Metamorphosis

Book 1 of the Aeneid

Juno's Wrath; a Storm; Carthage

Name the goddess who tried to prevent Aeneas from reaching Italy.

Juno

Name the reasons why Juno hated Aeneas.

Aeneas was Trojan (she hated the Trojans Paris and Ganymede), and Carthage was destined to be destroyed by the future Romans, descendants of Aeneas

Why did Juno hate Paris?

he didn't choose her as the most beautiful goddess

Why did Juno hate Ganymede?

Jupiter had an affair with him bringing him to Olympus where he replaced Juno's daughter as cup-bearer

Name the daughter of Jupiter and Juno who was the goddess of youth and the cup-bearer before Ganymede was taken to Olympus.

Hebe

In what form did Jupiter abduct Ganymede?

eagle

Name the father of Ganymede.

Tros (or Laomedon)

Juno loved Carthage more than what city known for being her primary place of worship?

Samos

From where was Aeneas setting sail at the beginning of the Aeneid?

Sicily

Whom did Juno approach in hopes of preventing Aeneas from reaching Italy?

Aeolus

Name the king of the winds.

Aeolus

Name the father of Aeolus.

Hippotas

What nymph did Juno offer to Aeolus to marry?

Deiopea (the most beautiful of 14 nymphs)

In what line of the Aeneid does Aeneas' name first appear? (Advanced only)

line 92

Name the parents of Aeneas.

Anchises and Venus

Whom did Aeneas wish had killed him at Troy?

Diomedes

Name the parents of Diomedes.

Tydeus and Deipyle

Name the 8 Trojans who were lost in the storm? (Advanced only)

Caicus, Antheus, Capys, Orontes, Amycus, Lycus, Gyan, Cloanthus

Who was the only Trojan to die from the storm sent by Aeolus? (Advanced only)

Orontes

Who calmed the storm sent by Aeolus?

Neptune

To what was Neptune compared when he calmed the storm sent by Aeolus?

a distinguished leader calming a riot

Whom did Neptune scold after calming the sea?

the winds

Where did the storm unleashed by Aeolus drive Aeneas and his people?

coast of North Africa (Libya)

After reaching the shore, who accompanied Aeneas to the top of a cliff to look for the lost Trojans?

Achates

Who many stags did Aeneas shoot?

seven (one for each remaining ship)

Whose wine did the Trojans drink when Aeneas tried to comfort and encourage them with a speech?

Acestes'

After reaching North Africa, which deity approached Jupiter on behalf of the Trojans?

Venus

What was the timeline for the three major Trojan settlements?

After conquering the Rutulians, they would wait three years and then Aeneas would found Lavinium. Then there would be a 30 year period after which Ascanius would found Alba Longa. There would then be a 300 year interim before Rome was founded by Romulus.

Name the parents of Romulus and Remus.

Mars and Ilia (Rhea Silvia)

Name the faithful companion who accompanied Aeneas into Carthage.

Achates

Whom did Aeneas and Achates encounter on their way to Carthage?

Venus (disguised as a huntress)

What did the disguised Venus tell Aeneas and Achates?

Dido's background story

What was another name for Dido?

Elissa

Name the father of Dido.

Belus (or Agenor)

Who was Dido's evil brother?

Pygmalion

Who was Dido's first husband?

Sychaeus

Where was the kingdom of Pygmalion?

Tyre (a Phoenician city)

Who killed Sychaeus?

Pygmalion (he wanted his treasure)

What did Sychaeus' ghost tell Dido to do?

take his hidden treasure and escape from Tyre

To where did Dido flee to escape her brother?

North Africa (Carthage)

How much land was Dido allowed to rule on?

as much as a bull's hide could cover

Who sold the bull's hide to Dido?

Iarbas

After revealing her identity, how did Venus protect Aeneas and Achates as they entered Carthage?

she hid them in a cloud/mist

What were the Carthaginians compared to as they were building their city?

bees

What was the subject matter of the bronze reliefs on the temple in Carthage?

scenes from the Trojan War

Whose temple in Carthage had scenes from the Trojan War on it?

Juno's

Why did Diomedes need to kill Rhesus during the Trojan War?

prevent his horses from drinking from the Xanthus river or eat from Trojan soil because if either of those things had happened, Troy would not have fallen

Name the Ethiopian who fought for the Trojans at Troy.

Memnon

Name the Amazon who fought for the Trojans at Troy.

Penthesileia

What goddess was Dido compared to in Book 1?

Diana

Whom did Aeneas and Achates see complaining to Dido about being captured?

