AMSCO Lesson 78 - Famous People and Myths

Question 1

Trojan leader and ancestor of the Romans who displayed devotion

Answer 1

Aeneas

Question 2

Rome’s first consul who ended the monarchy and put his sons to death for treason

Answer 2

Brutus

Question 3

Roman censor known for his devotion to his duty

Answer 3

Cato the Elder

Question 4

Farmer who was called to lead the Roman army; after winning, he returned to his farm

Answer 4

Cincinnatus

Question 5

Mother of the Gracchi brothers and said “These are my jewels”

Answer 5

Cornelia

Question 6

Consul and general that sacrificed himself and allowed Rome to win the battle

Answer 6

Decius Mus

Question 7

Refused the bribe from Pyrrhus the famous Greek general

Answer 7

Fabricius

Question 8

Sons of Cornelia that showed sympathy for the underprivileged as tribunes; were slain for their course of duty

Answer 8

Gracchi brothers

Question 9

Defended the bridge over the Tiber to delay the Etruscan army

Answer 9

Horatius

Question 10

Was ordered to be burnt alive and then stuck his right hand into the fire as an act of defiance; nicknamed “scaevola”(left-handed)

Answer 10

Mucius Scaevola

Question 11

General captured in the 1st Punic War and returned to keep his word even though it would result in death

Answer 11

Regulus

Question 12

Twin brother of Romulus

Answer 12

Remus

Question 13

Founder of Rome

Answer 13

Romulus

Question 14

Aged couple entertained Jupiter and Mercury who were in disguise; were rewarded by the gods

Answer 14

Baucis and Philemon

Question 15

Proseperina was taken by Pluto into the Underworld; Jupiter arranged that she would only stay there for 1/3 of the year with Pluto

Answer 15

Ceres and Proseperina

Question 16

Daedalus made flight using wings with wax; his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and he drowned

Answer 16

Daedalus and Icarus

Question 17

Greek hero who performed the 12 Labors

Answer 17

Hercules

Question 18

1 of 3 Gorgons with claws, wings, and a snake-covered head; beheaded by Perseus and turned anyone that looked into her eyes to stone

Answer 18

Medusa

Question 19

King of Phyrgia that turned anything he touched into gold

Answer 19

Midas

Question 20

Orpheus used the charm of his music to enter the Underworld and retrieve his dead wife named Eurydice; he lost her again after looking back

Answer 20

Orpheus and Eurydice

Question 21

The Greek hero Perseus slayed the sea monster(kraken) that tried to kill Andromeda who was chained to a rock as a sacrifice; Perseus later married her and cut off Medusa’s head

Answer 21

Perseus and Andromeda

Question 22

Famous lovers whose parents would not give consent to their marriage; both lives were ended in tragic death

Answer 22

Pyromus and Thisbe

Question 23

Theseus the Greek hero slayed the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos

Answer 23

Theseus and the Minotaur