Lecture 11 - Aeneas and Roman Mythology Flashcards
Religio
Anything that has to do with human relationships with divine power
Janus
God of beginnings and doorways
Robigo
God of rust and mold
Genius
A spirit of ones family that is associated with men
Lares
Spirits of ancestors
Vesta
Hestia, goddess of the hearth
Sacrificium
Give up something that is human property (a cow for example) to a god
Haruspicia
Opening up a sacrificial animal and look around at how things are shaped and coloured
Divinatio
Trying to figure out the will of a divinity
Syncretism
When gods or spirits are fused together or associated
Evocatio
To evoque something
Eponymous
when you tribute a certain object, place, idea, person to another object, place, or idea or person
The __________ are ancestral spirits in Roman religion.
Lares
Who is said to have founded Rome?
King Romulus
Livy’s full name
T. Livius Patavinus
Anchises tells his son, Aeneas, that Rome is destined to
Rule the nations with sovereign authority
Which is the evil brother? Numitor or Amulius?
Amulius
Aeneas’ most important trait is his __________.
Dutifulness
Who raped Lucretia ?
Tarquinius
What did Lucretia do to make justice?
Killed herself after making men promise to avenge her death
Which Roman stuck their arm in the fire to prove a point to a foreign king?
Gaius Mucius
Who does Aeneas visit in the underworld?
Anchises, his father
Flora
goddess of flowers or plants
Disciplina
goddess of discipline
