Vergil - Aeneid and Aeneas

What kind of poem is the 'Aeneid'?

• epic

• lyric

• elegiac

• iambic

Who is the hero of the Aeneid?

• Aeneas

• Odysseus

• Augustus

• Vergil

What was the Aeneid intended to do?

• surpass earlier Greek epics

• glorify Augustus

• link Rome to the heroic past

• explore contemporary Roman affairs

Who were Aeneas' parents?

• Priam, king of Troy

• Anchises, one of Trojan royal family

• Venus, goddess of love

• Athena, goddess of wisdom and war

• Diana, goddess of the hunt

Which Greek hero did Aeneas almost beat in the 'Iliad'?

• Ajax

• Anchises

• Achilles

• Peleus

Who created the idea of Aeneas surviving the Fall of Troy?

• Homer

• Vergil

• Hellanicus (5th c. Greek historian)

• Fabius Pictor (3rd c. Roman annalist)

• Livy (1st c. Roman historian)

Where does a storm blow the Trojan survivors in book 1 of the Aeneid?

• Carthage

• Italy

• Troy

• Greece

On which Greek hero were Aeneas' travels modelled?

• Agamemnon

• Menelaus

• Odysseus

• Achilles

• Jason