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In the Aeneid AP Latin April 27, 2015

Gods, Goddesses & Heroes Humans (Greek Names in Parentheses) 26. Acestes: Trojan king of Sicily. 1. Aeolus: God of the winds. 27. Achates: Aeneas’ close companion and friend. 2. Alcides: Hercules (Heracles), son of Alceus 28. Aeneas: Son of Venus and Anchises; hero of 3. Allecto: A Fury who, at Juno’s bidding, rouses story. both Amata and Turnus against Aeneas and the 29. Amata: Wife of Latinus and queen of Latium; Trojans, and provokes war. mother of Lavinia. 4. Amor: Son of Venus; Cupid. 30. Anchises: Aged father of Aeneas. 5. Ceres (Demeter): Goddess of crops and fertility of 31. Anna: Dido’s sister and confidant. the earth. 32. Ascanius: Son of Aeneas and Creusa. 6. Cytherea; Lady of Cythera: Venus. 33. Camilla: A Volscian warrior maiden; ally of 7. Dis (Hades): God of the underworld. Turnus. 8. Hecate: Goddess of magic and spells. 34. Cassandra: Daughter of Priam; a prophetess who 9. Iris: Juno’s messenger. will never be believed. 10.Janus: God of thresholds and doors; protector of 35. Cloanthus: Trojan captain and warrior. the beginning year (January). 36. Creusa: Wife of Aeneas; disappears in sack of 11. Jove: Jupiter Troy. 12. Juno (Hera): Queen of the gods; implacable 37. Dardanus: Legendary founder of the city of Troy; opponent of the Trojans; also called Saturnia, born in Italy. daughter of Saturn. 38. Dido: Queen of Carthage. 13. Jupiter (Zeus): Father of the gods. 39. Drances: Latin elder; opponent of Turnus and 14. Mars (Ares): God of war. advocate of peace. 15. Mercury (Hermes): Messenger of the gods; 40. Elissa: Dido. master thief; guardian of commerce; guide of the 41. Euryalus: A young Trojan who wins the foot race dead; also called Cyllenian, because he is said to in Bk. 5; friend of Nisus; slain while attempting to have been born on Mt. Cyllene in Greece. get a message to Aeneas. 16. Minerva (Athena): Zeus’ favorite child; born 42. Evander: King of the Arcadians; enemy of the from his head, fully armed; virginal; embodiment Latins; ally of Aeneas. of wisdom, reason, piety. 43. Helen of Troy: wife of Menelaus and consort of 17. Neptune (Poseidon): God of the sea. Paris; also called Tyndaris, daughter of 18. Phoebus: Apollo. Tyndareus, a Spartan king 19. Proserpina (Persephone): Queen of the 44. Helenus: A seer; son of Priam; marries underworld. Andromache, widow of Hector, and rules over a 20. Saturn (Cronus): Father of Jupiter; flees to Italy kingdom of Greeks, where he creates a ‘miniature when overthrown by his son, and founds Troy’. civilization. 45. Hercules: Son of Jupiter; slayer of the monster 21. Stygian Jove; Stygian king: Dis. Cacus. 22. Venus (Aphrodite): Goddess of love and fertility; 46. Iulus: Ascanius. mother of Aeneas. 47. Laocoon: Priest of Neptune at Troy; killed by 23. Vulcan (Hephaestus): God of fire and the forge; serpent. forges new armor for Aeneas. 48. Laomedon’s heir: Aeneas. 49. Latinus: King of Latium. 50. Lausus: Virtuous son of Mezentius; slain by Monsters Aeneas. 24. Cacus: Man-eating, fire-breathing monster killed 51. Lavinia: Daughter of Latinus by Hercules for stealing his cattle. 52. Mezentius: Former Etruscan king, in exile 25. Calaeno: Harpy who prophesies that the Trojans among the Rutulians, under Turnus’ protection. will starve to the point that they eat their tables. 53. Mnestheus: Trojan warrior.

AP Latin Exam Vocab Group 2 54. Nisus: Trojan warrior; friend of Euryalus; slain while attempting to get a message to Aeneas. 55. Palinurus: Helmsman on Aeneas’ ship. 56. Pallas: Son of Evander, who entrusts him to Aeneas to learn warfare; slain by Turnus. 57. Polydorus: Son of Priam murdered in Thrace. 58. Pyrrhus: Son of Achilles; slays Priam. 59. Romulus: Legendary founder of the city of Rome. 60. Sergestus: Trojan warrior. 61. Sibyl: Priestess of Apollo; prophetess. 62. Sinon: Greek trickster who convinces the Trojans to take the wooden horse into Troy. 63. Sychaeus: Dido’s husband; murdered by her brother, the king of the Phoenicians. 64. Turnus: Prince of the Rutulians; suitor for the hand of Lavinia; Aeneas’ most implacable opponent; a sort of Latin “Achilles”. 65. Tydides: Diomedes, son of Tydeus 66. Ulysses: Odysseus.

Peoples and Places 67. Alba Longa: A city to be founded by Ascanius; seat of the descendants of Aeneas until the founding of Rome. 68. Ausonia: Italy. 69. Avernus: The underworld; the lake above the entrance to the underworld. 70. Karthago: City in North Africa (modern Tunisia) founded by Phoenician colonists. Chief rival of Rome in western Mediterranean. 71. Dardania: Troy. 72. Dardans: Trojans. 73. Elysium: The underworld paradise. 74. Hesperia: Italy. 75. Latium: West-central Italy; area around Rome. 76. Lavininium: Aeneas’ first settlement in Italy. 77. Lethe (‘forgetfulness; in Greek): River in the Underworld where souls drink to forget their past lives before returning to the world above. 78. Phrygians: Trojans. 79. Rutulians: A people in Latium led by Turnus. 80. Styx: Main river of the Underworld. 81. Teucrians: Trojans 82. Tyrians: Dido’s people.

AP Latin Exam Vocab Group 2