Book 6 The Underworld

• Where does Aeneas go after arriving in Hesperia?


  The Sibyl's cave
• What were the Trojans ordered to sacrifice by Deiphobe?


  Seven bullocks and seven yearling sheep
• What does Aeneas request from Deiphobe?


  That he be allowed to enter the Underworld and see Anchises
• What does Venus send to help Aeneas in Book 6?


  Two doves
• Which one of his comrades does Aeneas find in the Underworld?


  Palinurus
• How does Dido react when Aeneas speaks to her in the Underworld?


  She ignores him and returns to Sychaeus
• What did Virgil believe the worst crimes to be?


  Betrayal of family, adultery, hoarding wealth, betrayal of a master's trust
• What is Anchises doing when Aeneas finds him?


  He is reviewing his descendants
• What does Anchises tell Aeneas?


  He gives him a history of his descendants, a basic history of Rome up until the point in which Virgil wrote the Aeneid
• Why does Virgil portray Augustus Caesar in a good light?


  The Aeneid was written to please Augustus, with the character of Aeneas being supposed to represent Augustus
• Who helps Aeneas remove the Golden Bough?

  Venus