THE AENEID FINAL THING ITS GO TIME

aeneas

main character of the aeneid. he is a trojan hero whos story of travelling to rome due to fate is told.

vergil

vergil is a roman poet who wrote the aeneid. he is regarded by the romans as their greatest poet.

maecenas

alba longa

lavinium

Etruscans

group of italians who allied with aeneas’ trojans. they previously overthrew their leader mezentius

julius ceaser

roman who was assassinated in fear he would become a tyrant. his son brutus was apart of this assassination

pompey

general and statesman of the roman republic. he was defeated my caesar.

marc antony

supporter plebian general of caesar.he later became a consul and priest of caesar.

augustus

first emperor of ancient rome. he overtook the republic and became emperor.

plebeians

poorer class of romans, liked julius ceaser due to his societal reforms

latium

where aeneas is fated to be. juno tries to prolong his fate getting there.

campania

agricultural region for rome. grains and fruit were grown there

cumae

clementia

goddess of mercy and forgiveness. aeneas sometimes criticized for lack of clementia

imperium

the supreme executive power of the state. excircised first by the kings of rome

pietas

roman attitude of dutiful respect to gods fatherland and parents. aeneas is often called pius

fasces

roman kings power to punish his subjects. bundle of rods with ax head attached

livius andronicus

he translated homers odyssey to latin. seen as father of latin literature and epic poetry.

ennius

first author to choose hexameter. he greatly inspired vergil.

numina

roman deities/spirits that could inhabit almost any object or serve any function. many examples of numina are seen in the aeneid, like aeneas killing turnus

penates

protected a households things and especially its food. hectors ghosts estrusts the trojans penates to aeneas as he flees troy.

genius

the part of a man that came from his father and would be passed down to his sons. romans worshipped the genius of augustus and later emperors

nisus

trojan hero who offers himself to go find aeneas and bring him messages. he is killed by the rutulians after trying to save euryalas.

euryalas

trojan hero who is captured by rutulians while attempting to deliver messages to aeneas. he gets caught up and killed before nisus can save him.

juno

roman goddess whom is married to jupiter. she is against the trojans at all odds and wants to delay aeneas’ fate.

anchises

aeneas’ father whom is carried out of trojan walls at trojan war. he dies from exhaustion at Drepanum, Sicily

venus

roman goddess who is aeneas’ mother. she secures his safety by making dido fall in love with aeneas through cupid.

dido

the queen of carthage. she fled tyre after her controlling and disliked brother Pygmalion killed her husband Sychaeus.

sibyl

aeneas’ guide to the underworld. she guides him through the underworld to see anchises. shes a phrophetess

turnus

king and leader of the rutulians. he is against aeneas in the aeneid, they fight over lavinia.

evander

king of pallanteum and father of pallas. he helps aeneas take down the rutulians.

allecto

fury sent by juno to incite war between trojans and the latins. she goes to turnus and queen amata.

camilla

woman warrior of the volsci. she allies with turnus to take down aeneas but ultimately is killed.

pallas

son of evander from pallanteum. turnus kills him and steals his swordbelt.

latinus

king of latium, he welcomes aeneas to his latin kingdom. he encourages the marriage between his daughter lavinia and aeneas.

mezentius

former etruscan king, exiled by people. he allies himself with turnus

lausus

son of mezentius, he is killed by aeneas after trying to protect his father.

punic wars

series of conflicts between the roman republic and the carthage empire. rome was victorius and took over carthage.

vulcan

god married to venus. he created aeneas’ great shield and armor

ascanius

young son of aeneas and creusa. he travels with aeneas after fleeing from troy with his father.

vergil surrounded by muses

pietas roman coin

vergil reading aeneid, octavia fainted, augustus holds, livia on left of couch

juno talks to aeolus

aeneas tells dido stories, arm around ascanius

laocoön and serpents

helen saved by venus from the wrath of aeneas

aeneas flees troy with ascanius, anchises and creusa

odysseus blinds polyphemus

dido on bed, aeneas on stool

didos death

aeneas pointing upwards, dido on tower

neptune

daedalus

aeneas, the sibyl, and charon

janus coin

hippolytus on left, pushing away phaedra

aeneas and ascanius discover the sow

venus asks vulcan for armor

venus gives armor to aeneas

jupiter and juno

venus pours herb on aeneas, iulus far right

death of turnus, venus on cloud, juturna on right

aeneas wounded, venus in back, iulus on side