Saevae Iūnōnis Īra
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Vergil begins with arms and a man: Aeneas, exiled by fate from burning Troy, tossed on land and sea by the power of the gods because of the unforgetting anger of savage Juno. Before Rome can be founded he must suffer much in war.
Why is the queen of the gods so angry? She loves Carthage above all cities, and she has heard that a race born of Trojan blood will one day overthrow it. Solve seven puzzles from the opening of the Aeneid, and one last word tells you what all this labour was for.
Crossword — Juno, Troy and Carthage, from the opening lines of the poem.
Anagrams — unscramble seven words from the proem and Juno's grievances.
Cipher — decode a message in Latin, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — nine forms of the irregular verb ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum, active and passive.
Picture Count — reassemble Carthage under Juno's cloud, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the word that doesn't belong in each row to build the story, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself. Spelling and capitals are forgiving, and macrons are never needed.
Nineteen words from the opening of the Aeneid. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Four cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the four red letters:
Seven words from the proem and from Juno's grievances. Unscramble each one.
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The password was:
Tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem: so great a labour it was to found the Roman race. The proem ends on that word, and the rest of the poem is the price of it.