Book 9 Nisus and Euryalus

• What does Juno tell Iris to order Turnus to do?

  Launch a surprise attack on the Trojan camp
• What does Virgil compare Turnus to in Book 9?

  A wolf prowling outside the sheep pen
• What does Cybele request from Jupiter?

  To make sure that Aeneas's ships stay intact
• How does Jupiter respond to Cybele's request?

  He states that once the ships are in Ausonia he will make them into nymphs
• Who were Nisus and Euryalus

  Nisus was an older warrior who was in love with a young warrior called Euryalus
• What does Ascanius promise to give Nisus if he manages to return Aeneas?

  Two silver embossed cups, two tripods, two talents of gold and an ancient mixing bowl
• What does Ascanius promise that him and Aeneas will give Nisus if Aeneas succeeds in defeating the Rutulians?

  Turnus's horse, shield and scarlet plumes, twelve matrons, twelve prisoners of war, all the lands of the Latins
• What does Ascanius promise to Euryalus?

  Shared glory and trust
• What does Virgil compare Nisus to in Book 9?

  A lion
• Why does Euryalus fail to escape the Rutulian camp?

  He was weighed down by the spoils of war he had stolen
• Who kills Euryalus?

  Volcens
• Who kills Nisus?

  Volcens- as Nisus kills him
• What do the Rutulians do with the heads of Nisus and Euryalus?

  Stick them on spears
• How does Virgil demonstrate Turnus's strength in Book 9?

  When Turnus kills Lycus, taking a chunk of the wall with him
• Who does Ascanius kill in Book 9?

  Numanus
• Which god stops Ascanius from fighting?

  Apollo
• Who does Apollo disguise himself as in Book 9?

  Butes (Ascanius's companion)
• Which Trojans open the gates of the camp?

  Pandarus and Bitias
• Which goddess helps Turnus during the battle in Book 9?

  Juno
• What does Turnus do at the end of the battle in Book 9?

  He retreats