MEZENTIUS - Tyrant who ruled the Etruscans. Killed by Aeneas.

MINERVA - Jupiter's daughter. Roman goddess of the arts.

MISENUS - Comrade of Aeneas who was drowned and must be buried before Aeneas can descend to underworld.

MUSES - Nine goddesses of poetry, music, and the arts.

NAUTES - Old Trojan sailor who gives Aeneas good advice in Book V.

NEOPTOLEMUS - Another name of Pyrrhus.

NEPTUNE - God of the sea.

NEREIDS - Sea nymphs.

NISUS - Young Trojan who is a loyal friend to Euryalus.

NUMA - Second king of early Rome.

NYMPHS - Minor deities.

OCTAVIAN - Augustus' family name and the name he used before he was given the title Augustus.

ODYSSEUS - Greek name for Ulysses.

OLYMPUS - Mountain in northern Greece where the gods supposedly lived.

ORPHEUS - A poet and musician who visited the underworld to try to resurrect his wife.

PALINURUS - Aeneas' pilot who falls overboard just before the Trojans reach Italy.

PALLANTEUM - Evander's city in Italy and the site of Rome.

PALLAS - Evander's son, who is killed by Turnus.

PANTHUS - Trojan priest who brings Trojan gods to Aeneas when Troy falls.

PARIS - Trojan prince whose affair with Helen causes the Trojan War.

PASIPHAE - Wife of Minos and queen of Crete who fell in love with a bull and gave birth to the minotaur.

PENATES - Protecting gods of the household, which Aeneas carries out of Troy.

PERGAMA - Another name for Troy.

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