Intro to Vergil and the Aeneid

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Across
  1. 4. Vergil was not Roman but _________.
  2. 7. This god disguises himself as Aeneas' son and causes Dido to fall in love with Aeneas
  3. 9. Vergil wanted his unfinished Aeneid to be ______________ at his death
  4. 10. Poetry that idealizes rural life and the countryside is called _________________.
  5. 12. The narrator of Books II-III of the Aeneid (hint: the audience includes Dido, who falls in love with this character)
  6. 14. The Aeneid is divided into _____ books.
  7. 16. The storm in Book I drives Aeneas and his men to this new city, ruled by Dido.
  8. 21. The Iliad and the Odyssey are each composed of ______ books.
  9. 22. Heroes in epic poetry often undertake a ________ into the underworld.
  10. 24. Many Romans lost their land when it was _____________ and distributed to war veterans.
  11. 27. Vergil's celebration of the joys of rural life
  12. 28. Carthaginian queen whom Roman readers would have associated with Cleopatra
  13. 30. This god is sent to tell Aeneas to leave Carthage and go establish the Roman people in Rome
  14. 33. Latin word that means "bore," from Vergil's tomb's inscription
  15. 34. Latin word that means "I sang," from Vergil's tomb's inscription
  16. 36. The Aeneid begins with an ______, a prayer to the gods for inspiration
  17. 38. Also known as Ascanius or Ilus, this son of Aeneas was the supposed ancestor of Julius Caesar
  18. 41. Wealthy patron who helped Vergil's career as well as the careers of many other Roman poets at the time.
  19. 42. Goddess of grain
Down
  1. 1. Person who stopped Vergil's Aeneid from being destroyed after Vergil's death
  2. 2. Material the Aeneid was written on
  3. 3. Dangerous Egyptian queen and threat to Rome in Vergil's time
  4. 5. The years following Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC were ______________.
  5. 6. Long-time rival of Rome that was defeated in the Punic Wars
  6. 8. Dido's love for Aeneas leads to her _________.
  7. 11. Father of Aeneas who shows him the future of Rome during Aeneas' visit to the underworld
  8. 13. Augustus was Julius Caesar's ____________ son.
  9. 15. Vergil's most significant literary predecessor and model
  10. 17. Vergil's book of short pastoral poems
  11. 18. Trojan priest who warns the Trojans not to take the wooden horse into the city
  12. 19. The Greek word that refers to the expectation of hospitality
  13. 20. Her Greek name is Athena
  14. 23. A descriptive phrase used with the name of a hero or a place, e.g. "grey-eyed Athena."
  15. 25. Vergil's Aeneid is set shortly after the mythic _____________ War.
  16. 26. The mother of Aeneas, this goddess is portrayed in the Aeneid as the divine ancestor of Augustus
  17. 29. The second half of Vergil's Aeneid resembles and calls back to Homer's ________.
  18. 30. Term that refers to the practice of starting an epic poem in the middle of the story: in ____________ res.
  19. 31. In this naval battle, the forces of Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra.
  20. 32. This goddess asks a minor god named Aeolus to send a devastating storm to destroy the Trojan fleet in Book I.
  21. 35. Goddess of the rainbow
  22. 37. The first half of Vergil's Aeneid resembles and calls back to Homer's ________.
  23. 39. Latin word that means "holds," from Vergil's tomb's inscription
  24. 40. Barbarian princess who helped the hero Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, but later killed their two children out of rage when Jason married another woman