UNIT 3: Stages 5-6 Myths & Culture Flashcards
1
Q
Three names given to a freedman
A
Praenomen + Nomen = same as former master
Cognomen = Slave’s original name
1
Q
The act of freeing a slave
A
Manumission
2
Q
Two humans who survived the flood and threw the “bones” of their “mother” to repopulate the earth
A
Deucalion and Pyrrha
3
Q
Meaning of “Prometheus”
A
Forethought
4
Q
Meaning of “Epimetheus”
A
Afterthought
5
Q
Prometheus
A
Titan who made human beings, stole fire from Zeus to return it to people,
6
Q
First mortal woman
A
Pandora
7
Q
God who made Pandora from mud
A
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
8
Q
Meaning of “Pandora”
A
All gifts
9
Q
Goddess who was the mother of Achilles, destined to become greater than his father
A
Thetis
10
Q
Killed the eagle that was tormenting Prometheus
A
Hercules (Heracles)
