Aeneid Characters
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sheabutter on May 22, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 King of Trojans, main guy, son of Anchises | Aeneas |
| Aeneas' wife who died in the fall of Troy | Creusa |
| Aeneas' lover who kills herself, Queen of Carthage | Dido |
| Dido's sister who tries to convince Dido to marry Aeneid | Anna |
| Wife of Zeus, hates Aeneas because he's Trojan and she hates Troy because Paris didn't choose her. | Juno |
| (Aphrodite) Aeneas' mom | Venus |
| Aeneas' son | Ascanius |
| Suitor of Lavinia | Turnus |
| Convinces the Trojans to bring the wooden horse into their city | Sinon |
| Opposes bringing the Trojan horse into the city and is strangled by a sea monster. | Laocoon |
| Odysseus | Ulysses (in Aeneid) |
| Aeneas' dad | Anchises |
| Father of Lavinia, king of the Latins. | Latinus |
| Fated to marry Aeneas. Suited by Turnus | Lavinia |
| Comrade of Turnus, warrior queen who fights well | Camilla |
| Water nymph, Turnus' sister and Juno's servant. Watches out for Turnus in battle | Juturna |
| Aeneas' guide through the Underworld | the Sibyl |
| Trojan who falls off of ship | Palinurus |
| A fury sent by Juno to incite war between Trojans and Latins by making Amata go crazy. | Allecto |
| Friend of Aeneas who is killed by Turnus | Pallas |
| King of Pallenteum. Aeneas' ally | Evander |
| Volunteers with Euryalus to take a message to Aeneas, but is killed. | Nisus |
| Volunteers with Nisus to take a message to Aeneas, but is killed. | Euryalus |
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