The Aeneid: Book 2 – Flashcards

1. Aeneas begins telling story of Fall of Troy. 2. Explains how Trojans were tricked into taking the Wooden Horse into Troy, instead of listening to Laocoon, the priest of Neptune, who begs them to destroy it. 3. He relates the horrifying death of Laocoon. 4. Aeneas sees Hector, one of the king's sons killed earlier in the war, in a dream, who warns him to save himself, the Trojan people, and their gods. 5. Aeneas wakes up to find that the Greeks have broken into the city and plunges into the fighting. 6. He sees King Priam brutally slaughtered by Achilles' son Pyrrhus. 7. As he is about to kill Helen in revenge, Venus stos him: she reveals that nothing can now save Troy as the gods have joined in its destruction, and persuades him to escape. 8. His father Anchises at first refuses to leave his beloved home, but is finally persuaded, and Aeneas leads his family and some other followers out of the burning city. 9. But on the way his wife, Cruesa is lost and Aeneas dashes madly back into the confusion to find her. 10. His search is interrupted by her ghost, which tells him his destiny and persuades him to return to the rest of his family. 11. The refugees assemble on Mount Ida.

1. Helps family escape - doesn't abandon difficult, elderly father Anchises 2. Brings servants and sacred items along 3. Doesn't touch sacred items with bloody hands 4. Accepts role as leader of refugees without question 5. Goes back for Creusa and feels grief for her loss 6. Clever and brave in battle/defeat 7. Shows guilt and remorse over actions

1. Allows furor to control him 2. Abandons duty to family for personal glory 3. Ignores warnings of gods / Hector's ghost

1. Hector's ghost - sent by gods to warn Aeneas to run so he could fulfil his fate 2. Venus - stops Aeneas from killing Helen, reveals role of gods in Fall of Troy, reminds of duty to family, protects family while Aeneas is missing 3. Neptune, Athena, etc. - destruction of Troy 4. Gods (maybe Jupiter) - sending signs to Anchises so he'll be persuaded to leave with Aeneas (e.g. flames, thunder, shooting star) and directing them to Mount Ida

Daughter of Jupiter, patron goddess of Greek cities and all handicraft

God of prophecy

Priest of Neptune, uncle to Aeneas

King of Troy

Wife of Priam

Daughter of Priam

Sons of Priam, dead

In love with Cassandra

King of Mycenae, leader of Greek expedition to Troy

Inventor of Wooden Horse

Famous Greek fighters

Greek agent

Greek prophet

Priest of Apollo

Big wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers, pretended to be gift to Athena, left on Trojan shore

Island where Greeks are hiding

1. Relative Palamedes put to death on false charges of high treason 2. Simon was squire of Palamedes, shared name and reputation when Palamedes was powerful 3. Sinon ruined when Palamedes killed, vowed to avenge him 4. Ulysses reacted by creating rumours and plots against Sinon 5. Says Greeks longed to go home but bad weather prevented it 6. Apollo demanded blood of Greek to pay for good weather for journey home 7. Calchas the prophet was set to determine who was to be sacrificed; waited 10 days then named Sinon 8. Sinon escaped to Troy

1. Diomedes and Ulysses stole statue of Athena from Troy with bloodstained hands; she turned against them 2. Calchas says they must ask Athena's favour again in order to win against Troy 3. Built horse to atone for theft of statue 4. It should be big so it can't be brought inside Troy and transfer its power to them 5. Tells them if they harm it they'll be destroyed, if they bring it into their city they would win against Greeks

Climbs on roof then grabs weapons, gathers friends and rushes into battle in furor

Panthus, priest of Apollo, running away from fighting

Headbands, image of Vesta, undying fire from inmost shrine

4 times

3 times

Ulysses, Menelaus, Pyrrhus

Wolves on a blind prowl, driven by hunger

Disguise themselves in Greek armour

Androgeos

Coroebus

A snake

Priam's palace, altar

Stabbed in side with sword

By the shore, headless

Polites

When he watches Priam die he remembers family

Neptune, Juno, Athena, Jupiter

Puts on his armour for more fighting but then his son's hair catches on fire and thunder and a shooting star are also sent

Ancient temple of Ceres near an old cypress tree

Three times

Be stoic - enough with the grief for me... You have to get married to an Italian bride, found a new race in Westland near Tiber river