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Chapter 23 Flashcards

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Numen/Numina

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nodders; spirits that inhabit objects or serve any function

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Janus

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gate; represented by man with two faces one looking forward and backward; 1st month named after him

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Jupiter

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identical to Zeus; numen of bright sky

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Juno

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numen presiding over women and members of family; Hera; ties with the moon

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Ceres

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numen of wheat; equated with Demeter

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Diana

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roman Artemis; spirit of the wood; associated with women and childbirth

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Mercury

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roman Hermes; “merchandise”

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Vulcan

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identified with Hephaestus; god of volcanic and destructive fire

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Neptune

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numen of water; Poseidon

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Mars

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Ares; protected flocks or primordial god of war; name gives name of March

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Minerva

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numen of handicrafts; Athena

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Faunus

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“kindly one”; numen of unreasoning terror of lonely forest; Pan

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Venus

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numen of fresh water; numen of vegetable fertility and animal and animal fertility

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Hercules

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belongs to earliest foreign cult

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Lares

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spirit of the dead; protect household, streets, cities; doll suspended from each member of family and ball of wool for each slave to substitute sacrifice

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Penates

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protected household things; portable; numina of storehouse

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Vesta

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numen; Hestia; protect home and hearth; served by vestal virgins

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Pietas

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propaganda and other set of duties

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Dido

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queen of Carthage; attempted to hold Aeneas from his goal but he abandoned her

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Iulus

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son of Aeneas; founded Alba Longa

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Romulus

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descendent of Aeneas; born in Alba Longa; founded Rome

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Remus

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descendent of Aeneas; born in Alba Longa; founded Rome; killed by brother Romulus

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Turnus

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king of Rutulians; organized warriors when Aeneas given Lavinia; Aeneas kills him and officially claims Lavinia

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