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Euboea
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aegean island off the coast of Boeotia. Cumae the home of the Sibyll is described as "Euboicus
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Cumae
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ancient city where off coastal campania. Where the Sibyll is located
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Sibyl
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oracular priestess of Apollo, one at Cumae known as Deiphobe
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Delos
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Aegean island birthplace of Diana and Apollo, the Sibyll of Apollo is the "Delian prophetess"
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Trivia
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epithet of Diana, because she has three numina, hecate, the goddess of the underworld,
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Daedalus
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Athenian inventor called by king minos to make the labyrinthe at Cnossus
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Arctos
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The great bear, constellations near the north pole
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Chalcidicus
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"of Calchis" a city of Euboea
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Androgeos
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son of Minos, whose murder by Athenians prompted MInos to demand the sacrifice of seven boys and girs to Crete for the Minotaur. Aneeas sees this story on the side of the doors of Apollo's temple
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Cecropides
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descendants of Cecrops, fritst king of Athens
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Cnossus
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chief city of crete during the reign of Minos. Cretan side of the door referred to as the "cnosia tellus"
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Pasiphae
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daughter of Helios, wife of Minos, mother of Phaedra. Ariadneand the Minotaur Venus, angered at Pasiphae had driven her to love a bull. Aeneas sees Pasiphae's story on cretan side of the door of Apollo's temple
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Minotaurus
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monstrous half man half beast offspring of Pasiphae, Aneas sees the story depicted on the Cretan side of the doors of Apollo's temple
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Ariadne
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daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, fallen in love with Theseus. With help of Daedalus helps Theseus escape the labyrinthe having killed the Minotaur, but he then abandons her. similar to Aeneas abandoning Dido
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Icarus
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son of Daedalus, as they escape Crete on wings, but he flies too close to the sun. HE is lamented when it says he could have been part of the building of the walls built by his father
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Deiphobe
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the sibyll prophetess at Cumaeof Apollo
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Glaucus
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father of Deiphobe, the sibyll at Cumae
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Massylians
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tribe of north africa, used as an allusion to Aeneas' sojourn in Carthage
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Ludi Apollinares
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games instituted in honor of Apollo during the second punic war. Aenas says that his people will dedicate festive days to Apollo referring to these games
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Hecate
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goddess of the darkness one numina of Diana, she has placed the Sibyll in charge of Avernus
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Avernus
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a lake near Cumae legendary entrance to underworld
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Orpheus
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Legendary Thracian singer who journeyed to the underworld to get his wife Eurydice, failed, Aneas cites this as precedent for his argument to go
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Pollux
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son of Tydareus and Leda, twin brother of Castor, he was immortal, castor was not, Pollux arragned to split time in the living world with his brother, cited by Aeneas as precedent for him going to underworld
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Theseus
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Athenian hero, defeated the Minotaur, ditched Ariadne, visited underworld to try and get Proserpina with his frien Perithoos, friend kept captured he is set free by Hercules Aeneas cites this as more precedent for him going to underworld
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Perithoos
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king of Lapiths, wife seized by centaurs, tries to take Helen, fails, goes down to the underworld to get Proserpina, fails ends up in chir of forgetfulness
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Alcides
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Hercules, visited underworld in order to capture Cerebrus, releases theseus from chair of forgetfulness, Aeneas cites him as precedent for going to underworld
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Misenus
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son of Aeolus, famed trumpeter Aeneas has to bury him before he can proceed to underworld, after after he is struck down by gods for challenging them as trumpeter
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Triton
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sea god famous for playing conch shell, Misenus challenges him him and is struck down by the gods for it Aeneas has to bury him before going to underworld
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Mt Marpessius
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mountain of Paros, Cyclades island famous for its marble, Dido is compared to Marpessian rock, since she is cold and immovable as marble
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Acheron
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underworld river of woe
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Cocytus
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underworld river of lamentation
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Phlegethon
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underworld river of fire
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Styx
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underworld river of unbrea
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Lethe
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underworld river of forgetfulness
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Cerebrus
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three headed dog guard of underworld hercules captures him as one of his labors
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Erinys
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the furies, Tisiphone, Megaera, alecto, all sisters, inhabit the underworld
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Marcellus the elder
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hero of second punic war, winner of the spolia opima for defeating a Gallic general. Anchises points him out in the Elysian fields, he is accompanied by Marcellus the younger
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Tiberinus
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god of the Tiber, Anchises adresses him in reference to the fact that the Tiber would have to flow past the burial place of Marcellus
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Marcellus the younger
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descendant of Marcellus the elder, son of Augustus' sister Octavia, heir to Augustus, dies prematurely and is greatly lamented by all of Rome, Anchises points him out as wasted otential for Rome in the Elysian fields
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Somnus
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sleep, son of night (nox) twin brother of Death (mors) father of dreams (somnia)
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Caieta
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seaport on the coast near the border of Latium and Campania, according to legend the name for Aeneas' nurse, just as coastal sites were also said to be named for Aeneas helmsman Palinurus and his comrade Misenus. One of the last images in book 6 is Aeneas and is fleet heading for Caieta
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Charon
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ferryman of river styx, does not allow people to cross without prper burial and the fee on the eyes. allow aeneas to cross with golden bough though
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Leucaspis and Orontes
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Leu, trojan lost at sea, orontes wa a Lycian lost at sea, Aeneas sees both of these men, having not been buried trying to cross the river styx where they will have to wander for 100 years
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Palinurus
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helmsman of Aeneas ship falls asleep and slips off the boat so that he dies without burial and is seen wandering around the river styx when Aeneas arrives, he did find land when he fell off ship but was killed by the inhabitants
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Deiphobus
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son of priam and Hecuba beame leader of trojan army after HEctor's death, after paris' death became husband of Helen, betrayed to Menelaus by her and killed, Aeneas sees him as a shade in underworld
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Rhoetum
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promontory near troy. Aeneas said that he built a burial mound on the shore of Rhoetum
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Berecyntus
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mountain in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, great mother of the gods. Anchises uses a simile comparing the offspring of Rome to the offspring of Cybele, whome he refers to as "berecyntia mater"
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Gramantas and Indos
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Germantaes, african tribe the inhabitants of Inda. Anchises says that Augustus Caesar will extend his power beyond these tribes
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Erymanthus and Lerna
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Hercules killed the wild boar of Erymanthus and the hydra of Lerna Anchises says that Augustus Caesear will traverse more land than Hercules did in slaying these two creatures
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Liber
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Liber is Bacchus. Anchises says that Augustus caesar will traverse more land than Bacchus
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Nysa
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mountain in Inda and the fabled birthplace of Bacchus. Bacchus is pictured in book 6 as drivingtigers from peak of Nysa
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Brutus
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responsible for the expulsion of Tarquinius superbus and was one of the first two consuls in 509 bc also responsible for executing two of his sons and for plotting to restore the tarquins to ower. Anchises seaks of brutus to aeneas portrayin him with the fasces and the savae axes and also referencing the fact that that he put his sons to death
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Gracchi
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segment of family fought in punic war
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Tiberius sempronius gracchus
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twice consul hero in second punic war
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scipiadas
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son of scipio major defeated hannibal at zama, minor involved in destruction of carthage during third punic war
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fabricius
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called to serve his country, poor yet still powerful
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serranus
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called to serve his country, gerneal in first punic war, fought against hnannibal's father
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fabius cunctator
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delayer
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musaeus
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musaeus is an epic poet who tells aeneas and the siby where to find anchises, vergil glorifies poetry through musaeus
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cnossus
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slew the king of the veii, toluminiussecond person to obtain soia opima
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