Latin - Roman Life

Question 1

Where did the gods live?

Answer 1

On Mt Olympus

Question 2

Jupiter/Zeus

Answer 2

Kings of the gods

Question 3

Neptune/poseidon

Answer 3

God of the sea

Question 4

Pluto/hades

Answer 4

God of the underworld

Question 5

Juno/hera

Answer 5

Queen of the gods. Queen of marrage

Question 6

Venus/aphrodite

Answer 6

Goddess of love

Question 7

Apollo/apollo

Answer 7

God of music, prophecy, music, archery and disease

Question 8

Mars/ares

Answer 8

God of war

Question 9

Diana/artemis

Answer 9

Goddess of hunting, childbirth, and young women

Question 10

Minerva/athena

Answer 10

Goddess of wisdom, weaving and war

Question 11

Ceres/ Demeter

Answer 11

Goddess of agriculture

Question 12

Bacchus/Dionysus

Answer 12

God of win, fertility and frenzy

Question 13

Vulcan/ Hephaestus

Answer 13

The blacksmith god of fire

Question 14

Mercury/ Hermes

Answer 14

The messenger of the gods and the Godoy travellers and theives

Question 15

Vesta / Hestia

Answer 15

Goddess of the hearth and home

Question 16

What do Roman stories help us to understand?

Answer 16

Things which the Romans were worried about and things that were important to them. Roman attitudes to family, gender and power

Question 17

Jupiter kings of the gods story

Answer 17

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