aeneid book 1 characters (copy)

aeneid book 1 stuff (characters & places for the quiz)

publius vergilius maro birth & death

70 BC to 19BC

cassandra

raped by Ajax

ajax

punished by pallas/athena

Aeolus

king of the winds

what sea were the Trojans crossing when they encountered the winds juno sent

Tyrrhenian Sea

which nymph was promised to Aeolus

Deiopea (most beautiful of 14 nymphs)

who was the strongest of the greeks

diomedes

who was transfixed by achilles’ spear

hector

what river washed away all the bodies of the men

simois

rocks where 3 ships where smashed

the altars, as known by the italians

the nymph of neptune

cymothoe

who is the son of neptune

triton

captains of the 3 ships that were smashed against the altars

antheus, capys, caicus

who was full of energy

orontes

son of Priam

Antenor, founded a town in Italy

Ascanius

son of Aeneas, aka julus/ilus

tyrians were the descendants of what king

king agenor

dido’s husband

sychaeus

dude who killed dido’s husband

pygmalion

how many of aeneas’ ships survived the storm

7

aeneas’ best friend

achates

home of venus

paphos

who did Diomedes surprise and then kill

Rhesus

what river did Rhesus’ horses drink from

Xanthus

who is Memnon

emperor of ethiopia

amazonian warrior queen

Penthesilea

who is the mother of Diana

latona

who asks dido to spare their lives

ilioneus

roman equivalent of hesperia

oenotria

king of sicily

acestes

where does venus have a temple

a mountain on cyprus