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The LIfe of Vergil
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Trjans, led by Aenas, are shipwrecked as a result of who's scheming in book I | Juno |
| What is Aeneas fathers name? | Anchises |
| Where did Anchises dies | Sicily |
| in what book does Dido fall in love with Aeneas? | Book IV |
| The Trojans sail for Italy in what book? | Book V |
| Anchises prophesies tghe glories of Rome in what book? | Book VI |
| Who offers him his daughter Lavinia in marriage? | King Latinus |
| Aeneas makes an alliance with King Evander in what book? | Book VIII |
| When was Vergil born? | October 15 70 BC |
| Where did Vergil attend school? | Mantua |
| What age wa s Vergil assumed the toga virilis? | 15 |
| Ciris | Sea Bird |
| Copa | The tavernmaid |
| Culex | The gnat |
| Direa | Bad Omens |
| Moretum | The salad |
| Catalepton | Trifles |
| The eclogues | Buecolics |
| leading textbooks in Roman schools | Aeneid |
| Goes to Rome to continue his studies in | 53 BC |
| Accompanies Maecenas to Brudisium | 38 BC |
| PUblishes the Eclagues and starts to work on the Georgics | 37 BC |
| Publishes the Georgics and starts work on the Aeneid | 29 BC |
| messangers of the gods | Mercury |
| god of fire | Vulcan |
| god of sea | neptune |
| goddess of the rainbow | Iris |
| god of the harvest | Saturn |
| Goddest of hearth | vesta |
| god of the wind | Aeolus |
| goddess of the dawn | Aurora |