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CP Test 2
Hellenistic, Aeneid, Rome, Confessions, Irish, Islam, Teeth
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Undergraduate 1
10/28/2012

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Juno
Definition

The divine antagonist of The Aeneid

Queen of Gods

hates trojans

patron of carthage

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Aeneas
Definition

Protagonist of the Aeneid

survivor of the seige of Troy

fearsom warrior

compassionate and motivational

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Piety
Definition
respect for the will of the Gods
Term
Aeolus
Definition

god of wind

creates bad weather for trojans in book 1

Term

Neptune

 

Definition

God of the sea

calms the storm at beginning of journey

gets Aenea safely home during last leg of journey

Term

Venus

 

Definition

goddess of love

mother of Aeneas 

helps him when juno triens to hurt him.

causes conflict among gods

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Jupiter
Definition

king of gods

force of fate

direncts Aeneas's journey/desiny

controlled 

levelheaded

 

Term
Dido
Definition

queen of carthage

lover of aeneas, strongwilled

a pawn in the God's games

love for Aeneus is her downfall

committs suicide

 

Term

Sychaeus

 

Definition

husband of Dido

murdered by pygmalion (dido's brother)

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Cupid
Definition

son of venus

god of erotic desires

disguises himself as Ascandius (Aeneas's son)

causes Dido to fall in love with Aeneas

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Ascanius
Definition

Aeneas's first son by wife Creusa

symbol of Aeneas's destiny

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Sinon
Definition

greek youth who pretends to be left behind at the end fo the trojan war.

persuades the trojans to bring the wooden horse into Troy

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Hector
Definition

fallen leader of trojan army

appears to Aeneas in a dream telling him to leave troy

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Anchises
Definition

Aeneas's father

symbol of Trojan heritage

shows aeneas his fate while visiting the underworld

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Creusa
Definition

Aeneas's wife in Troy

she is lost and killed as her family tries to escape Troy

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Anna
Definition

Dido's sister

wise consoles and helps Dido

Term
Sibyl
Definition

a priestes that can gain him entrance into Dis

directs him through Dis

Term
Dis
Definition

the underworld in the Aeneid

 

Term
Charon
Definition
ferryman who delivers the Spirits of the dead across the river
Term
Alexander
Definition
successor to his father Philip of Macedon
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Alexander
Definition
planned to conquer the persians and open u pthe East to Greek knowledge
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Alexander
Definition
Conquered Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine and Egypt
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Alexander
Definition
defeated the last army of Darius in Persepolis
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Persepolis
Definition
persian capitol
Term
The three divisions of Alexander's empire
Definition

Antigonus Gonatus

Ptolemy Legus

Seleucas

Term
Alexander
Definition

planted cities and miltary colonies in stategic places

cross pollinating both greek and eastern cultures with one another

Term
a Philhellenic kingdom
Definition
more greek-like and more appreciative of greek culture
Term
Koine
Definition
the combination of Greek wit hlocal dialects 
Term
Mystery cults
Definition

promised life for the soul after death

 

Term
Serapis and Isis
Definition
two of the main mystery cults
Term
Hellenistic Philosophers
Definition
concerned less with reforming society and more with attaining happiness of the individual
Term
Science and Philosophy
Definition
Hellenistic Areas of Culture
Term

Skeptics

Cynics 

Epicureans

Stoics

 

Definition
4 Philosophies of the Hellenistic Age
Term
Skeptics
Definition
group that denied the possibilities of finding truth
Term

Cynics

 

