Test 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
cosmologists
study the large scale properties of the universe as a whole; use scientific method to understand origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of universe; beliefs based on mythological, religious, and esoteric literature and traditions of creation
sophists
orators, public speakers, mouths for hire in oral culture; skilled in rhetoric; promoted ideas of relativism and subjectivism
Euthyphro
religious expert; attempted to define piety or holiness; attempts to lay manslaughter charges against his father; socrates wants to learn from him to help in his own trial
Socrates’ daimon
a voice that socrates heard from the gods or an angel; his daimon relates the will of god; told him when not to do something
gadfly
person who upsets the status quo; poses upsetting or novel questions; used to describe socrates relationship of uncomfortable goad to the athenian political scene
Theory of Recollection
all learning is recollection; can be reminded of one thing by being made conscious of another thing; talked about in phaedo; inquiry is either unnecessary or impossible
pietas
sense of duty and obligation to family; religious behavior; devotion; chief virtues among ancient romans
Romulus
rhea conceived him and remus by god mars; amulius had them abandoned to die in tiber river but nursed by a wolf; grew up to found Rome; created its first legions and senate
Augustus
founder of roman empire and first emperor; caesar’s will named him his adopted son and heir; restored outward facade of the free republic
Etruscans
the people of ancient italy in the areas corresponding to tuscany, umbria, and lazio; indigenous population; influenced roman culture
Brutus
politician of late roman republic; leading role in assassination of caesar; settled in crete
Lucretia
raped by etruscan king’s son; committed suicide’ both immediate causes of the revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established the roman republic
Carthage
juno’s favorite city; dido is the queen of the city; enemy to rome; founded by refugees from tyre
Julius Caesar
amass power over rome through populist tactics; assumed control of roman government; assassinated by group of rebellious senators
Juno
roman goddess of marriage and queen of the gods; greek equivalent is hera; patron goddess of rome and roman empire; tried to keep aeneus from reaching rome
Jupiter
roman god of sky and thunder; greek equivalent is zeus; chief deity of roman state religion
Neptune
god of freshwater and sea; greek equivalent is poseidon; worshipped by romans also as god of horses
Venus
roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity, and desire; mother of aeneas; greek equivalent to aphrodite
Amor/Cupid
disguises himself as lulus, aeneas’ son; beguiles dido to fall in love with aeneas; embodied desire