Books 1-6 Aeneid Study Guide People
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Achates | Aeneas' best friend |
| Achilles | (violently) kills Hector |
| Agamemnon | leader of Greek Army |
| Cupid | impersonates Ascanius to drive Dido insane |
| Anchises | Father of Aeneas |
| Andromache | Hector's wife, meets/helps Aeneas |
| Anna | sister of Dido |
| Ascanius (Iulus) | son of Aeneas |
| Creusa | Aeneas' wife |
| Dido | Queen of Carthage; Aeneas' lover |
| Hector | great Trojan hero |
| Helen | started the whole mess, Aeneas almost kills her |
| Iris | drives women to burn ships |
| Juno | hates Trojans, patron of Carthage |
| Jupiter (Jove) | directs Aeneas' destiny |
| Menelaus | Helen's hubby |
| Priam | King of Troy (killed before Aeneas' eyes) |
| Pygmalion | Dido's brother; killer her hubby |
| Pyrrhus/Neoptolemus | son of Achilles, kills Priam and sons |
| Sibyl (Deiphobe) | prophetess, guide to underworld, priestess of Apollo/Diana |
| Venus | Aeneas' mom |
| Hecate | Goddess of Underworld |
| Helenus | marries Andromache, seer |
| Palinurus | steersman |
| Calliope | muse of epic poetry |
| Cassandra | Daughter of Priam, Gift of Prophecy but no one believed her |
| Celaeno | Chief of the Harpies |
| Harpy | women faces, bird bodies |
| Charon | Ferryman of the Underworld |
| Diana | virgin goddess of the woods and hunt |
| Hecuba | Priam's wife |
| Laocoon | Trojan priest of Neptune |
| Mercury | Messenger God |
| Proserpina | Wife of Hades |
| Somnus | God of Sleep |
| Sychaeus | Dido's husband |
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