Read the following translation to answer the comprehension questions below.
Book Three
Troiani cum suis deis, Laribus et Penatibus*, de oppido, Troia, navigaverunt. "Novam Troiam" petere iussi erant. Primo ad Thraciam* navigaverunt. Polydorus, Troianus, qui (who) a Graecis interfectus erat, ex tumulo (grave) vocavit. "Thracia* non est locus novi oppidi Troianae Aeneadae (of the Trojan followers of Aeneas) ". In insula Delos*, oraculum (the oracle, nom. sing.) dixit, "Petite antiquam matrem (mother, acc.)." Anchises (nom., sing.) in memoria tenuit, "Teucer *, progenitor Troianus, a Creta* navigavit. Creta erit nostra patria". Sed post Troiani annum malorum in insula Creta in oppido Pergamo* sustinuerunt (endured, perfect tense), Lares* in somno ad Aeneam venerunt. "Creta non est vestra patria. Est patria — nomine (by the name) Hesperia* aut Italia. Erat patria Dardani * (gen. sing.), progenitoris (gen. sing.) Troianorum. Vestra patria ibi est."
Magnus ventus navigia Troiana ad terram Harpyiarum* iecit. Celaeno* etiam Italiam "Novam Troiam" vocavit. Ad (near) Actium Helenus*, filius regis (king, gen. sing.) Priami*, habitabat. Helenus erat augur* et dixit, "Vestra terra est Ausonia*. Sed primum circum Siciliam navigate et tum ad Cumam procedite. In illa (that) terra suem (pig) albam cum triginta (30) porcellis (piglets) invenietis. Ibi erit vestra Nova Troia.
*Lares and Penates — Roman household gods
*Thrace — a region between the Black and Aegean Seas to the east of Macedonia
*Polydorus — youngest Trojan prince; King Priam sent him and a shipment of gold from Troy to Thrace to be protected until the end of the war. When he realized the Trojans were losing, the Thracian King killed Polydorus for the gold.
*Delos — a small island in the Cyclades, the birthplace of Apollo
*Teucer — Ancestor and king of the Trojans, who are also called the Teucri. He was the father-in-law of Dardanus.
*progenitor — (Look up this word in an English dictionary.)
*Creta — Crete, an island in the Mediterranean
*Pergamus — This was the name of the Trojans’ town in Crete.
*Hesperia — land of the west, another name for Italy
*Dardanus — son of Zeus and Electra. He sailed from Samothrace to Troas in a raft made of hides. Once he arrived there, he founded the city of Dardania, the later, ill-fated city of Troy.
*Actium — a harbor in western Greece, where another Trojan prince settled.
*Harpies — mythological creatures with heads of women and bodies of birds
*Celaeno — queen of the Harpies, who could predict the future
*Augur — a priest who interprets omens
*Ausonia — still another name for Italy
 
Points: 1-14 each 5 points; 15 worth 30 points.

1.With what did the Trojans sail from Troy?

2.What were they looking for?

3.On their first stop, who spoke to them from the grave?

4.Translate literally his message to the Trojans.

5.On their second stop in Delos, the command was ________ (literal translation)

6.Anchises, Aeneas’ father, thought the command meant to go to ________

7.How long did they spend there?

8.They were then directed by the Lares to sail for _________

9.Who had come from there and what was his connection to the Trojans?

10. Before arriving at their destination, they ended up in the land of the ________.

11.Their leader Celaeno confirmed their destination
a.Verum
b.Falsum

12. Italia, Hesperia, Nova Troia and Ausonia are all the same place for the Trojans.
a.verum
b.falsum

13.What would be the sign that they had reached the foretold land?

14. Which is not a word for Italy?
a. Hesperia
b. Ausonia
c. Italia
d. Thracia

15. Matching (5 points each) (please write them out; don’t just put numbers and letters)
1. Anchises a. locus oraculi
2. Helenusb. locus Heleni
3. Delosc. filius Regis Priami
4. Teucerd. pater Aeneae
5. Actiume. progenitor ex Creta
6. Pergamus f. oppidum in Creta

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And if at school they gave you this as homework, you better do it by yourself, or you’ll never learn Latin….