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| companion of Ulysses who was left behind on Sicily, land of the Cyclopes. Rescued by Aeneas, he helps the Trojans sail along the island's coast. (3) |
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| protagonist of the Illiad and slayer of the Trojan Hector. (2) |
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| Sons of Atreus (Agamemnon and Menelaus) |
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| of Mycenae is leader of the Greek armies at Troy |
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| brother of Agamemnon;; husband of Helen |
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| wife of Menelaus, abducted by paris and cause of the Trojan War (2,6) |
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| son of Achilles, Greek who slays Priam (2) |
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| Greek spy who allows himself to be captured by the Trojansm in order to convince them to bring the wooden horse into Troy (2) |
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| Son of Tydeus, one of the greatest Greek warriors at Troy; refuses to join the Latins when asked by Turnus to join him against the Trojans (8,11) |
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| Ulixes AKA Ithacus, Odysseus, Ulysses |
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| many-sided hero of the Odyssey who has the idea of the wooden horse (2) |
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| AKA Aeneadae, Dardanidae, Phrygii, Teucri, Troes |
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| AKA Achivi, Argives, Danai, Grai, Pelasgae |
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| wife of Hector; later marries the surviving Trojan Helenus |
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| Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophesy, but no one believes her; foretells the sack of Troy (2) |
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| son of Priam and Hecuba; husband of Andromache. Greatest of the Trojan warriors, slain by Achilles in a duel, and his body is dragged around the walls of the city. Later appears to Aeneas in a vision with a warning to abandon Troy (3) |
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| young son of Priam and Hecuba who is killed by Pyrrhus as Priam watches (2) |
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| noble king of Troy, husband of Hecuba, slain by Pyrrhus during the sack of Troy |
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| king of Sicily who is friendly to the Trojans and helps them during this time of indecision about the future. The Trojans who remain behind in Sicily after the torching of the ships name a city in his honor (5) |
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| Trojan boxers at the funeral games of Anchises. Dares is the favorite, but Entellus wins. (5) |
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| son of Priam, and a propet who becomes the second husband of Andromache. After the Trojan War, he settles in Epirus, where he helps Aeneas with directions and prophecies, including that of the white sow with thirty piglets (3) |
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| Trojan priest of Neptune who precipitates the bringing of the wooden horse into the city after he and hist two sons are strangled by serpents in response to defiling the horse as a gift to Athena/Minerva (2) |
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| young Trojans and best friends who help each other during a foot race at the games in Sicily (5). Later break out to summon Aeneas from Pallenteum. They pass through the Rutulian camp, killing many, but then they themselves are killed (9) |
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| son of Priam, slain in Thrace by Polymnestor; he speaks to Aeneas from his burial mound and tells him to leave Thrace (3) |
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| Aeneas AKA Anchisiades (son of Anchises) |
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| son of Venus and Anchises, prince of Troy who settles in Italy. Characterized as pius throughout the Aeneas; if you don't know who he is, you're screwed. |
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| Trojan father of Aeneas, who as an old man is carried on his son's shoulder's from the burning city of Troy; dies in Sicily before the Trojans are driven by a storm to Africa. He appears to Aeneas im the Underworld and narrates the "Parade of Heroes" that foretells of the future of Rome (2,3,5,6) |
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| Trojan wife of Aeneas, mother of Ascanius; appears to Aeneas in a vision whilte they are escaping from the city and advises him to leave without her, as a new bride awaits him in Italy (end of 2) |
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| Trojan son of Aeneas and Creusa, called Iulus after the fall of Troy (Ilion/Ilium) He assists in the action and is given military responsibilities when on Italian soil. later founds Alba Longa; Vergil uses the name Iulus for Ascanius in tribute to his literary patron Augustus |
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| faithful (fidus) companion of Aeneasl his best appearance occurs in Book 1 when he accompanies Aeneas on a hunt and both are enveloped in a mist by Venus |
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| Cloanthus, Nisus and Euryalus, Entellus and Dares, Eurytion |
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| Trojan participants in the funeral games in Sicily (5) |
