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1. What are the central themes of Vergil's epic poem as announced in its opening line?
war and peace hope and despair war and a man love and war
2. What force is ultimately responsible for Aeneas' epic journey from Troy to Italy to found Rome?
his own wrath Juno's wrath Neptune destiny (fate)
3. What are the reasons for Juno's opposition to Aeneas?:
his failure to sacrifice to her and his hatred of the Greeks her memory of the judgment of Paris and fear that a generation of Trojan descent would overthrow her favorite city, Carthage Aeneas spurns marriage and therefore neglects worship of Juno, goddess of marriage his arrogance and impiety
4. The first simile in the Aeneid compares the furious storm sent against Aeneas' ships by Juno to
the fiery destruction of Troy at the end of the Trojan War a lion when it attacks cattle in a pen furious rioting that breaks out in a great city the fury of a woman scorned
5. How does the this simile connect the narrative of the Aeneid with first century B.C.E. Rome?
it evokes the civil wars and the peace wrought by Octavian it evokes the overthrow of the last Etruscan king and founding of the Republic it evokes the invasion by Hannibal and the victory wrought by Scipio it is about the age of heroes and therefore has no meaningful connection to first century Rome
6. What is Venus' complaint to Jupiter?
that he allowed the Greeks to destroy her beloved Troy that he has failed to reward Aeneas' loyalty by bringing him to rest in a new home that Aeneas, her son, does not honor her as a goddess that Dido and the Carthaginians do not honor her as a goddess
7. What does Jupiter promise that the Trojan Caesar will accomplish?
put unholy Furor in chains plunder the East shut the Gates of War all of the above
8. Who meets Aeneas, disguised like a huntress (i.e., like Artemis)?
Venus Juno Mercury Dido
9. How does Aeneas introduce himself to Venus-in-disguise?
I am Aeneas, sacker of cities I am Aeneas, son of Venus I am Aeneas, duty-bound I am Aeneas, man of pain
10. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of Juno's temple in Carthage?
Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf scenes from the city of Rome, yet to come scenes from the Trojan War scenes from Dido's departure from Phoenicia and the founding of Carthage
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