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Hercules (roman) Flashcards

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where did Romans inherit their idea about Hercules from?

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the Greeks where he is called Heracles

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Which roman poets write about Hercules?

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Ovid and Virgil

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What did Virgil write about Hercules and in what book.

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He wrote about Hercules and Cacus in the Aeneid

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What poem does Ovid write?

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Metamorphoses

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What did Ovid write about?

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Hercules’ battle with Achelous and Nessus and Hercules’ death

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TRUE OR FALSE
There was a cult for Hercules in roman religion

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True

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Why was the cult of Hercules important in Roman religion?

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because many roman emperors wanted to associate themselves with him

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What story is more closely linked to romans?

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Hercules’ fight with Cacus

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9
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Which labour of Hercules’ did the fight take place in?

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the tenth labour - cattle of Geryon

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when did the fight between Cacus and Hercules take place?

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500 years before the founding of Rome.

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Where was Cacus terrorising the area of?

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the city of Pallentium

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Where was Cacus’ lair?

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on the Aventine hill

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13
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What river was near Cacus’ lair?

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the Tiber river

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14
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Who was Virgil heavily influenced by?

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Homer’s works

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What was Virgil’s aim?

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to tell the story of how the roman race was founded

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Who was Virgil writing for?

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Augustus- the first emperor of Rome

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17
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Who did Augustus claim to be descended from?

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The hero Aeneas

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18
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Who wrote the Aeneid?

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Virgil

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What was the Aeneid filled with?

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symbolism and propaganda

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What did the symbolism and the propaganda in the Aeneid intend to do?

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to make Augustus and his regime look good.

21
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Where does Virgil’s Aeneid start?

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at the end of the trojan war

22
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What did the Aeneid follow?

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the escape and journey of Aeneas and his followers from Troy to Italy

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Who are the two main gods who appear in the Aeneid?

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Juno and Venus

24
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What does Juno do in the Aeneid ?

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she hates the trojans and is constantly trying to kill Aeneas

25
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Who is Venus to Aeneas?

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His mother

26
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What does Venus do in the Aeneid?

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she wants to protect her Aeneas and help him fulfil his destiny to find a new race in Italy

27
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Which tribes does Aeneas have to fight in italy?

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the Latin tribes

28
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Who does Aeneas marry?

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the daughter of king Latinus

29
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Who was the daughter of King Latinus?

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Lavinia

30
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Where does Aeneas become the king of after marrying Lavinia?

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the king of Latium

31
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Who was Aeneas’ son?

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Ascanius

32
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What did Ascanius found?

A

the kingdom of Alba Longa?

33
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What is Aeneas in relation to rome?

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the founder of the roman race

34
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What is Romulus in relation to rome?

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the founder of the city of rome

35
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How does the Aeneid extract begin?

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Aeneas goes to see Evander and Evander tells him how much he admires Aeneas and his father

36
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Who is Aeneas’ father?

A

Anchises

37
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Where is Evander from?

A

greece

38
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TRUE OR FALSE
Aeneas and Evander are not related?

A

False they are both related to Atlas

39
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What does Evander agree to do in the Aeneid?

A

agrees to ally with Aeneas and suggests they go to a festival which celebrated Hercules defeating Cacus

40
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What was Cacus half of?

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He was half human and half monster

41
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Where was Hercules going to when he stopped at Pallentium?

A

Greece

42
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What did Cacus steal from Hercules ?

A

some of his cattle and bulls and hid them in his lair

43
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What did Cacus use to cover up his lair in the Aeneid?

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A large boulder

44
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What does Hercules do to get inside of the lair in the Aeneid?

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he breaks off the roof and then shoots at Cacus with artillery and rocks around

45
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What does Cacus do after Hercules destroys the lair?

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he blows out dark smoke

46
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How does Hercules respond to Cacus’ defence system in the Aeneid?

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he jumps into the smoke and strangles Cacus to death

47
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What happens after Cacus is killed in the Aeneid?

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the cattle are released and this heroic act becomes part of Pallantium’s history, which they celebrate every year

48
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What are the 4 sections that that Ovid’s Metamorphosis is split up into?

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-Achelous wrestles Hercules
-The shirt of Nessus
-The agony of Hercules
-Death and Transformation of Hercules

OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Myth and Religion (20 decks)

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