The Aeneid Proper Names Book 1 Flashcards
Siculus
Sicilian
Teucri
Trojans
Pallas
Pallas Athena, Minerva
Ajax Oilei
Ajax, son of Oileus- during sack of Troy tore Cassandra away from Minerva’s altars
Juppiter, Jovis
Jupiter, Zeus
Aeolus
King of the winds
Auster
South Wind
Tyrrhenus
Tyrrhenian Sea (to the west of the Italian peninsula)
Ilium
Ilium, Troy
Deiopeia
Deiopeia, a nymph (Juno’s offering to Aeolus)
Eurus
East Wind
Notus
South Wind
Africus
Southwest Wind
Tydides
Son of Tydeus, Diomede- Greek who fought against Aeneas
Aeacides
Descendent of Aeacus- Achilles
Hector
Trojan Hero
Sarpedon
King of Lydia, Trojan ally
Simois
River near Troy
Aquilo
North Wind
Lycius
Of Lycia, a country in Asia Minor
Orontes
Comrade of Aeneas
Ilioneus
Trojan leader
Achates
Faithful comrade of Aeneas
Zephyrus
West Wind
Cymothoe
Sea nymph
Triton
Minor sea-god
Aeneadae
Descendants, followers of Aeneas
Ceres
Goddess of grain
Antheus
Comrade of Aeneas
Phrygius
Phrygian=Trojan
Capys
Comrade of Aeneas
Caicus
Comrade of Aeneas
Acestes
King of Sicily
Trinacria
Sicily
Cyclopius
Cyclopean
Scylla
Sea monster
Bacchus
God of wine
Amycus
Trojan
Lycus
Trojan
Cloanthus
Trojan
Gyas
Trojan
Venus
Goddess of love, receiver of the golden apple from Paris
Antenor
Trojan leader, field after fall of Troy and settled in northern Italy at Patavium
Achivus
Achaean, Greek
Achivus
Achaean, Greek
Illyricus
Illyrian, Dalmatian
Liburni
Libumians=Illyrians
Timavus
River in Northern Italy, flows underground for 25 miles and then flow into Adriatic
Teucer
Ancient king of Troy
Patavium
Modern Padua
Cytherea
Venus, from isle of Cythera
Rutulus
Rutulian, a tribe of Central Italy
Ascanius/Ilus
Son of Aeneas
Ilius
Ilian, Trojan
Iulus
A later name for Ascanius
Albanus, a, um
Alban, of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome
Mars
God of war
Romulus
Founder of Rome
Assaracus
Early king of Troy
Phthia
home of Achilles in Northern Greece
Mycenae
Home of Agamemnon, in central Greece
Vesta
Goddess of the hearth
Remus
Brother of Romulus
Quirinus
Name of the deified Romulus
Maja
Daughter of Atlas, mother of Mercury
Dido
Queen of Carthage
Poeni
Phoenician=Carthaginian
Spartanus
Spartan
Threissa
Thracian
Harpalyce
Thracian princess, huntress renowned for speed
Hebrus
Supposedly a fast river
Pheobus
Apollo, god of light, music, prophecy
Punicus
Punic=Carthaginian
Agenor
King of Phoenicia, pre-Dido
Sychaeus
Husband of Dido
Pygmalion
Brother of Dido
Byrsa
Measurement of land
Vesper
Evening star
Achilles
Famous Greek Warrior
Latium
Region of central Italy around Rome
Samos
Aegean island center of worship of Juno
Tiberinus, a, um
Of the Tiber, the river by which Rome is situated
Ganymede
Boy carried off by Jupiter’s eagle and made cupbearer to the gods
Libya
Region of North Africa
Parcae
The Fates
Paris
Trojan prince who ran off with Helen
Saturnia
Daughter of Saturn, refers to Juno
Tros, Trois
Trojan
Arvgivus
Argive, Greek
Neptunus
God of the sea