Definition
group that denied the values and conventions of society
Term
Epicureans
Definition
group that believed that man could achieve happiness by freeing his body from pain and mind form fear
Term
Stoics
Definition
group that believed that people could only be happy if they lived in accourdance with nature
Term
Aristarchus
Definition
created the heliocentric theory: sun centered solar system
Term
Euclid
Definition
created the foundations of geometry
Term
Archimedes
Definition
created the founding theory of gravity
Term
Eratosthenes
Definition

created the theory that the earth is a globe

latitude and longitude lines

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Language and Law
Definition
the tow focuses of roman culture
Term
Pietas
Definition
A person's duty as the gods see it
Term
Propoganda
Definition

publishing something for a specific purpos

Virgil's Aeneid was ________

Term
Rome
Definition
The Hellenistic Age prepared the way for _______
Term
Acropolis
Definition
the symbol for anthenian culture
Term
Adoption and adaptation
Definition
The lifestyle of the romans revolved around _______ and _________.
Term
The Republic and the Empire
Definition
Roman history is divided into two periods: ________ and ________.
Term
Virgil
Definition

Creates a history for Rome;

wrote the Aeneid for Augustus

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Cincinnatucus
Definition
himble, ideal of what a pios roman is, lead rome to victory then returned to farm instead of receiving money and fame
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Tarquin
Definition

"the proud"

the last Etrustcan king of Rome

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Romulus and Remus
Definition

founing of rome

(two people)

Term

3 Civil Wars

2 Triumvirates

Definition

Romans Killing Romans

___ # of civil wars

___# of triumvirates

Term
Julio-Claudians
Definition

Augustus

Tiberius

Caligula

Claudius

Nero

Term
Augustus
Definition

perserved the republic

first emporer of Rome

Term
Pontifex Maximus
Definition
most high priest of roman religion
Term

Un-pious

not loyal

unpatriotic

Definition
romans hated christians because they tended to be __________. 
Term

Tiberius

 

Definition

conservative and liked male company; adopted by Augustus

 

Term
Preordained
Definition
because Augustus is not elected, he gets virgil to write an epic to justify his rule, saying that he is ____________.
Term
Caligula
Definition
worst roman emporer
Term
Caligula
Definition
acted as if he was a god in his personal life--married is sister and feared that his children would overtake him.
Term
Claudius
Definition

physically a mess (had a limp, short, twitches, facial deformaties)

 

effective emporer--bright and intelligent

Term
Nero
Definition

emporer that was adopted by Claudius

starts rule at 16

gets tired of being pushed around

kills mother when brought into power

blames christians for the fire of Rome

Term
Flavian
Definition
The second Roman Dynasty
Term
Julio-Claudians
Definition
first roman dynasty
Term
Vespasian
Definition
founder of the Flavian Dynasty
Term
Support the army
Definition
during the Flavian Dynasty, what was the role of the emporer?
Term
Vespasian and two sons
Definition
the Flavian dynasty rulers consisted of _______.
Term
Antonines
Definition
The third roman dynasty
Term
5 Good Emporers
Definition

Nerva

Trajan

Handrian

Antoninus Pius

Marcus Aurelius

Term
5 good emporers
Definition
ruled during the happiest history period
Term
Pax Romana
Definition
The age of relative peace and prosperity
Term
Barrack Empire
Definition
the dynasty that was made and unmade through the army
Term
engineering
Definition

during the Barrack empire, people turned to what profession because they did not want to be in the army?

 

Term
foreigners, but land owners
Definition
the army during the Barrack empire was made up of ________.
Term
Building roads, forts and walls
Definition
the duty of the army during the Barrack empire
Term
Diocletian, Constantine, Theodosius
Definition
The 3 important Roman Rulers
Term
Diocletian
Definition
last systematic persecutor of christians
Term
diocletian
Definition
created mass inflation when he recalled all the money and re-did the system
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diocletian
Definition
divided empire into western and eastern half
Term
Western
Definition
the empire that fell (not as wealthy)
Term
Constantine
Definition
first christian emporer
Term
Constantine
Definition
passes the "edict of milan"
Term
constantine
Definition
legaized christianity
Term
constantine
Definition
built new capital for empire (new Rome)---constantinople
Term
Theodosium
Definition
passes law saying that christianity is the official language
Term
Theodosium
Definition
made christianity the only religion allowed
Term
1453 AD
Definition
What year did the Eastern Empire fall???
Term
Gibbons
Definition
wrote "The history of the decline and fall of the roman empire"
Term
Heresy
Definition

not a true belief; unorthodox

(generally used with christianity)

