Aeneid Book 2 Characters/Actions

Began to speak from raised couch and recall the end of the Trojan War

Aeneas

Leader of the Myrmidons

Achilles

A man not prone to pity

Ulixes

Helped the Greeks build the Trojan Horse

Athena

Urged the Trojans to bring the horse into Troy and set it on the citadel

Thymoetes

One of those of sounder judgement and did not trust the horse

Capys

Runs down in a blaze of fury from the citadel and tells the Trojans not to trust the Greeks

Laocoon

Throws a spear at the Trojan horse

Laocoon

Is tied up and captured by Trojan shepherds to be taken to the king

Sinon

Has a purpose to open Troy to the Greeks and begins to lie to get them to trust him

Sinon

Famously known for tricking Ulixes into the war

Palamedes

Was put to death because he objected to the war

Palamedes

Son of Belus

Palamedes

Brooded over innocent friend until he broke his silence and threatened to get revenge once back in Greece

Sinon

Spread vague rumors about Palamedes and Sinon

Ulixes

The main priest of the Greeks

Calchas

Ithacan prince

Ulixes

Sent by the Greeks to consult the oracle to figure out why the seas and winds were uncooperative

Eurypylus

God of prophecy, healing, and the oracle of Delphi

Apollo

Epithet of Apollo

Phoebus

Dragged main priest out and demanded the will of the gods

Ulixes

Gave no answer for ten days about the will of the gods but marked out one man for sacrifice

Calchas

The man marked out to be sacrificed to the gods for favorable winds

Sinon

Escaped from Greek bonds and hid in the reeds of a marsh

Sinon

Orders the former Greek associate to be freed and taken as a citizen of Troy

Priam

Defiled the virgin goddess’ sacred image by killing guards and touching the image with bloody hands (two)

Diomedes and Ulixes

Sacred image of virgin goddess that flashed fire and leap three times from the ground

Palladium

Epithet of Pallas Athena (Minerva)

Tritonian

Declared that the Argives had to take sacred omens to Argos and bring them back to Troy

Calchas

The father of Chrysippus, Atreus, and Thyestes

Pelops

Son of Tydeus

Diomedes

Eater of brains and one of the Seven Against Thebes

Tydeus

The chosen priest of Neptune who was strongly against bringing in the Trojan Horse

Laocoon

Attacked by two serpents from the sea after his sons were also attacked and killed

Laocoon

Ordered the snakes to kill

Athena

Ancestor of the Trojans who came from Italy

Dardanus

Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, forced to always prophesy the truth but be believed by no one

Cassandra

Loved by Coroebus

Cassandra

Undid the pine bolts of the horse at night

Sinon

The first men to come down from the horse

Thessandrus, Sthenelus, Ulixes, Acamas, Thoas, Neoptolemus, Machaon, Menelaus, Epeos

Grandson of Peleus and Thetis and son of Achilles and Deidameia

Neoptolemus

Son of Asclepius and healer of the Greeks (not Podalerius)

Machaon

Builder of the Trojan Horse

Epeos

First husband of Helen

Menelaus

Appeared in a dream to the Father of the Trojans

Hector

Orders the Father of the Trojans to take the Penates and escape Troy

Hector

Climbs to the top of the roof and looks at the destruction

Aeneas

Third husband of Helen, son of Priam and Hecuba

Deiphobus

Neighbor of Deiphobus

Ucalegon

Son of Othrys, priest of Apollo

Panthus

Carried young grandson to Anchises’ home

PanthusT

Tells Aeneas that Troy has fallen and so has their people

Panthus

Said to be pitiless and have given everything to the Greeks

Jupiter

Went outside into battle

Aeneas

Joins Aeneas (five)

Rhipeus, Epytus, Hypanis, Dymas, Coroebus

Loved Cassandra, son of Mygdon

Coroebus

Did not listen to the advice of his bride

Coroebus

Accidentally stumbled upon group of Trojans and mistook them for Greeks

Androgeos

Was killed by the band of Trojans and was stripped and had armor stolen of his dead body

Androgeos

Tells other Trojans to steal and wear Greek armor to attack the Greeks by surprise

Coroebus

Another name for Pluto

Orcus

Dragged from the temple of Minerva and tied up

Cassandra

Cannot endure the sight of Cassandra being bound and rushes into the middle of the enemies

Coroebus

Attacks the Trojans (three)

Ajax the Lesser, Agamemnon, Menelaus

Churns up the seas and whirlwinds (four)

Zephyrus, Notus, Eurus, Nereus

Killed by Peneleus

Coroebus

The most righteous of the Trojans

Rhipeus

Fell despite wearing a ribbon indicating he was a priest of Apollo

Panthus

Cut down by fellow Trojans (two)

Hypanis and Dymas

No longer young

Iphitus

Injured by Ulixes

PeliasT

The irresistable God of War

Mars

Used to come through a forgotten entrance at the back of the palace to let her child visit his grandparents

Andromache

Daughter of Eetion and wife of Troy’s greatest soldier

Andromache

Son of the greatest Trojan warrior

Astyanax

Ruthless son of the greatest Greek warrior who was like a snake

Neoptolemus

Nickname for the son of the greatest Greek warrior for his fiery hair

Pyrrhus

Huge man with the son of the greatest Greek warrior

Periphas

Charioteer and arms-bearer of Achilles and his son

Automedon

Seized a double-headed axe and smashed the stone of the threshold to kill every member of the Trojan royal family

Neoptolemus

Has an orgy of killing

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Hides with a hundred women behind the altar for protection

Hecuba

Buckled his armor and made for the thick of the fight despite age

Priam

Begs husband to put away the armor and sit with her behind the altar for protection

Hecuba

Escaped death from the son of Achilles but was killed right in front of his parents by the aforementioned son

Polites

Killed children right in front of parents

Neoptolemus

Curses the son of Achilles for being impious and unrighteous unlike father

Priam

Drags Trojan king to the altar and buried sword to the hilt in the king’s body

Neoptolemus

Body without a head, a corpse without a name

Priam

Wife of the Father of the Trojans, left behind at home

CreusaY

Young son of Aeneas (Ascanius)

Iulus

Keeps watch on the doors of the temple of Vesta to stay quietly in hiding

Helen

Afraid of Trojans and Greeks both for her treachery

Helen

Attempts to approach the most beautiful woman in the world and kill her

Aeneas

Stops son from killing her favorite woman

Venus

Reveals herself in her full goddess form

Venus

Defends son’s father, wife, and son

Venus

Tears away the dank cloud that veils son’s vision

Venus

Loosened the foundation of city and shook the walls

Neptune

First to seize the Scaean Gate

Juno