Aeneid:

Question 2

What omen and portents are there in book 7?

Answer 2

• bees swarm the scared laurel tree (Apollo)
• princess lavinias hair set on fire
• Latinos visit orcale of Albuneaa who states Lavinia must not marry a Latin

Question 3

How is Virgil’s conflict of self and anti-self represented through weaponry?

Answer 3

Weapons are often described as made up of wood, Camilla staff has a sheared staff at the head and is made of myrtle yet it has the head of a lance.
This present the idea that war perverts nature creating a juxtapose of idyllic nature (Virgil’s self) and war ( anti self)

Question 4

What does the word Phyrigian mean and its connotations?

Answer 4

It is a way of referring to the Trojans. It is often used in an offensive way with effeminate connotation’s

Question 5

Who joins to fight with turnus in book 8?

Answer 5

Mezentius a fierce and terrifying warrior.
Diomede a ferocious hero of Troy
And Ufens

Question 6

What important message does Evander give to Aeneas?

Answer 6

States that Aeneas must have the courage to despise wealth, he invites Aeneas to his humble home.

Question 7

Why was the battle of Actium so important?

Answer 7

It secured Augustus as the undisputed leader of Rome and defeated Antony and Cleopatra.

Question 8

When was the battle of actium?

Answer 8

31BC

Question 9

Why does Turnus underestimate the trojans?

Answer 9

• On Aeneas order they do not an age in battle with the etruscans, leading turnus to believe they are scared.
• When Turnus attempts to set the trojans ships on fire they turn into nymphs on order of the gods. He interprets this as fear believing them too cowardly to fight. He compares himself to Achilles.

Question 10

What is a key simile about Carthage?

Answer 10

When Aeneas observes the city of Carthage it i compared to a hive of bees, showing the hive of activity it is and the order of the city. 8

Question 11

What word does the Aeneid begin with?

Answer 11

“ I sing of arm and of the man” these lines directly position the book as part of the cycle of the torjan war and similar to the Odyssey and the Illiad.

Question 12

What does Jupiter prophsize about the future of the Trojans and Rome?

Answer 12

• they will wage war in Italy and crush fearless tribes
• Aeneas will rule 3 years
• Romulus and Remus will found Rome
• The Roman Empire will have no limits
• they will rule the world and wear the toga

Question 13

How does Virgil craft and Aetiology of the Punic wars?

Answer 13

The dramatic end to the relationship of Aeneas and Dido creates a pre story for the Trojan war as she curses him after he leaves and encourages her people to wage war against his.

Question 14

When is the first moment of Ekphrasis in the poem? And what does it depict?

Answer 14

Book One:
At the temple of juno in Carthage is a Frieze showing the Trojan war .
- the death of Troilus by Achilles
-the body of hector
- Penthislea and her amazon army

Question 15

What tricolon of prophetic visions does Aeneas have in book 2?

Answer 15

• Hector appears to him telling Aeneas that he must leave Troy and take over leadership of the Trojans
• Venus stops her son killing Helen and tells him to flee the city
• Creusa visit him after her death telling him stoically to protect their son a that he must leave to found the roman race and marry a foreign princess.