The Aeneid: Books 1-6

Book 1

Aeneas’s ship get wrecked and he ends up in Carthage

What use of epic poetry is this: "wars and a man I sing—an exile driven on by fate"

Exhortium/Exordium

What use of Epic Poetry is this: "Muse how it all. Why was Juno outraged?"

Invocation to the Muses and Epic Question

What is the goal for Aeneas in this epic?

He is meant to sail to Italy and found a city, in which his descendants will form a great civilization from (the Roman Empire)

Who is the Roman god/goddess who wages war with Aeneas/the Trojans?

Juno

What are three reasons that Juno begrudges Aeneas/the Trojans?

Paris' Judgement, Carthage falling to Aeneas' civilization, and Ganymede

Explain the Judgment of Paris.

- Eris throws a golden apple that says "To the Fairest"

- Minerva, Juno, and Venus go to Paris so he can determine who is deserves the apple

- Minerva said she will make him the wisest person

- Juno said she will give him power

- Venus said she will give him the most beautiful women

- Paris chooses Venus and she gives him Helen (starts the Trojan War)

Why does Juno not want Carthage to fall?

Juno favored Carthage, so she didn't want her city to fall to another

What is the story of Ganymede?

- Ganymede was Trojan

- Jupiter brought him to be a cupbearer

- Juno was jealous of the attention Jupiter was giving Ganymede

Who does Juno bribe to control the winds and with what does he get in return?

Aeolus, in which he gets a beautiful nymph (Deiopea) as his bride

Who calms the sea storm, and why?

Poseidon, he doesn't like Aeolus interfering with his territory

How many warships survive?

7

Where does the Trojan fleet land, wrecked?

Carthage

Venus is Aeneas's mother. What does she ask of Jupiter after the storm?

She asks why Aeneas and his men went through so much hardship and what is their destiny

Which famous Romans does Venus say will descend from Aeneas?

Romulus and Remus, (maybe Julius Caesar)

Who is with Aeneas when he meets his mother?

Achates

How is Venus disguised when Aeneas meets her in Libya?

A young Spartan girl

Who is the ruler of Carthage/Tribe of Libya?

Queen Dido

Who was her first husband, and what happened to him?

Sychaeus; he is killed by her brother, Pygmalion, for gold

How does Aeneas know that it's Venus in disguise?

She has the features and voice of a goddess

How does Venus protect Aeneas and his friend as they wander through Carthage?

She surrounds them with mist

Where do they first see Dido?

She is seen near the building of the Temple of Juno

What scene is painted on the walls there?

Trojan War

Which Trojan asks Dido for sanctuary?

Ilioneus

What does Dido say in reply?

She'll provide support, you can stay if you want. Additionally, she will send men to find Aeneas

At the banquet, what does Aeneas give Dido?

He gives her jewels and gifts

- Scepter

- Crown

- Necklace

- Vail

- Gown

Who is Aeneas's son?

Ascanius/Iulus

Who does Venus disguise as Aeneas's son and put in his place?

Cupid

What does that person do to Dido, and why?

Cupid makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas, because Venus wants her son to be treated well

What does Dido ask of Aeneas at the end of the book?

She asks him to tell the story of the Trojan War and the aftermath

Book 2

The sack of troy

What Trojan priest tries to prevent the Trojans from taking the horse into the city and even strikes the side of the horse?

Laocoon

What is the name of the Greek "prisoner" who cons the Trojans into taking the horse?

Sidon

What happens to Laocoon? How do the Trojans interpret this?

He is eaten by a serpent. The Trojans interpret that they must bring the Trojan horse into Troy, as Minerva will be angry at them for not taking the offering

In a dream, whose ghost does Aeneas see?

Hector

What does the ghost tell him he must do?

Escape Troy and take a group people to found a new city

What was the curse of Cassandra?

No one will believe her prophecies

What happens to Priam and his son?

Polities is killed by Pyrrhus in front of Priam. Priam is killed and beheaded by Pyrrhus

When Aeneas is running back to check on his family, who does he see in the temple of Vesta?

Helen

What does Creusa as a ghost tell him to do?

She tells him to go on without her and that he will find a wife in the lands of Hesperia, where he will found a great civilization

Book 3- didn’t study

More sack of troy idk

Where do the Trojan refugees build their fleet?

Antandros

Where do they then sail to?

Thrace

What happened to Polydorus?

He is sent by Priam to be maintained by the King of Thrace and give treasures to Thrace, so that they wouldn't be broke. After the Trojan War, the people killed him for the gold.

What command does Apollo give concerning where to go?

He tells them to go the land of his ancestors

Where do the Trojans head next?

Crete

Why do the Trojans leave this land?

A year of plague/famine and that the Trojan household gods said this was not the place

Anchises remembers Cassandra's prophecy about Troy. Where does she tell them to go?

She tells to go to Hesperia (Italy), as Dardanus, Troy's founder, is from there.

What are the Strophades known for?

