmidon
___ is the god of the sea who built the walls of Troy but then became an enemy of Troy when Laomedon refused to pay him his reward. He nevertheless befriended Aeneas.
Neptune
___ was an image of Minerva upon which the safety of Troy depended. It was stolen from the temple of Pallas by Ulysses and Diomedes.
Palladium
Who was the Trojan priest of Apollo?
Panthus
What were the household gods called?
Penates
What was the name given by Aeneas to his city in Crete?
Pergamum
___ was a Greek word meaning bright or radiant. This title was given to Apollo.
Phoebus
___ was the son of Priam who was slain by Pyrrhus.
Polites
Who is the son of Laomedon and king of Troy?
Priam
___ was the son of Achilles who killed Polites and Priam on the last night of Troy.
Pyrrhus
___ was the Greek who infiltrated Troy by telling a story of how he fled. He later released the Greeks from the wooden horse.
Sinon
___ is a small island in the Aegean Sea near Troy.
Tenedos
___ was an epithet of Minerva?
Tritonian
___ is one of the greatest of the Greek chieftains besieging Troy who was renowned for his sagacity.
Ulysses
