key names myth and religion Flashcards

1
Q

name of the rich person who funds city dionysia

A

archron

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2
Q

huge sacrifice which is the killing of a hundred oxen

A

hetacomb

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3
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huge party at city dionysia

A

komos

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4
Q

fake penises at the komos

A

phallus

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5
Q

jar of oil for great panathenaria

A

amphorae

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6
Q

athenas breastplate

A

aegis

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7
Q

hermes/mercuies staff

A

caducies

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8
Q

hill where rom set up rome/ place of lupercalia

A

paletine hill

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9
Q

first place a roman meeting was held

A

forum

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10
Q

name of the god of wolves and fertility

A

lupercus

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11
Q

disease dead bodies have

A

miasma

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12
Q

greek holiday for the dead

A

genesia- public event for the dead with vases at graves

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13
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two roman holidays for the dead

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  • 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
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14
Q

greek funeral procession

A

ekphora

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15
Q

greek event where the body was laid out

A

prosphesis- women tore hair and screamed and families viewed it

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16
Q

fire vulcan son fought by hercules

A

cacus

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17
Q

river god fought by hercules

A

achelous

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18
Q

hercules 8 task horse owner

A

diomedes

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19
Q

hercules mum

A

aclheme

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20
Q

hercules step dad

A

amphitryon

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21
Q

river monster hercules kills and he dies by

A

nessus

22
Q

hercules wife at timeof dead

A

deianira

23
Q

oracle hercules goes to

A

oracle of delphi

24
Q

king/ cousin hercules completes labours for

A

eurystheus

25
Q

king who makes hercules clean the stables

A

augeus

26
Q

hill hercules kills cecus on

A

aventine hill

27
Q

small room for status/ emporarer and place of donation

A

cella/ naos

28
Q

greek pirest

A

hiera

29
Q

greek entrail reader

A

maentis

30
Q

roman priest who read the entrails

A

haruspex

31
Q

thesueses gf fling when going to crete

A

ariadne

32
Q

cliff bandit name

A

sciron

33
Q

bed bandit name

A

procrustes

34
Q

club man name

A

periphetes

35
Q

pig theseus fights

A

crommynian sow

36
Q

theseuses father

A

aegus

37
Q

aegus advisor

A

medea

38
Q

heaven in myth

A

elysium

39
Q

middle ground bet heaven and hell in myth

A

asophel fields

40
Q

hell in myth

A

tartarus

41
Q

people next to rome whos women rom kidnapped

A

latines and SABINES

42
Q

numitors jealous brother

A

amalius

43
Q

grandfather of rom and rem

A

numitor

44
Q

who saw more birds

A

rom saw 12 rem saw 6 first

45
Q

first founder of rome

A

anaes trojan prince who jourenyed with his home gods and people to form latvinius

46
Q

woman anaes has a love affair with

A

dido

47
Q

didos land

A

cathage

48
Q

anaes son

A

ascanius

49
Q

land set up by ascanius

A

alba longa

50
Q

Hills of rom and rem

A

Aventine and paletine