The Aeneid Overview Lines 1-133

Who wrote The Aeneid?

• Homer
• Vergil
• Ovid
• Juvenal

What muse is being invoked in the Aeneid?

• Clio

• Thalia

• Calliope

• Daphne

For who was the Aeneid written?

• Livia Drusilla

• Augustus

• Marcus Agrippa

• Julius Caesar

Achaeans, Danuam, & Argives refer to

• The Trojans

• The Trojan refugees

• The Greeks

• The Carthaginians

For what MAIN reason was the Aeneid written?

• To celebrate the achievements of Carthage
• To criticize the Roman government and the Julio-Claudians

• To glorify Rome and connect the Trojan heroes to the Julio-Claudians

• To promote Greek mythology

Aeneas, Aeneae, m.

• King of the gods

• Exiled Trojan prince, son of Venus

• Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Thetis

• Mythological ancestor of the Julian gens

Juno, Junonis, f.

• daughter of Saturn

• wife of Neptune

• sister of Aeolus

• Queen of Carthage

Why is Juno mad at the Trojans? Select all correct answers

• Carthage was his/her favorite city & the Trojans were destined to destroy it

• the Judgement of Paris

• Ganymede was given honors

• They stole a statue

Why does Juno think people won't worship her anymore?

• She can't stop the Trojans from reaching Italy.

• She has no power.

• She was not given the golden apple

• Neptune ruined her storm

Tantaena animis caelestibus irae?