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31 Cards in this Set
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Aeneas
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Protagonist of the Aeneid
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Achates
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Friend of Aeneas
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Creusa
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Aeneas's dead wife
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Ascanius
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Son of Aeneas, destined to rule Italy
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Dido
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Queen of Carthage, killed self over Aeneas's departure
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Iarbas
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African cheif, wants to marry Dido
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Anna
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Sister of Dido, encourages her to marry Aeneas
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Illonieus
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Messenger of the Trojans, secondary leader
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Juno
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Antagonist, Goddess
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Venus
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Aeneas's mother, Goddess
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Cupid
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Venus's son, messenger
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Jupiter
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King of the Gods
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Sychaeus
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Husbund of Dido, murdered.
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Pygmalion
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Killer of Sychaeus
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Laocoon
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Priest, necessary sacrafice, killed by the Serpents, Bull imagery
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Sinon
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Tricks the Trojans to take the horse into the city
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Priam
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King of Troy, killed by Pyrhus
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Hecuba
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Priams wife
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Pyrhus/Neopltolomus
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Son of Achilles,
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Polites
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Son of Priam, killed on alter
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Helenus
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Son of Priam, tells Aeneas of destiny
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Celaeno
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Queen of the Harpies
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Mercury
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Messenger of the Gods
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Anchises
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Father of Aeneas, dies on Sicily, goes to the Elysium
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Palinurus
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Steersman, falls of the boat
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Deiphobus
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Paris, chooses Venus in buety contest
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Pallenteum
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City of Evander
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Vulcan
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God of the Forge, makes Aeneas's shield
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Evander
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Ruler of city, joins Aeneas's side
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Sibyl
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Priestess of Apollo
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Hercules
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Hero who Aeneas is compared to. Worshiped by Evander
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