Ancient Literature to finish 2005-2006 school year
Aeneid
Chapter 1—“A Fateful Haven”
>Your primary assignment for this chapter is to write a 50-100 word summary of it. I don’t want you to just scribble down a few words. I want you to think this assignment through, write it, and proofread it. I will give you a grade on it—not just check it off as finished.
In “A Fateful Haven” we learn that Aeneas and his men fled from Troy after the Greeks defeated Troy. They were nearing their fated destination of Latium when Juno had Aeolus use his winds to shipwreck them on the shores of Carthage which is just being built by Dido. Dido and Aeneas meet and Dido asks Aeneas to tell her his story.
>I want you to write down answers to the following questions as you read through the chapter. These are for your use in our class discussion. You don’t need to hand them in.
I. Questions from first segment (lines 1-49 in Fitzgerald’s translation).
1. In line 13 who is talking to the Muse? “Tell me the causes now, O Muse” Why?
2. Who is the book about (his name is not given yet)? Where is he from? Where is he going?
3. What immortals are mentioned in this section and what are the Greek names for each?
4. What people from the Iliad & Odyssey are mentioned in this section?
5. What city did Juno care more for than any other walled city of earth?
5. Where is Samos and what is its significance?
6. Who was the main antagonist to the book’s hero?
II.Rest of chapter
1. In lines 60-73 Juno thinks she compares unfavorably to another immortal? Why & who is this immortal?
2. Who does Juno get to help her (line 76)
3. As you read through the Aeneid keep a list of the obstacles met by Aeneas that Odysseus had also faced. Which ones are there in this chapter?
4. What prophecy about Aeneas and his descendents is given to Aphrodite by Jupiter from lines 347 to lines 394?
5. How and why did Dido go to Carthage?
6. What pictures did Aeneas find on the walls of the temple to Juno which Dido was building in Carthage? Why did Aeneas think these pictures were there? Why do you think they were there?
7. Venus, Aeneas, feared for the life of her son. What did she do to protect him from Dido?
8. What are the two reasons Juno hates the Trojans?
Chapter 2—“How They Took the City”
Please answer these questions and turn them in.
1. How did the Greeks take Troy?
2. What was the first response of the Trojans to the horse? (lines 46-80)
3. What changed their minds?
4. What interrupted the discussion of what to do with the Trojan horse? (lines 81-84)
5. What story did Sinon tell to gain the Trojans’ sympathy?
6. How did King Priam respond? (lines 200-205)
7. Why did Sinon say horse was built?
8. What then happened to Laocoon that convinced the Trojans to take the horse into the city?
9. I thought the horse was too big to get in the city. How did the Trojans get it in?
10. Why did the Trojans foolishly ignore the warnings of the prophetess Cassandra that this horse would bring their doom? (lines 330-334)
11. How did the Greeks get out of the horse?
12. Why did Aeneas flee instead of fight?
13. Why did Aeneas not kill Helen when he had the chance? (lines 741-825)
14. Aeneas’s father at first refused to escape with him, but then changed his mind. Why?
15. Near the end of the chapter who foretells the future of Aeneas and what is it?
Chapter 4—“The Passion of the Queen”
Answer these questions and turn in to me.
1. Summarize this chapter in 50-100 words.
2. What are your thoughts about Aeneas at the end of this chapter?
3. What are your thoughts about Dido at the end of this chapter?
4. Do you like one better than the other?
Chapter 6—“The World Below”
Answer these questions and turn into me.
1. Why did Aeneas want to go to the Underworld? How does this compare to Odysseus’s reason for going? (162)
2. What two things did Aeneas have to do to gain entrance to the Underworld.
3. How did he find the only tree with the golden bough? (273-299)
4. What happened to the souls of unburied bodies when they reached the Underworld? (436-447)
5. How did the meeting with Dido go? (613-639)
6. How did the fallen men fromTroy greet him? (640f)
7. How did the fallen men of Greece respond to him? (657f)
8. Who was Deiphobus? (664f) Do you remember hearing about him in any other book?
9. What does this chapter tell us about Elysium and Tartarus? (724f)
10. What is the last group of people Aeneas meets in the underworld?
Chapter 12—“The Fortunes of War”
Answer these questions and turn into me.
Who are Turnus, Latinus, Lavinia, Amata, and Jaturna? What part does each play in the chapter?
Summarize this chapter (50-100 words). Please proofread your answer.
