Aeneas - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Compare and Contrast Achilles and Odysseus. correct answers (1) Great Warrior VS Clever Trickster (2) Achilles strives for glory in the moment VS Odysseus endures hardship for the homecoming (3) Achilles wins glory in the public sphere VS Odysseus' truest glory in the private sphere Compare and Contrast Penelope and Clytemnestra. correct answers They are the wives of Odysseus and Agamemnon respectively. Clytemnestra has yielded to desire and so subverts the home; Agamemnon is destroyed. Pe...

Aeneas correct answers The protagonist of the Aeneid. Aeneas is a survivor of the siege of Troy, a city on the coast of Asia Minor. His defining characteristic is piety, a respect for the will of the gods. He is a fearsome warrior and a leader able to motivate his men in the face of adversity, but also a man capable of great compassion and sorrow. His destiny is to found the Roman race in Italy and he subordinates all other concerns to this mission. The Aeneid is about his journey from Troy to I...

Hardie-Fate and Aeneas' character correct answers What is often perceived as the colourless quality of Aeneas' character is largely the result of the roles forced upon him by the plot of the Aeneid: rather than being strongly driven by an internal desire or ambition, he is forced into a mission by circumstances beyond his control. Lyne-relationships of Aeneas correct answers It is Aeneas who comes or should come most interestingly and often into contact with other people. But it his interac...

4.408-430. What has led up to this passage? You should start your answer from the prayer Iarbas made to Jupiter? [10] correct answers Iarbas drew Jupiter's attention to the way Dido and Aeneas are behaving, so Jupiter sent Mercury to tell Aeneas he is not living up to the description Venus gave of him, that he would be the man to rule Italy. He should remember the destiny of Ascanius even if he is not ambitious for himself. Mercury found Aeneas working on the building of Carthage and delivered ...

Where on the Italian coast does Aeneas arrive? correct answers Cumae Who built Diana's temple there? correct answers Daedalus, when he was fleeing Minos where does Aeneas go while the young Trojans hunt and look for water? correct answers For the cavern of the Sybil, in Diana's woods. What is depicted on the temple's doors? correct answers the details of the story of the Minataur Who arrives and tells them to make sacrifices? correct answers Deiphobe What does the Sybil tell Ae...

Richard Jenkyns - Characterisation of Aeneas correct answers "It is the constant awareness of duty and responsibility that makes Aeneas a new kind of epic hero" Deryck Williams - Book 6 correct answers "The future destiny of Rome he is strengthened and resolved to be successful in his mission" Helga Nehrkorn - Book 6 correct answers "Aeneas descends into the underworld, learning to understand the historic impact of his task" Kristine Perkell - Book 2 and Augustan values correct an...

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 ...

Aeneas Test (2023) GRADED A+ (ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved) 1. What does Vergil attempt to do with his Aeneid in relation to the Iliad and Odyssey? Answer: Attempt by Vergil to write a Roman version of both the Iliad and the Odyssey, but combine them into one story 2. Why did Augustan Rome lead to the writing of the Aeneid? Answer: Allowed for the Golden Age of Latin (Roman) Literature 3. Who wrote the Aeneid? Answer: Vergil 4. What do the first words of the Aeneid te...

Who was the mother of Romulus and Remus? Rhea Silvia Which event comes first? a. Marriage of Peleus/Thetus b. Rape of Helen c. Judgement of Paris d. Trojan War 1st: Marriage of Peleus/Thetus 2nd: Judgement of Paris 3rd: Trojan War 4th: Rape of Helen Which play was set in the aftermath of the 7 against Thebes? Antigone The death of ___________ is the spark that begins the Roman Republic. Lucretius This man ________ attempts to kill his son ________ and feed him to...

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 ra...