Latin - Roman Life Flashcards
Where did the gods live?
On Mt Olympus
Jupiter/Zeus
Kings of the gods
Neptune/poseidon
God of the sea
Pluto/hades
God of the underworld
Juno/hera
Queen of the gods. Queen of marrage
Venus/aphrodite
Goddess of love
Apollo/apollo
God of music, prophecy, music, archery and disease
Mars/ares
God of war
Diana/artemis
Goddess of hunting, childbirth, and young women
Minerva/athena
Goddess of wisdom, weaving and war
Ceres/ Demeter
Goddess of agriculture
Bacchus/Dionysus
God of win, fertility and frenzy
Vulcan/ Hephaestus
The blacksmith god of fire
Mercury/ Hermes
The messenger of the gods and the Godoy travellers and theives
Vesta / Hestia
Goddess of the hearth and home
What do Roman stories help us to understand?
Things which the Romans were worried about and things that were important to them. Roman attitudes to family, gender and power
Jupiter kings of the gods story
Weapon : thunderbolt
Dad : Saturn king of the titans - swallowed his children
Jupiter grew up in secret so he couldn’t be eaten by Saturn. His mother tricked S into drinking a potion that made him vomit up the kids. Together they defeated Saturn
