Book 10 Pallas and Mezentius

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Cards (20)

  • What did Jupiter reveal he had forbidden at the start of Book 10?
    For Italy to fight the Trojans
  • What does Venus request from Jupiter?
    For her to take Ascanius out of the war
  • Who warns Aeneas that Ascanius is in danger?
    The nymphs that used to be his ships
  • How does Venus help Aeneas in his battle against the Latins?
    She deflects some of the spears
  • Who was Turnus's sister?
    Juturna
  • Who does Pallas pray to before he attacks Turnus?
    Hercules
  • Who kills Pallas?
    Turnus
  • Who does Virgil compare Aeneas to in Book 10?
    Aegaeon
  • What does Juno request from Jupiter about Turnus?
    That he be allowed to escape the battle and live
  • How does Juno provoke Turnus in Book 10?
    By making a phantom of Aeneas to taunt him
  • How did Juno help Turnus escape?
    By sending the phantom Aeneas into a ship, having Turnus chase it down and sending the ship away from the moor
  • Who defends Mezentius from Aeneas?
    Lausus
  • Who was Lausus
    Mezentius's son
  • Who kills Mezentius?
    Aeneas
  • What does Mezentius request from Aeneas before he dies?
    That he be buried with his son
  • What terrible act does Aeneas do in Book 10?
    He sacrifices four men to Pallas's spirit. This would have shocked the Roman audience