What nationality was Virgil? correct answers -He was a Roman poet.
-He was the best.
What happened when Virgil was 11? correct answers -Julius Caesar ruled Gaul.
-He was raised on a farm.
-He travel to many cities, since he was studying to become a lawyer (he never pursued the career thoug...
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What nationality was Virgil? correct answers -He was a Roman poet.
-He was the best.
What happened when Virgil was 11? correct answers -Julius Caesar ruled Gaul.
-He was raised on a farm.
-He travel to many cities, since he was studying to become a lawyer (he never pursued the career
though).
What did Antony do to Virgil? correct answers -Antony stripped Virgil and his family of many
lands.
-Anotony had to do this in order to reward his soldiers with land for fighting in the civil war.
Why was Virgil grateful to Augustus? correct answers -Augustus gave Virgil back his lands.
-He became the official Roman poet of the empire.
What other works did Virgil write? correct answers -He wrote Eclogues and Georgics.
-They were pastoral poems.
What was the Aeneid written in? correct answers -Latin
Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? correct answers -There was no national epic in Rome.
-Greeks had Homer's epics while Romans had none.
-Virgil spent eleven years writing the piece.
-When he died he wanted the Aeneid to be destroyed, but Augustus saved it.
What did Virgil have to prove through his epic? correct answers -He had to prove that Rome was
as great as Greek.
-Also, he had to prove that his new epics were as great as Homer's.
-He followed some of Homer's formulas: dactylic hexameter.
What does the Aeneid start with? correct answers -Innovaction of a muse
-In medias res
-"Arms and the man I sing"
Who is Aeneas? correct answers -He is an exiled hero and the main character of the Aeneid?
-He is the son of Venus and Anchises.
-He is from Troy and survived the destruction.
-His destiny is to find Rome.
-He is a minor character in the Iliad.
Which god/goddess is against Aeneas? correct answers -Juno or Hera
-She is mad the Aeneas' cousin, Paris, judged Aeneas' mother, Venus, to be more beautiful than
her.
,What does in media res mean? correct answers -In the middle of action
What does Juno do to Aeneas in Book I? correct answers -She conjures up a storm and wrecks
Aeneas' ship.
-He lands on the African coast, near Carthage.
Who is Carthage ruled by? correct answers -Queen Dido
-Venus tricks Dido into falling in love with Aeneas.
-Aeneas' wife Creusa died in the fall of Troy.
What happens in Book II? correct answers -Aeneas tells how Troy fell.
-He saves himself, Anchises(father), and Ascanius(son).
What happens in Book III? correct answers -Anchises dies and Aeneas decides to stay with Dido
for awhile.
-Dido thinks Aeneas is doing this for her.
-Mercury(Hermes) reminds Aeneas of his destiny, and Aeneas sets sail again.
-Dido commits suicide.
Where is the new Troy located? correct answers -In Italy or Latium
Which wars are fought between Carthage and Rome? correct answers -The Punic Wars
What are some other names for Ascanius? correct answers -Ilus, Iulus
-He is an ancestor of the Juliuns (Caesars).
Who is Dido? correct answers -She is the Queen of Carthage.
-She is the daughter of King Belus of Tyre.
-Her brother killed her husband for money.
-Other names include Elissa
Who is Iarbas? correct answers -He is an African king who wants to marry Dido.
-He is the son of Libyan god Hammon.
Who is Laocoon? correct answers -He is a priest of Neptune who warns the Trojans about the
horse.
-He and his sons are killed by a sea monster.
Who is Laomedon? correct answers -He is the king of Troy and the son of the founder of Troy,
Ilus.
-He cheats the gods, Neptune and Apollo.
How did Priam die? correct answers -He was killed by Achilleus' son.
Who is Ulysses? correct answers -Another name Odysseus
-He is a resourceful man and a skilled liar.
, -King of Ithaca
Who is Dis? correct answers -Hades
-Another name is Pluto
Who is Juno? correct answers -Hera
-She is still mad at the Trojans.
Who is Jupiter? correct answers -Zeus
-Another name is Jove
Who is Pallas? correct answers -Athene
-Another name is Minerva
Who is Phoebus? correct answers -Apollo
Who is Proserpina? correct answers -Persophone
-Daughter of Ceres
-She is abducted by Dis or Pluto.
-Ceres secured Proserpina's stay on earth for half a year (summer and spring).
-The other half Proserpina has to stay with Dis (fall and winter).
Who is Diana? correct answers -Artemis
Who is Mercury? correct answers -Hermes
Who is Vulcan? correct answers -Hephaestus
Who is Liber? correct answers -Diomedes
Who was Aeneas supposed to fight in the Iliad? correct answers -Achilleus
What is another name for Italy? correct answers -Latium
What was an important situation Virgil encountered? correct answers -He had to make the
Trojans look like heros.
-This was difficult, considering the Trojans were the biggest losers in history.
-However, Virgil accomplished this by proving that the Greeks only won by cunning and
decitiful ways, not through strenght or power.
-He portrayed the Trojans to be very trusting.
What nationality was Aeneas? correct answers -He was Trojan.
When did Carthage exist? correct answers -Between 817 B.C. - 697 B.C.
Where is Carthage located now? correct answers -In northerm Africa
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