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Who are the Muses?

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Divinities charged with inspiring mortals in music, art, literature etc.

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Who is Juno?

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Queen of the gods, dislikes anything Trojan.

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Who is Parca and Saturnia?

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The female personification of destiny

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Who is Paris?

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Trojan prince who stole Helen from Menelaus.

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Who is Ganymede?

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A Trojan boy, made Jupiter’s cupbearer.

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Who is Danaus/Danaians?

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Ancester of the Trojans.

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Who is Achilles?

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Greek hero who killed Hector.

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Who is Teucer/Teucreans?

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An ancestor of the Trojans.

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Who is Pallas?

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Alternative name for Minerva / Athena.

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Who are the Argive?

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The Greeks.

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Who is Ajax?

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Punished by Minerva for the rape of Cassandra in her temple.

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Who is Oileus?

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Ajax’s father.

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Who is Jove?

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Alternative name for Jupiter.

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Who is Jupiter?

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King of the Gods and God of the sky.

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Who is Venus?

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Goddess of Love, mother of Aeneas and daughter of Jupiter.

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Who is Aeneas?

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Trojan hero of the story, son of Venus.

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Who are the Troes?

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The Trojans.

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Who is Antenor?

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Trojan hero who settled in Padua.

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Who is Cythera?

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Another name for Venus - the first island she came to after being born in the sea.

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Who are the Rutulians?

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Local tribe resident in Latium who were defeated by Aeneas.

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Who is Ascanius?

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The son of Aeneas.

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Who is Iulus?

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Ascanius’ surname to cement link between Julius Caesar, Augustus and Aeneas.

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Who is Ilus?

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Ascanius’ previous name when Troy still existed.

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Who is Hector?

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A Trojan hero who was killed by Achilles.

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Who is Mars?

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God of war.

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Who is Romulus?

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One of the twins born of Ilia and Mars who was raised by Lupa and founded Rome.

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Who is Mavortia?

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Archaic from of name Mars.

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Who is Assaracus?

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The ruling family of Troy.

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Who is Caesar?

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Could either refer to Julius Caesar or his adopted son Augustus - both were emperors of Rome.

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Who is Trust?

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Trust is personified.

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Who is Vesta?

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Goddess of the Hearth.

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Who is Remus?

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Twin of Romulus.

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Who is Quirinus?

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Another name for Romulus.

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Who is War?

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War is personified.

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Who is Maia?

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The mother of Mercury the messenger of the Gods.

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Who is Dido?

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Queen of Carthage.

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Who are the Punics/Carthaginians?

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Carthaginians - name derived from Greek word for red dye found there.

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Who is Achates?

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Aeneas’ right hand man.

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Who is Harpalyce?

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A famous huntress from Greek mythology.

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Who is Phoebus?

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The god Apollo.

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Who is Agenor?

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A previous King of Tyre.

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Who is Sychaeus?

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Dido’s first husband - a Phoenician.

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Who is Pygmalion?

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The evil brother of Dido.

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What is Byrsa?

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Alternative name for Carthage.

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Who is Vesper?

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The goddess of evening.

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What is Olympus?

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Home of the gods in heaven.

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Who are the Penates?

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Household gods.

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Who is Eurus?

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Greek god of the East wind.

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Who is Atreus?

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Atreus was the father of Greek heros Agamemnon and Menelaus.

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Who is Priam?

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King of Troy.

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Who is Rhesus?

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Greek king who supported Trojans in the Trojan War.

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Who is Diomedes/Tydides?

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Trojan warrior.

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Who is Troilus?

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Trojan prince, killed by Achilles.

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Who is Illiades?

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Trojan women.

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Who are the Achives?

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Alternative word for Greeks.

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Who are the Ethiopians?

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Romans tended to describe all black Africans as Ethiopians.

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Who is Memnon?

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Ethiopian King who fought on the side of the Trojans.

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Who are the Amazons?

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Warrior women, from what we would now call Eastern Europe, fought with Trojans.

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Who is Penthesilea?

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Queen of the Amazons.

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Who is Bellatrix?

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Personification of a warrior woman.

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