- Harpies, which are bird-women that turn anything they touch spoiled

- Celaeno is the queen

Where do the Trojans go after avoiding Ithaca?

Actium and then Buthrotum

Who do they see there?

Helenus and Andromache

Between Sicily and Italy, what two monsters do they encounter?

Scylla and Charybdis

Who does Helenes tell Aeneas to visit upon landing in Cumae?

Sibyl (prophet)

Who is Adamasatus?

Father of Achaemenides (person who was left on the Cyclops island)

When they reach Drepanum, what happens to Anchises?

He dies and is buried by Aeneas

Book 4

Aeneas leaves Dido and she kills herself

Who does Dido turn to for advice about her love for Aeneas?

Anna, her sister

Name the advice this person gives to Dido.

She is young and deserves to be happy by experiencing the joy of kids.

It would also increase the might of Carthage w/ Aeneas by her side.

Aeneas will protect her from any jealous suitors.

What plan does Juno have regarding Dido and Aeneas in book 4 (that Venus is aware of)?

Get the married to each other under the eyes of nature

How is Dido dressed for the hunt? Why she dressed this way?

She wears a gold and purple dress along with a Tyrian cloak.

She wants to look nice for Aeneas and express the wealth of Carthage.

What type of weather occurs during the hunt and where do Dido and Aeneas end up?

A storm occurs so they go to a cave

What unofficial ceremony does nature "witness" during book 4?

The marriage of Aeneas and Dido

Why does King Iarbus complain to Jupiter about Aeneas?

He was bitter from Dido's rejection of marriage and that she got married after vowing never to get married

Who does Jupiter sent to AENEAS?

Mercury

What does this person tell AENEAS to do?

He tells him to leave Carthage as he needs to go to Italy

What does Dido tell Anna she wants to do to get rid of AENEAS'S memory?

She wants to burn his stuff in a funeral pyre

When does Aeneas lead the Trojans out of the ships to leave Carthage?

Before dawn (middle of the night)/before Dido's death

What curse does Dido place on Aeneas and his followers?

She curses them by saying that their descendants will fight each other forever

Her spirit will haunt him

He will die an early death

What item does DIDO use in her death?

A Trojan sword

Book 5

Funeral games

What do the Trojan see from the ships as they leave Carthage?

A fire/DIDO' S funeral pyre

What is the weather at the beginning of book 5?

A storm

Where do they land? Who is buried there?

Sicily; Anchises

Name two ways that Aeneas commemorates his father.

Funeral games and makes offerings at his tomb

Explain how AENEAS interprets the presence of the snake/serpent.

He interprets it that the spirit of his father was with him and that he accepted the offerings

Who wins the rowing/ship race?

Cloanthus

Who wins the boxing match/contest what happens to the person who lost the contest?

Entellus wins, and the Dares, who lost, was heavily injured who was dragged back onto the ship.

What is the prize and what happens to the prize?

The prize was an Bull, and Entellus killed it by smashing its skull as a sacrifice to the gods.

Why are the Trojan women unhappy?

They want to stop traveling and settle down

What does Juno incite the Trojan women to do as a result of their unhappiness?

They set fire to the ships

What plan is made to appease the woman and older Trojan men?

AENEAS tells them to stay in Sicily and make a town

What does Venus ask of Neptune?

She asked him to make sure her son does not go through any troubles during his journey, smooth sailing

How does Neptune respond?

He asked for a Trojan life

Who dies on the journey to Italy?

Palinurus

Book 6

Underworld time

Where do the Trojans land in Italy?

Cumae

Who does AENEAS seek?

Sibyl

What does she tell him to get in order to enter the underworld as a living soul?

A golden bough

What leads AENEAS to the tree/golden bough?

Twin doves

What mythical creatures do they see when they enter the underworld?

Cerberus, CENTAURS, SCYLLAS, BRIAREUS, HYDRA, CHIMAERA, GORGONS, HARPIES, GERYON

Who is the first of the dead that AENEAS meets and talks to? What do they talk about?

Palinurus; he asked him to bury his body

In the fields of morning, who does AENEAS meet?

DIDO

What is her response to his questioning? How does she meet a semi happy ending in the underworld?

Dido refuses to speak to him. She reunites with her dead husband.

What is Tartarus?

It is a pit for the worst of the worst; where the Titans live; no pure soul is allowed here

Name some of the most famous descendants shown to AENEAS in book 6.

Romulus, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus

What do the two gates leaving the underworld symbolize?

Gate of Horn: dead people exiting the underworld

Ivory Gate: living people exit underworld

Which one do they leave from?

Ivory Gate

Notes

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What major role does Neptune play in the Odyssey? Which god/goddess acts like Neptune in the Aeneid?

- Neptune was the main antagonist of the Odyssey, after Odysseus blinded his son

- Juno acts like Neptune in the Aeneid

What was ironic about the murals discovered?

The ironic thing about the murals is that Aeneas says paintings of the Trojan War, where he just came from