1. The battle of Actium is where Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The battle occurred in the city called Actium. The reason it is significant now is because the battle occur after Aeneas's time.
2. Andromache saw Aeneas at Hector's tomb. Andromache was pouring libations onto her husband's tomb when Aeneas saw her. Lines 364- (Andromache) implored Hector's shade to visit his tomb. Line 363- tipping wine to her husband's ashes.
3. They are both slaves. Line 393- he turned me over to Helenus, slave to slave.
4. Orestes killed Pyrrhus, so part of Pyrrhus's kingdom was passed to Helenus. Line 397- At Pyrrhus's death, part of his kingdom passed to Helenus.
5. The sign will be a snow white sow with 30 snow white piglets under the oaks along the bank of a river. Lines 464-465- A snow-white mother with snow0white young at her dugs: that will be the place to found your city.
6. Aeneas looses his father. Line 819- Here, after all the blows of sea and storm I lost my father.
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