Term
5 heresies
Definition

Arians

Donatists

Monophysites

Manicheism

Nestorians

Term
Confessions
Definition
Written by St. Augustine
Term
Confessions; Testimony
Definition
In St. Augustine's book, he is telling his _______, not sins. He is also telling his _______.
Term
Extended Prayer
Definition
Book 1 in St. Augustine's confessions is an _____ _______.
Term
What is St. Augustine's argument in book 1?
Definition
he says that he doesn't know god. However, god is everywhere, even in us, so how is it possible that we don't know god?
Term
The Aneid reflects Confessions because: 
Definition

1. Both from North Africa

2. Both flee Rome

3. Letting our passions lead us often gets us into trouble

Term
cherchez la femme
Definition

"look out for the women"

women are often the force behind the scenes

Term
The two times a women is mentioned in Confessions
Definition

1. Mom

2. Un-named girlfriend

Term
Ireland
Definition
what country saved us from a world without books?
Term

Protestant english men 

anglo-saxon protestant americans

Definition
Our history was written by _________ and ______. 
Term
bloodshed
Definition
ireland is unique because it is the only land in which christianity was introduced without _______.
Term
Green Martyrdom
Definition
those who retreated to the woods to study scripture and commune with God
Term
abbot
Definition
stood in the place of christ in Irish culture
Term
heroic hospitality
Definition
they valued the virtue of ______ ________. Monks turned no one away.
Term
Monkish Scribes
Definition
it is due to the ____ _____ that we have early literature
Term
vernacular
Definition
common language of the time
Term
interfacing, intertextual and open
Definition
books were _____, ______, and _______.
Term
Literacy
Definition
the Irish enshrined ______ as their central religious act
Term
Irish Codex
Definition
The results of questions like "why is the sky blue?" were in a book called _____ ______.
Term
Tombs of the Boyne Valley
Definition

Irelands earliest architecture

indecipherable spiral

zigzags and lozenges

Term
Balance and Unbalance
Definition
the theme found in most Irish christian art
Term
codex
Definition
used to signify the difference between a book and a scroll
Term
sheep skin
Definition
Irish book pages were made of what material
Term
Book of Kells
Definition
famous Irish codex
Term
Columcille
Definition
greatest irish figure after Patrick
Term
Columcille
Definition

got caught trying to make a copy of a book

the person accused in the first copyright case in history

Term
White Mardyrdom
Definition
monks that traveled outside of Ireland
Term
Columcille
Definition
the model for warrior monks
Term
Abbots
Definition
urban administrative units
Term
Brigid of kildare
Definition

ruled as high abbess in an imense double monastary

known for hospitality

Term
Scotland
Definition
as the Irish monks began leaving Ireland, the first place that they began appearing was ________.
Term
calfskin
Definition
vellum is _______.
Term
book
Definition
what is a codex?
Term
Kings of Ireland
Definition
Inish Murray and Skellig Michael
Term
Brigid
Definition
This woman figured large in the early christian history of Ireland
Term
made confessions private, between priest and confessor
Definition
one of the changes the Irish brought tot he catholic church was _________.
Term
Green Martyrs
Definition
the _____ ______ were considered ascetic
Term
Rome
Definition
the ultimate pilgrims destination was _____.
Term
Columbanus
Definition

warrior monk that followed in columcille's footsteps

founded forest monastaries

Term
Arians
Definition
believed that jesus was not divine becasue he became man
Term
monophysites
Definition
believed that god did not have a duel nature---just God
Term
Donatists
Definition
believed that a church should be made up of only the good
Term
Manicheism
Definition
believed that the world was either good and evil---satan was one power and god was the other
Term
Nestorianism
Definition
struggled with jesus being two parts: human and divine being
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