aeneas pt 2

Tenedos

An island near Troy where the Greeks hid their fleet to trick the Trojans into bringing the wooden horse inside their walls.

Laocoon

A Trojan priest of Neptune who warned against bringing the wooden horse into Troy; he and his sons were killed by serpents.

Sinon

A Greek spy who tricked the Trojans into accepting the wooden horse by pretending to be a deserter.

Palamedes

A Greek warrior wrongly accused of treason by Ulysses and put to death, leading to resentment among the Greeks.

Calchas

A Greek seer who played a crucial role in determining the fate of the Trojan War, including advising the sacrifice of Iphigenia.

Palladium

A sacred statue of Athena that protected Troy; its theft by Ulysses and Diomedes signaled Troy’s impending fall.

Cassandra

A Trojan princess and prophetess cursed by Apollo so that no one would believe her true predictions.

Hector

The greatest Trojan warrior, son of Priam, who appears as a ghost to Aeneas in a dream, warning him of Troy’s fall.

Coroebus

A Trojan warrior in love with Cassandra; he dies fighting alongside Aeneas in the final battle for Troy.

Pyrrhus / Neoptolemus

The ruthless son of Achilles who slaughters Priam at the altar and plays a key role in Troy’s destruction.

Polites

A son of Priam who is brutally killed by Pyrrhus in front of his father.

Helen

The queen of Sparta whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War; Aeneas considers killing her but is stopped by Venus.

Creusa

Aeneas’s wife who is lost during Troy’s destruction; she appears as a ghost to tell him to continue his journey.

Hecuba

The wife of Priam, queen of Troy, who witnesses the slaughter of her husband and the destruction of her city.

Ilium

Another name for the city of Troy, often used in poetic and epic contexts.

Ulysses

The Greek hero known for his cunning, instrumental in the fall of Troy, including the Trojan Horse deception.

Vesta

The Roman goddess of the hearth and home; her temple is referenced as Aeneas flees Troy.

Anchises

Aeneas’s elderly father, whom he carries on his back while escaping the burning city.

Priam

The aged king of Troy, slain by Pyrrhus at the altar of Jupiter in his palace.

Ascanius / Iulus

The young son of Aeneas, destined to be the ancestor of the Roman people.