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1. What prophecy does the Sibyl, Apollo's priestess, give Aeneas?
Rome will be a great imperial city Aeneas will win glory beyond his wildest dreams the people of Italy will welcome Aeneas as their liberator new wars, and a new Achilles, await Aeneas in Italy
2. The Sibyl tells Aeneas that in order to go down to the underworld, he must first
pluck a golden bough bury his friend Misenus sacrifice black animals all of the above
3. How do the souls of the dead cross the river Styx?
the gods send breezes to waft them across the ferryman Charon takes them across in his boat those who are righteous have the strength to swim across; the unrighteous can never cross the souls cross on a bridge guarded by demons armed with spears
4. Aeneas meets his helmsman Palinurus, who had been knocked overboard, then killed when he came ashore. Palinurus cannot enter Hades because
his corpse has not been buried the gods will never forgive him for his pride he neglected his duty the Sibyl is angry with him and puts a curse on him
5. In the Fields of Mourning, Aeneas meets Dido. He attempts to placate her, and Diodo responds by
bitterly cursing Aeneas and all his descendants weeping and falling into Aeneas' arms praying to Venus to witness all that she has suffered fleeing from Aeneas, without a word, to rejoin her husband Sychaeus
6. Among men famous in war, Aeneas meets Deiphobus, son of Priam. Deiphobus has been
mutilated by Menelaus after being betrayed by Helen killed in a duel with Achilles held as a prisoner of war for six years after the fall of Troy killed while defending Priam in the inner courtyard of the palace
7. In the underworld, the wicked
share the same fate as those who have been virtuous are imprisoned in Tartarus and severely punished are never allowed to enter the underworld at all are kept in limbo for three years and then allowed to mingle with the other souls
8. In the Blessed Groves Aeneas meets his father Anchises. Anchises tells Aeneas that the souls of the dead
are rewarded or punished for all eternity have godlike powers which they can exercise on earth by sending dreams and portents are incapable of real thought or emotion because their sinews have been destroyed in death are reborn after a thousand years have passed
9. Anchises shows Aeneas
the tablets on which the Roman code of laws is inscribed a great temple in which all the great exploits of Romans are portrayed in sculpture the souls of famous Roman leaders yet to be born all of the above
10. Anchises tells Aeneas that the Romans will
destroy their enemies, both foreign and domestic, without mercy impose the rule of law, spare the conquered, and battle down the proud be superior to the Greeks in literature and the arts build magnificent public works, such as aqueducts and baths, by using their superior engineering skills
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