Book 4 Dido

• Who is Dido's sister?

  Anna
• What does Anna tell Dido?


  She convinces her to marry Aeneas and says she should get the blessings of the gods to do so
• What is Dido compared to?


  A wounded doe. that has been pierced by an arrow
• What does Juno suggest to Venus?


  That Aeneas and Dido should get married
• What was unusual about what Dido was wearing to go hunting?


  She was wearing her most valuable purple and gold clothes, which would not have been suitable for an activity like hunting
• Which god does Virgil compare Aeneas to in Book 4?


  Apollo
• Where do Dido and Aeneas take shelter during the storm?


  A cave
• What does Juno do while Aeneas and Dido are in the cave?


  She performs the marriage rites
• How does Iarbas describe Aeneas?


  Second Paris
• How does Mercury appeal to Aeneas?


  By telling Aeneas that he owes the land of Rome and kingdom of Italy to Iulus
• Who is Dido's brother?


  Pygmalion
• What does Dido call Aeneas when she learns that he is leaving Carthage?


  Traitor
• Who was Dido's first husband?

  Sychaeus
• What does Dido want to do after Aeneas has left?


  Destroy all the items he left behind
• Why does Mercury appear to Aeneas a second time?


  Because he is sleeping instead of leaving Carthage
• How does Dido kill herself?


  She burns herself alive and stabs herself with Aeneas's sword
• Who does Juno send to Carthage just before Dido dies?

  Iris