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| Trojan who leads the surviving Trojans after they are separated from Aeneas by the storm; introduces the Trojans to Dido (1) and addresses Latins of behalf of the Trojans (7) |
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| Trojan bugler who dies at the hands of an envious Triton. He is found dead on the shore and is buried by Aeneas after consulting the Sibyl (6) |
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| elderly Trojan who advises that the Trojans who are unhappy should be left behind on Sicily (5) |
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| skillful helmsman of Aeneas's ship who, on the journey to Italy, falls overboard and dies (5) He meets Aeneas in the Underworld and describes what happened (6) |
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| Dido's sister who encourages Dido's love for Aeneas but is then duped into assisting in her suicide (4) |
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| the nurse whom Dido sends to summon Anna on the eve of her suicide (4) |
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| Dido AKA Elissa, Phoenissa, Sidonia |
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| queen and foundress of Carthage, a colony of Phoenician Tyre, husband of the deceased Sychaeus, and sister of Pygmailion. Falls in love with Aeneas and then, abandoned by him, commits suicide |
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| African prince from whom Dido obtains the land for Carthage and whom she later rejects as a suitor. Hist prayer to Jupiter leads to Mercury's warning to Aeneas that he must leave Troy (4) |
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| brother of Dido, murders her husband Sychaeus, as Dido herself describes in 1 |
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| husband of Dido, murdered by her greedy brother Pygmalion (1) |
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| heroic ally of Turnus, leader of the calvary, and devotee of the goddess Diana; wounded in battle by the Etruscan Arruns and saved by Diana |
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| sister of Turnus, helps him when he drops his sword in battle, rescues him from imminent death. water nymph of fountains, springs, and wells. |
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| Son of Mezentius, who faces Palls in battle and eventually dies defending his father (10) |
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| renegade Etruscan king who becomes ally of Turnus. Slain by Aeneas after being gallantly defended by his son Lausus (10) |
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| leader of the Rutulians who desires marriage with Lavinia and pursues war with the newly-arrived Trojans. His sister is Juturna; He first appears in Book 7. Aeneid ends with his death at the hands of Aeneas in a duel (12) |
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| queen of the Latins, wife of Latinus, mother of Lavinia, who believes that Turnus is the appropriate and rightful husband for her daughter; hangs herself when she mistakenly hears that Turnus has been killed (7, 12) |
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| king of the Latins, husband of Amata, father of Lavinia; believes that Aeneas is the foreigner whom Lavinia is prophesied to marry (7) |
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| Latin daughter of Latinus and Amata and pawn in the marriage-brokering of the latter half of the Aeneid; she is the foreign bride alluded to in the prophetic speeches of Creusa (2) and the Sybil (6) and plays Helen to Aeneas' Paris. She eventually marries Aeneas, who founds Lavinium in her name |
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| it was her pet deer that Allecto causes Aeneas to slay and thus advance hostilities between the Latins and the Trojans |
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| Arcadian king of Pallanteum who sends his son Pallas with an armed force to assist Aeneas against the Latins (8, 10, 11) |
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| young son of Evander who puts him in the service of Aeneas; killed in a pathetic duel with Turnus, who takes from him the swordbelt that eventually leads to Turnus' own death at the hands of Aeneas (10) |
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| Etruscan ally of Aeneas who offers to make him chief of the Etruscans; instruments in the battle at the ships and in the field (10) |
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| AKA Ausonia, Hesperia, Lavinian shores, Oenotrian land, Saturnian land |
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| site of the Sibyl, oracle of Apollo |
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| region of wets-central Italy ruled by the Latins and where Rome was ultimately founded |
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| Settlement founded by Aeneas |
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| city of Latinus and the Latins |
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| volcano thought to be the site of Vulcan's forge |
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| home-city of Evander and Arcadians and future site of Rome |
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| island on SE boot of Italy that figures heavily into the journey of Aeneas to Italy (3, 5) |
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| Waterway much traveled by Trojans and Arcadians during the hostilities |
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| mountain near Troy, refuge for fleeing Trojans after Troy was sacked |
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| wife and sister of Jupiter and queen of the gods; Aeneas' nemesis |
