Vergil Class Nōmen
Dr. McGay Aeneid Readings: Bk. XII
q 1. Identify the speaker: “If, with Turnus’ death, I am ready to accept the Trojans, to take them as allies, then why not stop this war now, with Turnus still untouched?
q 2. Who is described in the simile “as when a craftsman stains Indian ivory with blood-red purple, or when white lillies, mixed with many roses, blush?
q 3. Who is Juturna?
q 4. Before Latinus, who prays to the Sun, Earth, Jupiter & Juno before engaging in battle?
q 5. After whom will the Trojans name their city, should they win the war?
q 6. Who assumes the shape of Camers in order to urge all the Latins and Rutulians to fight and not let Turnus duel Aeneas alone?
q 7. Which bird is snatched or caught by talons in the omen of the birds?
q 8. How does the augur Tolumnius interpret the bird omen?
q 9. Who breaks the truce & rouses battle by throwing a spear & killing one of the nine brothers born to Arcadian Gylippus?
q 10. How does Turnus kill Eumedes?
q 11. In what art(s) did Apollo train Iapyx?
q 12. Who plucks and brings dittany, the healing herb with a purple flower, to help heal Aeneas?
q 13. What does Juturna do to Metiscus, the charioteer of Turnus?
q 14. Name one divine being, besdies Venus, who is with Aeneas on the battlefield as he is fighting?
q 15.What strategy does Venus put into Aeneas’ head?
q 16. What is the point of the simile of the beehive?
q 17. What does Queen Amata do when she believes that Turnus is dead?
q 18. What is the role of Saces, who rides up to turnus in an excited state?
q 19. What instrument did Jupiter use to decide the fate of Turnus and Aeneas?
q 20. What strange thing happened to Aeneas spear, after he first threw it at Turnus?
q 21. How did Turnus get his sword back?
q 22. What is the one thing Juno asks of Jupiter for future Latins and Trojans?
q 23. What howling creature did the fury change herself into?
q 24. At the end of Book XII, what does Turnus 1st throw at Aeneas?
q 25. Seeing what item, finally makes Aeneas kill Turnus?
q 26. Who is Idmon?