Aeneas by Vergil from "Ecce Romani" Chapter 5, Book I

The Aeneid is a Roman epic written in the 1st century BCE by the author, ______

• Cicero

• Julius Caesar

• Vergil

• Homer

The first wife of Aeneas, who did not survive the escape from burning Troy.

• Dido

• Andromache

• Helen

• Creusa

Aeneas

• Greek Hero

• Trojan Hero

• Roman Hero

• Egyptian Hero

The mortal father of Aeneas, whom Aeneas carried on his back to escape burning Troy.

• Ascanius

• Achilles

• Anchises

• Ajax

This Greek/Roman goddess was believed to be the mother of Aeneas. His father was a mortal, Anchises. This made Aeneas a demi-god.

• Athena/Minerva

• Aphrodite/Venus

• Hera/Juno

• Artemis/Diana

The Trojan Horse was a gift from _______ to the _______.

• Romans

  Turks

• Greeks

  Trojans

• Greeks

  Romans

• Trojans

  Greeks

Asia Minor to the Romans is actually modern-day______

• France

• China

• Vietnam

• Turkey

The actual Trojan War between the Spartans and the Trojans occurred ca. (circa/around) ______BCE (before common era)

• 1200 BCE

• 1200 AD

• 700 BCE

• 200 BCE

The Trojan War lasted for _____ years

• 3

• 15

• 6

• 10

Who won the Trojan War?

• Romans

• Egyptians

• Trojans

• Greeks