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Dr. McGay OLC: Ch. 10 worksheet on the Aeneid-2 , p. 1
Questions on the Aeneid : (Read pages 64-66)
1.
What does the first half of the Aeneid tell?
2.
What is the Greek name of Ulixes?
3.
How do the first three words of the Aeneid relate to Homer’s poems?
4.
What does Virgil do by making his readers think of Homer right at the outset of his poem?
5.
List two major differences between Homer and the Aeneid . a.
b.
6.
What is the Latin word for a “sense of duty”?

Latin 1 N ō men
Dr. McGay OLC: Ch. 10 worksheet on the Aeneid-2 , p. 2
7.
How are the manners in which Odysseus and Aeneas lost their wives different?
8.
What is the significance of Virgil portraying Aeneas as the ancestor of the first
Roman emperor Augustus?
9.
Describe the race of the Cyclopses.
10.
How many followers did Odysseus take to investigae the race of the Cyclopses?
11.
What did the Cyclops first do when he noticed the Greeks inside the cave?
12.
What did Odysseus do with the staff of olivewood he found lying on the ground?
13.
Why didn’t any of the neighboring Cyclopses help the Cyclops?
14.
How did Odysseus and his men escape from the cave of the Cyclops?