BIC Final

The Violent Storm and Guidance to Carthage

  • Q: What causes the Trojan fleet to face a violent storm after the fall of Troy?

    • A: Juno sends the storm to hinder Aeneas and the Trojans.

  • Q: Who guides the Trojan fleet safely to Carthage?

    • A: Neptune calms the storm and guides them to Carthage.

Aeneas's Destiny and Divine Intervention

  • Q: What does Jupiter tell Venus about Aeneas’s destiny?

    • A: Aeneas will survive, fight a long war, and his descendants, through Ascanius, will eventually lead to the founding of Rome.

  • Q: How does Venus make Dido fall in love with Aeneas?

    • A: She sends Cupid disguised as Aeneas’s son Ascanius to inspire love in Dido.

  • Q: What is Juno’s goal in encouraging Dido’s passion for Aeneas?

    • A: To delay Aeneas from leaving Carthage and prevent him from reaching Italy.

The Warning Against the Wooden Horse

  • Q: Who warns the Trojans not to trust the wooden horse?

    • A: Laocoön, a Trojan priest.

  • Q: Who convinces the Trojans to bring the horse into the city?

    • A: Sinon, a Greek prisoner, claims it is an offering to Minerva.

  • Q: What happens to Laocoön and his sons?

    • A: They are killed by serpents sent by the gods, which the Trojans interpret as a sign of favor.

Hector's Ghost and the Fate of Troy

  • Q: What advice does Hector’s ghost give Aeneas?

    • A: Troy is doomed, and he must flee.

  • Q: What happens to King Priam?

    • A: He is killed by Pyrrhus, son of Achilles.

  • Q: What happens to Creusa during the escape?

    • A: She dies but tells Aeneas he will find a new wife.

The Cursed Lands and Prophecies

  • Q: Why do the Trojans leave Thrace?

    • A: They discover a murdered Trojan prince, signaling the land is cursed.

  • Q: What prophecy does Apollo give at Delos?

    • A: Aeneas will settle in the land of his ancient ancestors.

  • Q: Why do the Trojans leave Crete?

    • A: A plague strikes, and the household gods tell Aeneas he is fated to settle in Italy.

  • Q: Who attacks the Trojans near Greece and what prophecy is given?

    • A: The Harpies attack; Celeno prophesies they will not find home until hunger forces them to eat their tables.

Guidance from Helenus and Navigational Challenges

  • Q: What advice does Helenus give at Buthrotum?

    • A: Aeneas will safely reach Italy but must sacrifice to appease Juno and consult the Sibyl; he is also warned by the sow with thirty piglets symbol.

  • Q: How do the Trojans avoid dangers around Sicily?

    • A: They sail around Scylla, Charybdis, and narrowly escape Polyphemus with a warning from a Greek survivor.

Anchises’s Death and the Journey to Carthage

  • Q: Where does Anchises die?

    • A: Drepanum, at the home of Acestes.

  • Q: Where are the Trojans driven by Juno’s storm?

    • A: Carthage.

  • Q: How does Cupid influence Dido?

    • A: Disguised as Ascanius, Cupid causes Dido to fall deeply in love with Aeneas.

Dido and Aeneas's Union

  • Q: What happens during the storm orchestrated by Juno?

    • A: Dido and Aeneas are driven into a cave, where their union is symbolically akin to marriage.

Aeneas's Departure and Dido's Response

  • Q: Why does Mercury visit Aeneas?

    • A: To remind him of his destiny to leave Carthage and found a city in Italy.

  • Q: How does Dido learn of Aeneas’s departure?

    • A: From rumors described as a winged monster, before Aeneas tells her.

  • Q: What curse does Dido pronounce?

    • A: She curses Aeneas and his descendants, predicting endless wars between her people and his future descendants.

Dido's Tragic End

  • Q: How does Dido die?

    • A: She stabs herself with Aeneas’s sword and burns herself on a pyre.