The Aeneid Figures

Figure I.1: Who is the figure seated in the center wearing a Roman toga and reading from a book/scroll?

Vergil

Figure I.1: Who is the figure to the left holding a papyrus (history text)?

Clio

Figure I.1: Who is the figure to the right holding a tragic mask?

Melpomene

Figure I.2: Who is the labeled goddess shown holding a ritual object over an altar on the coin?

Pietas

Figure I.4: Who is the figure furthest to the left, crowned with laurel, reading from a manuscript?

Vergil

Figure I.4: Who is the figure at the far right end of the couch reaching out to stop the recital?

Augustus

Figure I.4: Who is the figure collapsed/fainting on the couch?

Octavia

Figure I.4: Who is the figure near the left end of the couch reaching out to comfort the fainting woman?

Livia

Figure I.4: Who is the background figure standing beyond the marble table with a band around his head (as suggested by the caption)?

Maecenas

Figure I.4: Who is the other background figure standing beyond the marble table (as suggested by the caption)?

Horace

Figure 1.1: Who is the female figure speaking and offering a bride, surrounded by cupids?

Juno

Figure 1.1: Who is the male figure draped in red cloth holding a scepter in his right hand and chains in his left?

Aeolus

Figure 1.1: Who is the bride being offered as wife (named in the caption)?

Deiopea

Figure 1.1: Who are the figures in the sea (sea nymphs) around fish and shells?

Nereids

Figure 2.1: Who is the seated armored figure on the left on a leopard-skin-covered chair?

Aeneas

Figure 2.1: Who is the crowned woman reclining on the couch in the center/right?

Dido

Figure 2.1: Who is the child in a Phrygian cap being held close on the couch?

Ascanius

Figure 2.1: Who is the standing female attendant behind the couch figures?

A female attendant

Figure 2.1: Who is the statue in the background holding a trident and cornucopia?

Neptune

Figure 2.4: Who is the naked woman leaning against an altar with hands tied behind her?

Cassandra

Figure 2.4: Who is the child being pulled away in the dim right interior scene?

Astyanax

Figure 2.4: Who is the woman the child is being pulled away from in the dim right interior scene?

Andromache

Figure 2.4: Who is the goddess implied by the “Aθ” letters on the statue base (statue not fully visible)?

Athena (Minerva)

Figure 2.5: Who is the male figure with drawn sword in the burning city scene?

Aeneas

Figure 2.5: Who is the woman Aeneas is about to kill in the scene?

Helen

Figure 2.5: Who is the nude goddess appearing from the sky to stop him?

Venus

Figure 2.5: Who is the statue in the background temple where the woman has taken refuge?

Vesta

Figure 2.6: Who is the central figure carrying an older man over his shoulder?

Aeneas

Figure 2.6: Who is the older man being carried, holding the household gods?

Anchises

Figure 2.6: Who is the small boy clinging to the hero’s clothing/skirt?

Ascanius

Figure 2.6: Who is the woman following behind the group as they flee?

Creusa

Figure 3.4: Who is the helmeted figure thrusting a stake into the Cyclops’ eye?

Ulysses

Figure 3.4: Who is the giant Cyclops being blinded, screaming in pain?

Polyphemus

Figure 4.3: Who is the figure descending from the upper right with winged hat and wand (caduceus)?

Mercury

Figure 4.3: Who is the seated male figure on a stool being confronted, preparing to leave?

Aeneas

Figure 4.3: Who is the nude woman seated on the bed holding a cloth?

Dido

Figure 4.4: Who is the central woman plunging a sword into her breast?

Dido

Figure 4.4: Who is the dead husband whose tomb is referenced by the “empty tomb” detail in the scene?

Sychaeus

Figure 5.1: Who is the figure atop the tower stabbing herself?

Dido

Figure 5.1: Who is the departing figure pointing upward, dressed in a royal mantle?

Aeneas

Figure 5.4: Who is the nude god standing in a sea-chariot pulled by sea-horses, holding a trident?

Neptune

Figure 6.1: Who is the bearded, balding craftsman presenting the constructed cow?

