ch9-10 culture Flashcards
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virgil
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the greatest of all roman poets; wrote the aeneid
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aeneid
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virgil’s greatest poem (about aeneas); tells how he escaped the ruins of troy and traveled to italy to found rome
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aeneas
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son of venus and trojan anchises; hero of duty; founded the roman nation
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arma virumque cano
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the first three words of the aeneid: “i sing of arms and the man” introduces us to the story; “arm” brings to mind the iliad, and “man” brings to mind the odyssey
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pietas
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sense of duty
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odysseus
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inventive, clever hero of the odyssey; tricks the cyclops (polyphemus) to escape him
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polyphemus
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