aeneid 2.268-297

In lines 268-270, we learn that in the recap of the fall of Troy that aeneas is telling Dido:

• it is the middle of the night

• Aeneas + Trojans are wishing they could sleep

• The greeks fell asleep inside the horse

• everyone is sick and awaiting the gift of the gods.

The degree of gratissima and mastissima are:

• positive

• superlative

• comparative

In line 270, Hector appears. Hector is the brother of:

• Paris

• Priam

• Aeneas

• Jupiter

In line 271, when Hector appears to Aeneas, what action is he doing?

• crying

• yelling

• running away

• singing

In line 275 we learn that:

• Hector wore Achilles' armor

• Hector and Achilles traded armor

• Achilles hid all of Hector's armor

• Hector destroyed Achilles' armor

In line 274, mutatus is referring to:

• Hector

• Aeneas

• Achilles

• the armor

In line 276, Danaum refers to the:

• Greeks

• Trojans

• Phoenicians

• Carthaginians

In line 282, tenuere is best translated as:

• to hold

• held

• was holding

• hold!

In lines 284-285, there is:

• anaphora

• anastrophe

• hyperbole

• metonymy

In line 284, hominum and urbis are both

• genitive

• dative

• accusative

• ablative