Aeneid: book eleven (Classical Civilisation A-level)

How does Aeneas begin this book?

"So he spoke, weeping."

How do the people react to Pallas' funeral?

"they beat their breasts and raised their wild lament,"

How does Aeneas react to Pallas' dead body?

"saw the head of Pallas cushioned there...tears welled up and he spoke these words,"

Which quote best illustrates Aeneas' guilt and regret?

"This is not what I promised Evander."

How is Pallas seen to be delicate, innocent, child-like?"

"There he lay like a flower cut by the thumbnail of a young girl, a soft violet or drooping lily,"

What does Aeneas put on Pallas' body?

"two robes stiffened with gold and purple threads which Sidonian Dido had long since made..."

How can wide-scale grief be seen at Pallas' death?

"The stricken city was ablaze with cries."

Which quote illustrates Evander's grief at Pallas' corpse?

"he threw himself on the body of Pallas and clung to it weeping and moaning,"

How does Evander highlight Pallas' young age and the horror he feels at outliving Pallas?

"bitter first fruits for a young man...A father should not survive his son..."

How does Evander make it clear that Pallas was not an equal match for Turnus?

"Turnus, would now be standing in the fields, a huge headless trophy, had Pallas been your equal in age..."

What is Evander's final wish?

"I seek no joy in life...only to take this satisfaction down to my son among the dead."

How does Virgil illustrate the futility of war?

"I for my part would have been willing to grant them peace when they were still alive"

What does Aeneas think should have happened instead of all-out war?

"He should have faced me and these weapons of mine in battle"

Who is Venulus?

Ambassador sent by Turnus of to Diomedes to request assistance in fighting

Who is Diomede?

Greek hero living in Italy

What does Diomede say has happened to the Greeks who survived the Trojan war?

"We are scattered over the round earth, paying unspeakable penalties."

How does Diomede depict the Greek's shit situation - who does he mention?

"Even Priam might pity."

Where is Menelaus?

"is in exile in distant Egypt"

What has Ulixes seen?

"has seen the Cyclopes on Etna"

What does Diomede say that is in reference to metamorphoses (for slighting Athena)?

"my lost comrades have taken to the sky on wings"

How does Diomede respond to being asked to join the battle?

"do not urge me to take part in any such battle. I have had no quarrel with the Trojans..."

What does Diomede say about Hector and Aeneas?

"Hector and Aeneas - both men noble in courage, noble in their skill in arms, but Aeneas the greater in piety,"

What is Latinus' conciliatory plan?

"Let this whole area with the pine forests...be given to the Trojans as a token of our friendship, and let us propose a treaty."

Who is Drances?

Ally of Turnus but does not like him

What does Drances believe is the cause for all the death?

"It is because of his fatal recklessness,"

What question does Drances ask Turnus?

"Why do you keep throwing your unfortunate fellow-citizens into the jaws of danger, Turnus?"

What does Drances think Turnus thinks of his men?

"our lives are cheap. We, the rank and file, are to litter the fields, unburied and unwept,"

Which quote best describes Turnus as aggressive, quick to anger - like fire in his quick fury?

"Turnus groaned, and blazed up into a violent rage."

How can Turnus be seen as accusatory and deflecting, when talking to Drances?

"accuse me of cowardice, when your right hand has heaped up as many Trojan corpses as mine..."

What quote of repetition makes Turnus seem childish to Drances?

"If you no longer hold out any hope for our arms, if we are left to fight on utterly alone, if after one setback we are completely destroyed,"

How can Turnus be seen as naive?

"Surely we still have untapped resources and warriors who have not yet engaged?"

How can Turnus be seen as over-confident?

"To all of you, and to Latinus, father of my bride,"

What brief mention of Lavinia do we get?

"the cause of all this suffering, her lovely eyes downcast."

Which other woman is Lavinia comparable to?

Helen