Aeneid
7-9 Study Questions
Identify: Caieta, Tiber,
Latinus, Turnus, Laurentines, Dardanus, Ilioneus, Allecto, Amata, Saturn,
Lavinia, Tyrrhus, Silvia, Almo , Camilla, Mezentius, Tiberinus, Arcadia, Pallas,
Evander, Daunians, Catiline, Cato, Actium, Agrippa, Cleopatra, Nisus, Euryalus,
Butes, Mnestheus,
Book 7
- How does Virgil indicate
that a new part of the story is beginning?
- What is Latinus' family
history and how is it significant?
- What role does his
daughter have to play in the events to come? What kind of person is she?
What does she have in common with Helen?
- What prophecy is fulfilled
as the Trojans set up camp?
- Why is the history
of Dardanus significant?
- How does Allecto stir
up war?
- How is Amata affected
by the arrival of Aeneas and by Allecto's actions?
- How is Iulus drawn
into the conflict by Allecto?
- Compare Virgil's catalogue
of kings with its Homeric model. Consider its content, similes, and function
in the poem
Book 8
- How does the
river Tiber help Aeneas?
- How are Aeneas and
Evander related? What common enemy do they have?
- What is Hercules' connection
to Arcadia? What does he have in common with Aeneas?
- What is the connection
between Evander's town and Rome?
- Compare the making,
the content and the function of the shield of Aeneas with the shield of
Achilles from the Iliad.
- How and why does Evander
help Aeneas?
Book 9
- What prevents Turnus
from setting fire to the Trojan ships?
- Who is the Homeric
model for Turnus?
- Where have we seen
Nisus and Euryalus before? How did the previous episode foreshadow this
one in Book 9?
- What betrays the two
men to the enemy?
- What impression do
we get of Turnus in this battle-book?