1. Aeneas and Italy Aim: to understand the importance of Aeneas in more detail 1)Who won the beauty contest? 2)Where did the Gods (Greek) live? 3)Trojans come from… 4)Dido was Queen of… 5)Aeneas met Sybil in… 6)Who spoke to Aeneas in the underworld ? (name) 7)What was his relationship to Aeneas 8) What is the river that flows through Rome? 9) Name 2 tribes that lived near the Tiber? 10) Which Goddess kept helping Aeneas? 11) Who was Quirinus? 12) What does Aeneas learn in the underworld? 13) Which famous Greek author is Virgil writing like?

2. Answers- Swap Papers 1)Venus 2)Mt Olympus 3)Troy 4)Carthage 5)Cumae 6)Anchises 7)Father 8) Tiber 9) Latins, Sabines, Etruscans, Rutulians 10) Venus 11) Romulus (God of Rome) 12) The future of his descendants- The Romans 13) Homer Bonus question- on a scale of 1-10 how much does Virgil/ Anchises ‘big up’ Augustus?

3. Clearing up a few things There are a few things we need to clear up that aren’t exactly clear from the Aeneid. Q. Why did Venus help Aeneas? A. Aeneas is supposedly the son of Venus! (even female gods were at it!) Q. Why did evander tell aeneas about hercules (and why do we care!) A. The story of Hercules was very well known to the Romans as a great hero. Having Evander tell Aeneas the story is making a comparison to Hercules

4. Hercules…

5. Story Time! Read the extract High-light the key names At the side, bullet point the main events (this will be useful later) Also- Underline any issues with Historical accuracy. Make a note at the side about why this is important

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7. Mark Scheme