Ilioneus (a Trojan companion who they thought had died)

What did Ilioneus want from Dido?

safe haven on the shores to repair the ships

Where did Ilioneus plan to go?

Hesperia (Italy) with Aeneas or Sicily to live with king Acestes

What was Dido's response to Ilioneus?

she offered to let the Trojans stay and rule equally with her people, to help him get to Sicily, and to help him find Aeneas

Whom did Venus replace with Cupid at the banquet in order to make Dido fall madly in love with Aeneas?

Ascanius

Give another name for Ascanius.

Iulus

Name the parents of Ascanius.

Aeneas and Creusa

Name the Carthaginian bard at Dido's court who sang about the cosmos and nature of the world. (Advanced only)

Iopas

What did Dido ask Aeneas about at the end of Book 1?

the Trojan War

Book 2 of the Aeneid

Flashback: The Fall of Troy

Give three names for the Trojans.

Teucrians, Ilians, Dardanians

Give three names for the Greeks.

Argives, Danaans, Achaeans

Name the Trojan priest who told the Trojans not to take in the Trojan horse, and who threw a spear at it.

Laocoon

According to the Aeneid, of which god was Laocoon the priest?

Neptune (in other sources Apollo)

Name the Greek who was captured on purpose to try to convince the Trojans to take in the Trojan horse.

Sinon

To whom did Sinon claim to be related?

Palamedes

To whom was Sinon actually related?

Ulysses (i.e. Roman name of Odysseus)

What did Sinon tell the Trojans that the Greeks would do to him? (Advanced only)

sacrifice him to the gods so that they could get home

What did Sinon say about the Trojan horse?

it was replacing the palladium stolen by Ulysses and Diomedes

What convinces the Trojans to take in the horse?

the death of Laocoon and his sons

From where did the two giant snakes who killed Laocoon come which coincidentally happened to be the island where the Greeks were hiding?

Tenedos

To where did the snakes escape after killing Laocoon?

the citadel/temple/statue of Minerva (Tritonis)

Who built the Trojan horse?

Epeius

Name the Trojan priestess who tried to stop the Trojans from taking in the horse, but no one believed her.

Cassandra

Who came to Aeneas in a dream and ordered him to leave Troy?

Hector's ghost

Name the parents of Cassandra and Hector.

Priam and Hecuba

After seeing Hector's ghost, Aeneas went to fight, but what priest of Apollo told Aeneas that the city had been taken? (Advanced only)

Pantheus

Name the husband of Cassandra. (Advanced only)

Coroebus

How did Coroebus make the Trojan fighters temporarily more effective during the sack of Troy? (Advanced only)

he had them wear the Greek armor of the first band of Greeks that they had encountered and killed (which backfired when the Trojans started throwing spears at them)

What did Aeneas do to try to prevent the Greeks from entering Priam's palace?

he sneaked into a back entrance, and pushed a tower onto the Greeks

Name the son of Achilles.

Neoptolemus

Name the mother of Neoptolemus.

Deidamia

Give another name for Neoptolemus.

Pyrrhus

While clinging to an altar, who begged Priam not to fight, but to stay with her?

Hecuba

Name the son of Priam whom Neoptolemus pursued and killed in front of Priam.

Polites

After Priam called out Pyrrhus for not being like Achilles, how did Pyrrhus respond?

he told Priam to go tell Achilles, and he said 'now die' (nunc morere)

How did Neoptolemus kill Priam?

(after dragging him through Polites' blood) he cut off his head

When Aeneas witnessed the murder of Priam, whom did he see hiding?

Helen

Who stopped Aeneas from killing Helen?

Venus

Which deities did Aeneas see destroying Troy, after Venus removed mist?

Neptune, Minerva, Juno, Jupiter

Name the first sign that helped convince Anchises to leave Troy.

Ascanius' head had flames around it, but did not hurt him.

Name the second sign that convinced Anchises to leave Troy.

a shooting star flashed

Name Aeneas' first wife.

Creusa

What happened to Creusa as Aeneas was fleeing Troy?

she got left behind and died

Whose ghost told Aeneas to go where the Tiber flowed to build a new kingdom and find a new wife?

Creusa's

Book 3 of the Aeneid

Flashback: The Journey From Troy to Carthage

After building a fleet near Mt. Ida, where did Aeneas and his companions first travel?

Thrace

Whose blood spurts out of a myrtle as Aeneas was planning to make a sacrifice in Thrace?

Polydorus'

Name the parents of Polydorus.

Priam and Hecuba