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| Jupiter/Jove AKA Saturnius |
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| father of the gods; brother/husband of Juno; appears periodically in Aeneid: in Book 1 he gives a long speech to Venus about the future history of the Trojans; intervenes in the events at Carthage (4); brings Juno under control (12) |
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| Most important god of prophesy via Sibyl Deiphobe. Aeneas' promise to build what is to become the Augustan temple of Apollo enables him to secure the cooperation of the good with regard to fulfilling his father Anchises' request to meet him in the Underworld (6) |
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| goddess of love and beauty; mother of Aeneas; parent of Rome with Mars; protects the interest of Aeneas in disguise through her son Cupid (in disguise) and as a means to thwart Juno's attempts to destroy Aeneas |
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| ruler of the winds who, at Juno's insistence, allows them to escape in order to create the storm which causes the detour of Aeneas into Dido's kingdom in N Africa |
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| one of the Furies, sent by Juno to stir up trouble in a final attempt to control or influence Aeneas' destiny by instigating Turnus' anger at the prospect of losing Lavinia to him (7) |
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| Mercury AKA Son of Maia, Cyllenius |
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| Serves several times at Jupiter's emissary to Aeneas, prompted first by Venus and them by Iarbas (4); On Jove's behalf, warns Aeneas to leave Carthage |
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| god of the sea; calms the winds so that Aeneas can continue his journey (1) |
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| Pallas Athena AKA Minerva, Tritonia |
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| Associated with the Trojan horse, she is said to have inspired Ulysses with the whole idea; Vergil indicates that Diomedes and Ulysses had stolen the Palladium,l an ancient and sacred wooden image of Pallas (Athena/Minerva) which had the city of Troy under its protection |
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| god of fire, asked by his wife Venus to make armor and weapons for Aeneas in anticipation of his confrontation with Turnus (8);he complies, designing a wonderful shield upon which are engraved high-points of Roman history, including Augustus' victory over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium |
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| Aquilo, Auster, Eurus, Zephyrus |
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| personifications of various winds (N, S, E, W); Notus is another name for the south wind |
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| Titan turned into a mountain by Perseus and mentioned while Mercury is flying to Carthage (4) |
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| fire-breathing giant and son of Vulcan; he lived in a cave on the Aventine Hill, on the future site of Rome, and consumed human flesh. He was overcome by Hercules, in whose honor a feast is given by King Evander. (8, lines 184-279) |
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| Harpy, encountered on the Strophades Islands; Gave Aeneas prophecies to assist him on his journey |
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| Son of Venus, asked by his mother to impersonate Ascanius with the purpose of making Dido fall in love with Aeneas (2) |
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| Great mother of the Gods, or Earth Monster; Keeps Creusa in Troy (2);As the first to teach men how to fortify cities, she is depicted as Rome personified, wearing a crown of turrets as she rides a chariot pulled by lions (6, lines 784, 787) |
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| Goddess of nature, sister of Apollo. Dido is compared to Diana in stately array (simile, 1); Tries to protect Camilla during fighting (11) |
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| father of Latinus; grandson of Saturn, associated with the Greek Pan; Patron god of agriculture and livestock; appears when Aeneas is being introduced to the legends and traditions of Latium (7) |
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| three goddesses of justice/vengeance who are Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone. (4, 8, 12) |
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| Ugly winged bird-women who were vicious and cruel; lived on Strophades (3) |
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| Cult-hero of Evander's city of Pallenteum, because he slays Cacus; Evander's son calls upon Hercules to assist him in his confrontation with Turnus, but the hero is "warned-off" by Jupiter (10) |
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| messenger goddess; mostly assists Juno in Aeneid; cuts a lock of Dido's hair to release her soul (4); rouses Trojan women to burn the ships in Sicily (5); rouses Turnus to attempt to burn the Trojan ships in Italy (9) |
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| Three Sisters Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos |
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| God of the Tiber River who assists Aeneas several times, including appearing to him in a vision in which he encourages Aeneas that he is in the promised land because the white sow and thirty piglets are close by (8) |
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