key names myth and religion Flashcards
name of the rich person who funds city dionysia
archron
huge sacrifice which is the killing of a hundred oxen
hetacomb
huge party at city dionysia
komos
fake penises at the komos
phallus
jar of oil for great panathenaria
amphorae
athenas breastplate
aegis
hermes/mercuies staff
caducies
hill where rom set up rome/ place of lupercalia
paletine hill
first place a roman meeting was held
forum
name of the god of wolves and fertility
lupercus
disease dead bodies have
miasma
greek holiday for the dead
genesia- public event for the dead with vases at graves
two roman holidays for the dead
- partenturnailia was nine days of family affair in feb of grief and gifts as well as a one day public event
- lemuria- in may, it was romsway of apologising to rem, this again is private for families but was more for warding off spirits the lemurs
greek funeral procession
ekphora
greek event where the body was laid out
prosphesis- women tore hair and screamed and families viewed it
fire vulcan son fought by hercules
cacus
river god fought by hercules
achelous
hercules 8 task horse owner
diomedes
hercules mum
aclheme
hercules step dad
amphitryon
river monster hercules kills and he dies by
nessus
hercules wife at timeof dead
deianira
oracle hercules goes to
oracle of delphi
king/ cousin hercules completes labours for
eurystheus
king who makes hercules clean the stables
augeus
hill hercules kills cecus on
aventine hill
small room for status/ emporarer and place of donation
cella/ naos
greek pirest
hiera
greek entrail reader
maentis
roman priest who read the entrails
haruspex
thesueses gf fling when going to crete
ariadne
cliff bandit name
sciron
bed bandit name
procrustes
club man name
periphetes
pig theseus fights
crommynian sow
theseuses father
aegus
aegus advisor
medea
heaven in myth
elysium
middle ground bet heaven and hell in myth
asophel fields
hell in myth
tartarus
people next to rome whos women rom kidnapped
latines and SABINES
numitors jealous brother
amalius
grandfather of rom and rem
numitor
who saw more birds
rom saw 12 rem saw 6 first
first founder of rome
anaes trojan prince who jourenyed with his home gods and people to form latvinius
woman anaes has a love affair with
dido
didos land
cathage
anaes son
ascanius
land set up by ascanius
alba longa
Hills of rom and rem
Aventine and paletine