Daedalus

Figure 6.1: Who is the woman being shown the wooden cow to crouch in?

Pasiphae

Figure 6.1: Who is the child in the lower left playing with tools (hammer and chisel)?

Icarus

Figure 6.4: Who is the male figure about to step into the boat, holding a woman’s hand and pointing to the boat?

Aeneas

Figure 6.4: Who is the veiled woman holding the golden bough?

The Sibyl

Figure 6.4: Who is the old, bearded boatman with a punting pole and one leg on the gunwale?

Charon

Figure 7.5: Who is the bearded head on the coin associated with gates, doors, and transitions (two-faced in Roman art)?

Janus

Figure 7.6: Who is the hunting-clad male at the far left rejecting advances, with hounds at his feet?

Hippolytus

Figure 7.6: Who is the woman near center holding the sword she will use to kill herself?

Phaedra

Figure 7.6: Who is the older woman standing behind Phaedra whispering advice?

Phaedra’s nurse

Figure 7.6: Who is the seated man on the loveseat embracing Phaedra?

Theseus

Figure 8.1: Who is the armored male holding a sacrificial blade and leading a boy by the hand?

Aeneas

Figure 8.1: Who is the boy being led, carrying a cudgel?

Ascanius

Figure 8.1: Who is the animal in the lower left with thirty piglets (the key omen)?

The sow

Figure 8.5: Who is the nude goddess standing behind the smith-god, touching/caressing his head?

Venus

Figure 8.5: Who is the bearded smith-god seated at the bench working metal (filing a spear-point)?

Vulcan

Figure 8.5: Who is the winged child in the lower right holding bow and arrow?

Cupid

Figure 8.6: Who is the nude goddess in the cloud at center, pointing toward the armor?

Venus

Figure 8.6: Who is the male figure stepping up toward the stacked armor wearing helmet and breastplate?

Aeneas

Figure 8.6: Who is the rough-looking smith figure at the lower left near the oak tree?

Vulcan

Figure 10.1: Who is the male god with an eagle at his feet (and a cupid behind him) in the scene?

Jupiter

Figure 10.1: Who is the female god beside a peacock and rainbow, dressed with a red cloth?

Juno

Figure 10.2: Who are the female figures transforming into trees (poplars) as they weep amber?

Phaethon’s sisters

Figure 10.2: Who is the mourning male figure by the river who will be turned into a swan?

Cycnus

Figure 10.2: Who is the river-god on the right holding a horn?

Eridanus

Figure 12.2: Who is the wounded hero standing supported by a spear while treatment happens?

Aeneas

Figure 12.2: Who is the healer using a scalpel on the wound?

Iapyx

Figure 12.2: Who is the sobbing boy standing close by the hero?

ascanius

Figure 12.2: Who is the cloaked goddess hovering behind the hero (divine presence sign)?

Venus

Figure 12.3: Who is the wounded man seated in the camp with a treated calf wound?

Aeneas

Figure 12.3: Who is the healer working on the calf wound?

Iapyx

Figure 12.3: Who is the goddess above pouring healing balm from a shell?

Venus

Figure 12.3: Who is the boy standing at the far right watching?

Iulus

Figure 12.5: Who is the standing warrior with sword over the fallen enemy, pointing to a sash?

Aeneas

Figure 12.5: Who is the fallen warrior on the ground being killed?

Turnus

Figure 12.5: Who is the goddess floating above in a cloud with doves and cupids?

Venus

Figure 12.5: Who is the figure flying off to the right with an owl beneath?

Juturna

Figure 12.5: Who is the seated king in the background on a throne?

King Latinus

Figure 12.5: Who is the goddess floating above in a cloud with doves and cupids?

Venus

Figure 2.2: Who is the central adult male figure being attacked by sea serpents?

Laocoon

Figure 2.2: Who is the smaller figure on the left being attacked by a sea serpent?

Laocoon’s son

Figure 2.2: Who is the smaller figure on the right being attacked by a sea serpent?

Laocoon’s son