Roman Gods and Godesses | Aeneid part 1 | Aeneid part 2 | Gods and Goddesses Discusion posts | Potpourri |
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Who is Jupiter?
The patron god of Rome.
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Who is Aeneas?
This is the main character and is destined to be the founder of Rome.
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What is wheat?
The Trojans are told they will eat their own platters when they reach the shores of their promised land. Those platters happen to be made of this material.
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Who is Bacchus?
This god resembles Dionysus and is also a god of wine.
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What is the cyclopes?
This mythological beast is confronted by Odysseus and born of the blood of the father of the titans.
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Who is Juno?
This god tries to keep Aeneas from fulfilling prophecy due to her hatred of Troy.
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Who is Dido?
This is the widowed queen of Carthage.
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What are sea nymphs?
What Jupiter turns the Trojans ships into to save them from being burned.
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Who is Flora?
The goddess of flowers and spring according to Roman myth.
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What is the Minotaur?
This mythological beast is born of a woman and a cow. It is banished to a labyrinth.
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Who is Diana?
This goddess presides over the moon, the lower class and the poor.
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Who is Virgil?
The author of the Aeneid.
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What is bravery?
This and honor are valued by Roman culture.
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Who is Carmenta?
This is a goddess of childbirth, prophecy, and technology.
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Who Daedalus?
Was banished to a tower for his part in helping create the Minotaur.
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Who is Mercury?
This god carries the caduceus, a staff that is now used as symbol in the medical field.
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What is Crete?
An island that the Trojans attempt to settle on, but are forced to leave it due to a plague.
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Who is Vulcan
This god is convinced by Venus to make armor for Aeneas.
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Who is Janus?
This is a god of gates. His was forced open to start a war between Aeneas and Turnus.
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Who is Pluto?
This is the Roman god of the underworld.
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Who is Ceres?
This goddess is generally associated agriculture and motherhood.
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What is nine days?
Like Achilles, Aeneas gives this many days to mourn his fathers death.
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What is his sword belt?
The item Turnus takes from Pallas's body after he kills Pallas.
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Who is Fortuna?
Goddess of fortune and prosperity.
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What is history?
Roman myth tends to focus on this, while Greek myth tends to focus on how gods are reflections of human nature.
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