Mythology Flashcards
What did Saturn do?
Devour his children
Who were Saturn and Cybeles children?
Iuppiter, Juno, Neptune, Vesta, Ceres
Who destroyed the Titans?
Iuppiter
What is Atlas condemned to do?
Hold up the earth on his shoulders
What group of 12 Elder Gods came before the Roman Gods?
Titans
What happened to the Titans?
They were imprisoned in Tartarus
How many labors did Hercules do?
12
Phaeton was the son of which God?
Apollo
Romulus and Remus were raised by what animal?
A female wolf
Catullus’ poetry primarily focuses on what conceptual lifestyle?
Epicurean
Aeneas meets Dido in which African city?
Carthage
Which Demigod did Echo fall in love with?
Narcissus
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was modeled after what Roman myth?
Pyramus and Thisbe
As punishment for bragging about her weaving skills, Minerva turned Arachne into what creature?
A spider
What does Minerva advise Cadmus to sow in the ground in order to create the race of men that would found the city of Thebes?
Dragons teeth