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Aeneid Main Charact
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aeneas | Trojan hero, leads refugees to establish a new city in Italy |
| Venus | Aeneas’ mom, goddess of love |
| Ascanius | Aeneas’ son |
| Anchises | Aeneas’ dad, dies tragically on the way to Italy |
| Achates | Aeneas’ best friend, Trojan 2nd in command |
| Creusa | Aeneas’ first wife, dies tragically during the fall of Troy |
| Dido | queen of Carthage, falls in love with Aeneas, dies tragically when he abandons her |
| Lavinia | Italian princess, Aeneas’ future wife, engaged to Turnus when Aeneas arrives |
| Turnus | Italian prince, Aeneas’ worst enemy, engaged to Lavinia when Aeneas arrives |
| Odysseus/Ulysses | Greek hero, inventor of the Trojan Horse |
| The Sibyl | priestess of Apollo, leads Aeneas into the Underworld |