Aeneid: book seven (Classical Civilisation A-level)

Who is Caieta?

Aeneas' nurse

Who is Circe?

Witch-goddess

Who is Erato?

Muse

Who is Faunus?

Prophet in Latium

Who is Turnus?

King of the Rutulians

Who is Amata?

Queen of the Latins

Who is Laomedon?

Trojan king

Who is Scylla?

Six headed monster

Who is Charybdis?

whirlpool

Who is Bellona?

goddess of war

Who is Hecuba?

Priam's wife

Who is Allecto?

Fury

Who is Pluto?

Hades

Who is Calybe?

Priestess of Juno who Allecto disguises as

Who is Mezentius?

Hated ex-leader of the Etrustcans

Who is Lausus?

Mezentius' son

Who is Rhea?

Kronos' wife

Who is Hippolytus?

Theseus' son

Who is Phaedra?

wife of Theseus

Who is Asclepius?

god of healing

What is the Chimera?

three-headed monster

Who is Camila?

Volscian warrior

Which island do the Trojans skirt at the beginning of the book?

Aeaea

Who is Lavinia?

Latinus' daughter

Who is Latinus?

King of the Latins

Who was Latinus' dad?

Faunus

Who did Amata want Lavinia to marry?

Turnus

What were the portents surrounding Aeneas' arrival in book seven?

Swarm of bees around the laurel tree, Lavinia's hair catching fire

What does Iulus say that lets Aeneas know they are in the right place?

"look we are eating even our tables!"

How does Aeneas respond to Iulus' first words?

"Hail to the land owed to me by the Fates!"

How does Jupiter respond to Iulus first words?

"All-powerful Father thundered clear three times from the heights of the sky"

What did Aeneas order 100 men - one from every rank - to do?

Go to the walls of Latinus bearing Athene's olive branches

How did Latinus speak to the Trojans?

"kindly"

Which Trojan addressed Latinus in his palace?

Ilioneus

What does Aeneas offer Latinus as gifts (through Ilioneus)?

"some small relics of his former fortunes rescued from the flames of Troy...the sceptre of Priam...his sacred head-dress..."

How many horses does Latinus give them?

300

How does Juno react to this new-found friendship?

"they must think my divine powers are exhausted and discredited, or that I have glutted my appetite for hatred and am now at peace"

What does Juno declare she will do now that Aeneas is being welcomed?

"cut the subjects of those kings to pieces"

What is Allecto's epithet?

"bringer of grief"

What does Juno instruct Allecto to do?

"shatter this peace they have agreed between them and sow the seeds of recrimination and war."

What does throwing a snake into Amata's breast cause?

"a horror driving her to frenzy"

What rhetorical question does Amata say to Latinus after being inspired by Allecto?

"Is this not how the Phyrgian shepherd wormed his way into Sparta...?"

Which quote shows Amata's new madness?

"unhappy Amata, driven out of her mind by her monstrous affliction, raged in a wild frenzy..."

Who does Amata claim is only worthy of Lavinia?

Bacchus

As Calybe, what does Allecto say to Turnus?

"If king Latinus does not agree to obey this command and allow you this marriage...he must in the end face Turnus with his armour on."

How does Turnus initially react to Allecto?

"war is the business of men"

After Allecto inspires him, what lust rages within Turnus?

"lust for battle raged within him."

What is Iulus doing?

Hunting

Who's stag did Ascanius shoot?

Tyrrhus

Who was the first man dead?

Almo, the oldest son of Tyrrhus

Who died second and what was he doing?

Old Galaesus who trying to make peace

What does Allecto say to Juno after sowing the seeds of war?

"I shall do more than this."

What does Juno respond to Allecto after she says she can do more?

"There is enough terror and lying. The causes of war are established."

What does Turnus proclaim to the Latins about the Trojans?

"their own Latin blood would be adulterated by Phyrgians"

After war is established, what does Latinus say to Turnus?

"You are the guilty one, Turnus, and a grim punishment lies in store for you"

What is Latinus' attitude to war?

"recoiled from this wickedness"

Who opened the gates instead?

Juno

What does the book end with?

Catalogue of Italian troops

Who is the first warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Mezentius

Who is the second warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Aventinus

Who are the third warriors we meet in the catalogue?

Catillus and Coras

Who is the fifth warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Praeneste

Who is the sixth warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Messapus

Who is the seventh warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Clausus

Who is the eight warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Haelaeus

Who is the ninth warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Ufens

Which priest came from Marruvium?

Umbro

Who is the tenth warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Viribius

Which quote depicts Turnus in the centre of the troops, poised for battle?

"Turnus himself, in full armour, the fairest of them all, and taller by a head than all the others."

Who is the final warrior we meet in the catalogue?

Camilla

What do we learn is dear to Allecto's heart?

"Dear to her heart were the horrors of war, anger, treachery and vicious accusations"

Which quote shows Amata's inspiration being brutal?

"slithered all over her body. While the first infection of the liquid venom was still oozing through all her senses and winding the fire about her bones"

Which oxymoron describes Allecto?

"Smoking with black light"

What does Allecto do to the horn?

"She sounded the herdsman's signal with a loud call on the curved horn"

What is Turnus characterised by?

His illiadic Kleos