the aeneid gods Flashcards
Which goddess caused Aeneas and his ships to be driven across the sea?
Juno
Why did Juno want to scatter Trojan ships?
In order to prevent the Trojans from reaching Carthage and fulfilling their prophecy
Which God commands fate?
Jupiter
What does Virgil ask about the gods?
“can there be so much anger in the hearts of the heavenly gods?”
What does Venus pray to Jupiter for?
She asks Jupiter to ensure that her son (Aeneas) will be safe and no longer suffer and will live on to founds the Roman race
How does Jupiter respond to Thetis
?
He assures her that fate wont be changed and Romulus and Remus will found Rome
What does Juno do to ensure that Aeneas will stay w Dido + why does she do this?
She arranges a false marriage ceremony to trick Dido into thinking they’re married so that Aeneas doesn’t leave and found Rome, and destroy Carthage
Who orders Aeneas to leave Dido?
Jupiter sends Mercury to remind Aeneas of his destiny
How does Alecto intervene with Turnus’ future marriage with Lavinia?
Alecto disguises as an old priestess and visits him in his sleep, urging him to go to war
How does Turnus respond to Alecto?
He tells her to leave because “war is the business of men”
How does Alecto respond to Turnus?
She was enraged + threw a burning torch into his heart; causing him to wake up sweating + roaring for his armour
What does Jupiter open the debate of the council of gods addressing?
He asks why the Italians are at war with the Trojans against his will
What does Jupiter having to ask this question tell us about him?
Jupiter is meant to be omniscient and powerful; sometimes Jupiter may not be the most powerful being in the universe
How may the Gods externally intervene?
raising storms, sending oracles, prodigies
How may the Gods internally intervene?
influencing human reactions + dreams/visions
Why does Venus force Dido to fall in love with Aeneas?
In order to protect him, thinking if she loves him, she wouldn’t hurt him
What does Aeneas say in book 4 about leaving Carthage?
“it is not by my own will that I search for Italy”
What does Juno send to weaken Turnus + end the war?
“A barb of poison for which there is no cure”
What does Jupiter do in order to decide whether Turnus dies or Aeneas?
He uses scales, put the lives of the two men in them to decide who would be condemned in battle and “with whose weight death will descend”
How does Hector spur on Aeneas’ fate in book 2?
Visits Aeneas in a dream and tells him that he must escape Troy to “look for a great city”
What does Mercury tell Aeneas he owes his son, Ascanius? And what does this tell us about what Ascanius may represent
You owe him the land of Rome and the kingdom of Italy
This tells us that Ascanius represents Aeneas’ legacy
Why were Aeneas + his people driven across the Mediterranean? And for how long?
By the anger of the goddess Juno
For 6 years
What does West (David) say about the Gods and human relationship?
The gods control humans, and when they wish, destroy
