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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