Aeneas, Romulus and Remus

Who is Aeneas?

Trojan hero who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

Who is Aeneas' mother?

Venus

Who is Aeneas' father?

Anchises

Who is his first wife?

Creusa

Who is his second wife?

Lavinia

Who is his first son?

Ascanuis Iulius

Who is his second son?

Ascanius

Where there 2 sons called Ascanius?

Maybe, it could be a confusion in the Livy source

What happened to Creusa?

She was lost in the flight from Troy and she dies. Aeneas tries to come back to find her, but is instead greeted by a massive ghost of he who says her death isn't his fault and not to feel guilty

What does Aeneas take with him?

• Statues of the household gods

• His father

• His son

How is Aeneas often described? (used by Ovid)

Ascanius the dutiful

What is the context of the Virgil source?

Aeneas' father has died, and he wants to visit him in the underworld. He and the Sibyl have made offerings to Proserpina

Who is Proserpina?

• Persephone

• Plutos wife

• Queen of the underworld

Who is Dis?

• Pluto

• King of the Underworld

What is a Sibyl?

A woman the Romans believed was an oracle

What is seen by Aeneas first?

The personifications of suffering

Who are the personifications of suffering mentioned?

• Grief

• Revenge

• Old age

• Diseases

• Fear

• Hunger

• Poverty

• Death

• Drudgery

What monsters ghosts is Aeneas faced with?

• Centaur

• Scylla

• Briareus

• Lernean Hydra

• Chimaera

• Gorgon

• Harpy

• Geryon

What is a centaur?

half man half horse

Who is Scylla?

Terrible monster woman with 6 heads who eats people

What is Briareus?

A titan with 100 heads

What is the Lernean Hydra?

Monster with heads that grow back and multiply when cut off, fought by Heracles

What is a Chimaera?

Head and body of a lion, head of a griffin, and a snake for a tail

What is a Gorgon?

An ugly female monster with snakes for hair that will turn people to stone by looking at them.

What is a Harpy?

half woman half bird

Who is Geryon?

A triple phantom with 3 heads, 3 torsos, 3 sets of limbs who was also fought by Heracles

How does Aeneas react to seeing these monsters?

He tried to attack them

Why does the Sibyl stop him?

They are just ghosts

What is Acheron?

First river in hell

Who is Charon?

Ferryman of the underworld

What river do the dead want to cross?

The river Styx

Why were some people denied by Charon?

They were unburried

How long do they therefore have to wait?

100 years

Who guards the gates to the Underworld?

Cerberus

Who is Cerberus?

• three-headed, dragon-tailed dog

• keeps people out and spirits in

• Owned by Pluto

How does the Sibyl trick Cerberus?

Throws him a honey-cake steeped in soporific drugs which makes him fall asleep

Who is Deiphobus?

One of Helens husbands, killed and mutilated in Troy

What is Elysium?

Where the blessed dead go, like heroes and those favoured by the Gods

What happens in Elysium?

• Athletic contests

• Wrestling

• Dancing

• Singing

• Orpheus plays music

What is Tartarus?

The bad part of hell, where people are tortured

What is Tisiphone?

A fury who punished evil doers

What is Phlegethon?

river of Tartarus

What is Lethe?

The river of forgiveness

What happens if you drink the water of the Lethe?

It makes you forget your previous life and gives a second body, reincarnation

What city does Aeneas found?

Lavinium

Wy does he name it this?

To honour Lavinia

Who is Turnus?

King of the Rutuli

Why does Turnus attack Aeneas?

Turnus was engaged to Lavinia first

Who does Aeneas fight alongside?

Latinus

Who wins the war?

Aeneas and Latinus

However, who was lost?

Latinus

Who is Mezentius?

King of the Etruscans

Why did Mezentius form an alliance with Turnus?

He felt threatened by the growing power

What does Aeneas do to unite his men and Latinus' men?

Names them all the Latins

Who wins the fight between the Etruscans and the Latins?

The latins

However, who is lost?

Aeneas

Which city does Ascanius found?

Alba longa

Who was Proca?

King of Alba Longa

Who were Procas sons?

Numitor and Amulius

Who was the rightful king?

Numitor because he was older

What happened instead?

Amulius drove out Numitor and seized the throne

What did Amulius do to Numitors sons?

killed them

What did Amulius do to Rhea Silva?

Made her a Vestal Virgin

Why did he do this?

So she couldn't have any children

However, who did she have children with?

Mars

What two reasons for Rhea claiming this does Livy suggest?

Either she believed it or didn't want to get in trouble

Who were the children?

Romulus and Remus

What happened to Rhea silva when Amulius found out?

She got imprisoned

What happened to the children?

Sent to drown in the river Tiber

Why didnt they drown?

The banks were flooded

Who did the children get saved by?

A she-wolf

What did the she-wolf do

Nurture them

Who finds them next?

The herdsman Faustulus and Larentia his wife

How did Remus end up in custody?

Brigards tried to trap the twins because they were staling from the robbers