Book 12 Truce and Duel

• How does Turnus plan to settle the war?

  By having a one on one duel with Aeneas. Whoever won would be allowed to marry Lavinia
• What is revealed about Turnus's sister in Book 12?

  That she was a goddess of lakes and rivers
• Why does Juno decide not to help Turnus in the coming battle?

  She realises he is fated to die
• What does Aeneas say will happen if he defeats Turnus?

  The Latins and the Trojans will be permanently allied and the Trojans would build a city, which Lavinia would give her name
• Who does Juturna disguise herself as in Book 12?

  Camers
• Which omen does Juturna summon?

  An eagle killing a swan
• Which Rutulian rallies the others to fight?

  Tolumnius
• What does Aeneas do while the Trojans and Latins are fighting?

  He tries to make them stop and reminds them of the treaty
• Which god does Virgil compare Turnus to?

  Mars
• What does Venus give to Aeneas to heal him?

  Dittany
• Which god helps Aeneas defeat his enemies in Book 12?

  Mars
• What does Amata do when she sees the approaching Trojan army?

  She kills herself in a fit of madness
• What does Turnus do when Aeneas breaks his sword?

  Runs away
• What happens to Aeneas's spear?

  It becomes embedded in a sacred tree
• Who gets Aeneas's spear out of the tree?

  Venus
• What does Jupiter tell Juno to do?

  To stop interfering with the Trojans
• What does Jupiter send to Turnus?

  A daughter of Night, disguised as a bird, to attack him
• What does Turnus request from Aeneas?

  That he gives his body to his father
• Why does Aeneas decide to kill Turnus?

  Because he was wearing Pallas's belt
• How does Virgil criticise Augustus in Book 12?

  Aeneas not being able to pull his spear out from the tree
• How does Aeneas fail the Roman mission in Book 12?

  He kills Turnus after he begs for mercy. Virgil may have chosen this ending to subtly criticise Augustus by suggesting that he will never truly fulfil the Roman mission