What three things are found in Epic Poetry? correct answers Starting in the middle, A plea to the gods, and the use of literary tools especially similies.
Why does Juno's anger burn against the Trojans? correct answers She is angry because Paris deemed her less beautiful than Helen. She loathed ...
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What three things are found in Epic Poetry? correct answers Starting in the middle, A plea to the
gods, and the use of literary tools especially similies.
Why does Juno's anger burn against the Trojans? correct answers She is angry because Paris
deemed her less beautiful than Helen. She loathed the whole stack of Dardanus. She was furious
at the honors done to Ganymede.
What does Juno request from Aeolus? What does Juno offer in return for the favor? correct
answers She request that he raises the sea by his winds and destroy the ships of the trojans she
offers Deiopea to be his wife.
For what does Aeneas pray when he and his men are caught in Aeolus' storm? correct answers
He wishes and prays that he could have died at Troy.
What is Neptune's reaction to the storm incited by Aeolus? correct answers He was very Angry.
What does Aeneas say to comfort and encourage his men after they reach the shore? correct
answers "My friends, this is not the first trouble we have known, We have suffered worse before,
and this too will pass." "So summon up hour courage once again. This is no time for gloom of
fear."
Summarize Venus' complaint to Jupiter correct answers Basically she asks, "what great harm has
Aeneas been able to do t you? What crime have the Trojans committed that they should suffer all
this loss of life?" She also reminds him of his promise that from the Trojans, Romans would
arise.
What does Jupiter send mercury to do? correct answers He sends mercury to make the lands and
citadel of Carthage hospitable to the Trojans.
Whom does Aeneas meet as he "walked through the middle of the wood"? How is she disguised?
correct answers He meets his mother, Venus. She is disguised as a Spartan girl that is hunting.
Summarize the story of Dido conveyed to Aeneas by the goddess. correct answers Dido came
from Tyre because her father had given her in marriage to Sychaeus. But her brother a great
criminal was ruler. A mad passion came between her brother and Sychaeus and her brother killed
Sychaeus without her knowing. Dido found out in a dream and she escaped from her native land.
She brought treasure and followers, and they made Carthage their home.
What is Aeneas´ reaction when he finds the Spartan woman to be his mother? correct answers He
asks why she is so cruel and always mocks him with her disguises.
What image does Virgil use to describe Carthage as Aeneas sees it. correct answers The image is
of the beginning of summer.
, What does Aeneas see that both allays his fears and causes him much grief? correct answers He
see depictions of the Trojans war.
What is Illioneaus' request of queen Dido? How does Dido respond to this request? correct
answers "save our ships from the impious threat of fire" She take pity upon them and helps them.
Upon meeting Aeneas, what does Dido do for the Trojans? correct answers She invites his
warriors to her house. She sacrifices and sends 20 bulls, 100 hog's backs and 100 fat lams. She
orders servants to prepare and feast.
What plot does Venus devise as Dido and the Trojans banquet together? Why does she do this.
correct answers She gets Cupid to help her by making Dido fall in love with Aeneas. She does
this because she does not trust Dido.
Now caught in a stupor of love, what does Dido request of Aeneas? correct answers "come tell
your hosts the beginning about the treachery of the Greeks, the suffering of your people and you
wanderings."
How long have the Trojans been at sea since the fall of Troy? correct answers Seven years.
Whats the quote that needs to be memorized correct answers " I sing of arms and of the man,
fated to be an exile, who long since left the land of Troy and came to Italy to the shores of
Lavinium; and a great pounding he took by land and sea at the hands of the heavenly gos because
of the fierce and unforgetting anger of Juno. Great too were his sufferings in war before he could
found his city and carry his gods into Latinum. This was the beginning of the Latin race, the
Alban father and the high walls of Rome. Tell me, Muse, the causes of her anger. How did he
violate the will of the Queen of the Gods? what was his offence? why did she drive a man
famous for his piety to such endless hardships and such suffering? Can there be so much anger in
the hearts of the heavenly gods?
How does Aeneas feel about recalling the story of Troy to Dido? correct answers He was filled
with sorrow, and said "No man could speak of such things and not weep." (Line 6, book II)
How do the Greeks convey that the large horse is harmless? correct answers They sent a Greek
man called Sinon, who said he hated to Greeks, and told them it was harmless.
Who protests the acceptance of this gift, and what was the reason for their protest? correct
answers Laocoon protests. Capys protests. They do not trust that the Greeks left.
According to Aeneas, why don't the Trojans listen to Laocoon? correct answers Because they
pitied and believed Sinon.
Why is the horse so large, according to Sinon? Why do you think it was made so large. correct
answers According to Sinon it was so large because they did not want it to fit through the gates
or protect the Trojan people. I think it was so big because they wanted to fit as many Greeks
inside as possible.
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