What two goddesses participate in the battle? Who does each help?
Chapter 1—“A Fateful Haven”
>Your primary assignment for this chapter is to write a 50-100 word summary of it. I don’t want you to just scribble down a few words. I want you to think this assignment through, write it, and proofread it. I will give you a grade on it—not just check it off as finished.
In “A Fateful Haven” we learn that Aeneas and his men fled from Troy after the Greeks defeated Troy. They were nearing their fated destination of Latium when Juno had Aeolus use his winds to shipwreck them on the shores of Carthage which is just being built by Dido. Dido and Aeneas meet and Dido asks Aeneas to tell her his story.
>I want you to write down answers to the following questions as you read through the chapter. These are for your use in our class discussion. You don’t need to hand them in.
I. Questions from first segment (lines 1-49 in Fitzgerald’s translation).
1. In line 13 who is talking to the Muse? “Tell me the causes now, O Muse” Why?
2. Who is the book about (his name is not given yet)? Where is he from? Where is he going?
3. What immortals are mentioned in this section and what are the Greek names for each?
4. What people from the Iliad & Odyssey are mentioned in this section?
5. What city did Juno care more for than any other walled city of earth?
5. Where is Samos and what is its significance?
6. Who was the main antagonist to the book’s hero?
II.Rest of chapter
1. In lines 60-73 Juno thinks she compares unfavorably to another immortal? Why & who is this immortal?
2. Who does Juno get to help her (line 76)
3. As you read through the Aeneid keep a list of the obstacles met by Aeneas that Odysseus had also faced. Which ones are there in this chapter?
4. What prophecy about Aeneas and his descendents is given to Aphrodite by Jupiter from lines 347 to lines 394?
5. How and why did Dido go to Carthage?
6. What pictures did Aeneas find on the walls of the temple to Juno which Dido was building in Carthage? Why did Aeneas think these pictures were there? Why do you think they were there?
7. Venus, Aeneas, feared for the life of her son. What did she do to protect him from Dido?
8. What are the two reasons Juno hates the Trojans?
Chapter 2—“How They Took the City”
Please answer these questions and turn them in.
1. How did the Greeks take Troy?
2. What was the first response of the Trojans to the horse? (lines 46-80)
3. What changed their minds?
4. What interrupted the discussion of what to do with the Trojan horse? (lines 81-84)
5. What story did Sinon tell to gain the Trojans’ sympathy?
6. How did King Priam respond? (lines 200-205)
7. Why did Sinon say horse was built?
8. What then happened to Laocoon that convinced the Trojans to take the horse into the city?
9. I thought the horse was too big to get in the city. How did the Trojans get it in?
10. Why did the Trojans foolishly ignore the warnings of the prophetess Cassandra that this horse would bring their doom? (lines 330-334)
11. How did the Greeks get out of the horse?
12. Why did Aeneas flee instead of fight?
13. Why did Aeneas not kill Helen when he had the chance? (lines 741-825)
14. Aeneas’s father at first refused to escape with him, but then changed his mind. Why?
15. Near the end of the chapter who foretells the future of Aeneas and what is it?
Chapter 4—“The Passion of the Queen”
Answer these questions and turn in to me.
1. Summarize this chapter in 50-100 words.
2. What are your thoughts about Aeneas at the end of this chapter?
3. What are your thoughts about Dido at the end of this chapter?
4. Do you like one better than the other?
Chapter 6—“The World Below”
Answer these questions and turn into me.
1. Why did Aeneas want to go to the Underworld? How does this compare to Odysseus’s reason for going? (162)
2. What two things did Aeneas have to do to gain entrance to the Underworld.
3. How did he find the only tree with the golden bough? (273-299)
4. What happened to the souls of unburied bodies when they reached the Underworld? (436-447)
5. How did the meeting with Dido go? (613-639)
6. How did the fallen men fromTroy greet him? (640f)
7. How did the fallen men of Greece respond to him? (657f)
8. Who was Deiphobus? (664f) Do you remember hearing about him in any other book?
9. What does this chapter tell us about Elysium and Tartarus? (724f)
10. What is the last group of people Aeneas meets in the underworld?
Chapter 12—“The Fortunes of War”
Answer these questions and turn into me.
Who are Turnus, Latinus, Lavinia, Amata, and Jaturna? What part does each play in the chapter?
Summarize this chapter (50-100 words). Please proofread your answer.
What two goddesses participate in the battle? Who does each help?
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