The Aeneid Proper Names Book 1 Flashcards

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Siculus

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Sicilian

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Teucri

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Trojans

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Pallas

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Pallas Athena, Minerva

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Ajax Oilei

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Ajax, son of Oileus- during sack of Troy tore Cassandra away from Minerva’s altars

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Juppiter, Jovis

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Jupiter, Zeus

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Aeolus

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King of the winds

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Auster

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South Wind

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Tyrrhenus

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Tyrrhenian Sea (to the west of the Italian peninsula)

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Ilium

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Ilium, Troy

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Deiopeia

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Deiopeia, a nymph (Juno’s offering to Aeolus)

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Eurus

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East Wind

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Notus

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South Wind

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Africus

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Southwest Wind

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Tydides

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Son of Tydeus, Diomede- Greek who fought against Aeneas

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Aeacides

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Descendent of Aeacus- Achilles

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Hector

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Trojan Hero

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Sarpedon

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King of Lydia, Trojan ally

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Simois

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River near Troy

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Aquilo

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North Wind

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Lycius

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Of Lycia, a country in Asia Minor

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Orontes

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Comrade of Aeneas

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Ilioneus

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Trojan leader

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Achates

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Faithful comrade of Aeneas

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Zephyrus

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West Wind

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Cymothoe

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Sea nymph

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Triton

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Minor sea-god

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Aeneadae

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Descendants, followers of Aeneas

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Ceres

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Goddess of grain

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Antheus

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Comrade of Aeneas

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Phrygius

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Phrygian=Trojan

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Capys

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Comrade of Aeneas

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Caicus

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Comrade of Aeneas

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33
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Acestes

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King of Sicily

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Trinacria

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Sicily

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Cyclopius

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Cyclopean

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Scylla

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Sea monster

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Bacchus

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God of wine

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Amycus

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Trojan

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Lycus

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Trojan

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Cloanthus

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Trojan

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Gyas

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Trojan

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Venus

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Goddess of love, receiver of the golden apple from Paris

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Antenor

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Trojan leader, field after fall of Troy and settled in northern Italy at Patavium

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Achivus

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Achaean, Greek

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Achivus

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Achaean, Greek

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Illyricus

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Illyrian, Dalmatian

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Liburni

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Libumians=Illyrians

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Timavus

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River in Northern Italy, flows underground for 25 miles and then flow into Adriatic

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Teucer

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Ancient king of Troy

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Patavium

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Modern Padua

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Cytherea

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Venus, from isle of Cythera

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Rutulus

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Rutulian, a tribe of Central Italy

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Ascanius/Ilus

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Son of Aeneas

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Ilius

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Ilian, Trojan

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Iulus

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A later name for Ascanius

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Albanus, a, um

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Alban, of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome

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Mars

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God of war

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Romulus

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Founder of Rome

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Assaracus

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Early king of Troy

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Phthia

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home of Achilles in Northern Greece

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Mycenae

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Home of Agamemnon, in central Greece

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Vesta

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Goddess of the hearth

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Remus

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Brother of Romulus

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Quirinus

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Name of the deified Romulus

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Maja

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Daughter of Atlas, mother of Mercury

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Dido

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Queen of Carthage

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Poeni

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Phoenician=Carthaginian

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Spartanus

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Spartan

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Threissa

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Thracian

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Harpalyce

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Thracian princess, huntress renowned for speed

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Hebrus

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Supposedly a fast river

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Pheobus

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Apollo, god of light, music, prophecy

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Punicus

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Punic=Carthaginian

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Agenor

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King of Phoenicia, pre-Dido

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Sychaeus

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Husband of Dido

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Pygmalion

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Brother of Dido

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Byrsa

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Measurement of land

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Vesper

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Evening star

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Achilles

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Famous Greek Warrior

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Latium

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Region of central Italy around Rome

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Samos

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Aegean island center of worship of Juno

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Tiberinus, a, um

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Of the Tiber, the river by which Rome is situated

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Ganymede

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Boy carried off by Jupiter’s eagle and made cupbearer to the gods

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Libya

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Region of North Africa

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Parcae

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The Fates

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Paris

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Trojan prince who ran off with Helen

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Saturnia

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Daughter of Saturn, refers to Juno

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Tros, Trois

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Trojan

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Arvgivus

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Argive, Greek

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Neptunus

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God of the sea