Aeneas - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Natural imagery and war correct answers Virgil had seen Italy torn apart by civil war, and this theme is reflected by images of trees and rivers being destroyed by storms and raging torrents (Book 1) Dichotomy correct answers Virgil presents a dichotomy in his depiction of war; it seems simultaneously a source of glorious heroism, and of barbaric death and suffering Is it inevitable that Virgil glorifies war? correct answers The Aeneid is a reinterpretation of Homer, and it is therefore na...

'Part of its relevance is that it is the story of a human being who knew [......] and [............], [....] and the loss of [....], whose life was ruled by his sense of [....] to the gods, his people and his family' correct answers defeat, dispossession, love, love, duty, David West '[The Aeneid is] full of human beings [........] as human beings do' correct answers behaving, David West 'The 'Aeneid' presents a heroic view of the life of man in all its [.........] and [.......], bu...

what was Virgil's occupation? When and where did he live? Virgil was a poet in ancient Rome. Where did Virgil tell Dante that joy and its beginning can be found? Virgil told Dante that Joy, and it's beginning to be found on the mountain. Name the creatures that Dante finds in the woods. Dante finds a leopard, a lion, and a wolf in the woods. Which creature was like most horrible and why? The Wolf was the most horrible, since it was greedy and never satisfied; it repres...

How does Aeneas present himself as being in light of Dido's questions? correct answers reluctant to tell the story What did the Greeks do at the beginning of the book? correct answers built a wooden horse, filled it with armed men, pretended to flee Where did the Greeks hide? correct answers off the island of Tenedos What does Laocoon do when the Trojans open the gates? correct answers urges strongly not to trust the greeks and not to take the horse into the city and hurls his spear in...

Based on the first few lines of the text, what will be some of the main themes of the poem? correct answers War, the gods, loss, redemption In your own words, what does Vergil ask of the muse? correct answers What did a man (later revealed to be Aeneas) do to make Juno so angry? What are the reasons for Juno's hatred of the Trojans? correct answers There were rumors that the Trojan's descendants would one day overthrow Carthage, Juno's favorite city. She had fought against the Trojans b...

Who wrote the Aeneid? correct answers Virgil Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? correct answers Caesar Augustus asked for a epic origin of Rome What does the Aeneid deal with correct answers The fall of Troy and the founding of Rome The Aeneid by Virgil parallels correct answers The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer After Troy falls, Aeneas..... correct answers Takes the survivors, travels for 6 years, settles in Italy 3 things Aeneas represents correct answers Piety Duty Moderation ...

Dante Guido Cavalcanti Florentine poet, Dante's best friend Cangrande della Scala Ruler of Verona who hosted Dante "Midway along the road of our life" Dante; uses "our" to include the reader; uses "midway" because he wrote this halfway through his life in 1300s 1.22-27- water simile simile of being exhausted from sea to his relief of being back the bottom of the hill Leapord speckled skin; represented envy/desire/concupiscence Lion represent...

Medusa Mythology Exam Practice with correct Answers Who was Andromeda involved with? - ANS ️️ Perseus Who was Arachne involved with? - ANS ️️ Athena Who was Artemis involved with? - ANS ️️ Apollo Who was Callisto involved with? - ANS ️️ Zeus Who was Camilla involved with? - ANS ️️ Aeneid Who was Cassiopeia involved with? - ANS ️️ Neptune Who was Circe involved with? - ANS ️️ Odysseus What was Clytemnestra involved with? - ANS ️️ Trojan War Who was Danae i...

Music Appreciation - Chapter 22The bass line that opens and unifies Dido's Lament is called a(n) a. arioso. b. ground bass. c. ritornello. d. overture. - correct answer b. ground bass. Which is NOT true of an overture? a. It may introduce themes from arias to follow. b. It is generally played as an introduction and again between scenes. c. It is an instrumental introduction to an opera. d. It is performed by an orchestra. - correct answer b. It is generally played as an introduction ...

Speakers in Dante's Canto One Dante the Poet (narrates) Dante the Pilgrim (first calls out to Virgil) Virgil (Pilgrim's guide) Speakers in Dante's Cantos Two Dante the Poet Dante the Pilgrim Virgil Beatrice Mary Lucia Speakers in Dante's Cantos Three Gates of Hell Dante the Poet Dante the Pilgrim Virgil Charon Speakers in Dante's Cantos Four Dante the Poet Virgil Dante the Pilgrim Speakers in Dante's Cantos Five Dante the Poet Minos Virgil D...