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Roman Myth Terms
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05/31/2005

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judgement of paris
Definition
Paris chooses between Aphrodite (offers girl), Hera (offers government power), Athena (offers military power) and chooses Aphrodite
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Olympian gods/goddesses
Definition
Greek Roman
Zeus Jupiter
Hera Juno
Hades Pluto
Demeter Ceres
Aphrodite Venus
Athena Minerva
Apollo Apollo
Artemis Diana
Hephaestus Vulcan
Ares Mars
Hestia Vesta
Posiedon Neptune
Hermes/demeter Mercury
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Peleus
Definition
marries Thetis, at wedding Eris throws golden apple to begin fight
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Thetis
Definition
marries Peleus, at wedding Eris throws golden apple to begin fight, Prometheus tells Zeus that Thetis is going to bare a son greater than his father
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Achilles
Definition
son of Peleus and Thetis, Trojan War Hero
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Agamemnon
Definition
Son of Atreus, Brother of Menelaus, killed by wife Klytemnestra, commander of Greek forces at Troy
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Menelaus
Definition
Son of Atreus, Brother of Agammenon, calls upon oath of Tyndareus to begin Trojan war.
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Clytemnestra
Definition
Wife of Agammenon, kills Agammenon upon arrival home from Troy
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Iphigeneia
Definition
Orestes Sister, and Daughter of Agammenon and Clytemnestra, prophet reveals she must be sacrificed for Artemis to be appeased and the war to be successful.
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Orestes
Definition
of Agammenon and Clytemnestra, kills mother after she kills her husband
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Electra
Definition
Orestes Sister, and Daughter of Agammenon and Clytemnestra
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Helen
Definition
Daughter of Tyndareus and Leda
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Tyndareus (Oath of)
Definition
If Tyndareus arranges Odysseus to marry his niece, Penelope, Odysseus would make sure Helen would be married safely by all costs.
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Odysseus
Definition
Married to Penelope, Trickster, inventor of Trojan Horse, takes 10 years to return home after war
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Penelope
Definition
Niece of Tynadreus, marries Odysseus
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Telemachus
Definition
Son of Odysseus
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Leda
Definition
Wife of Tyndareus, mother of Clytemnestra, Helen, Castor and Pollux
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Zeus
Definition
King of the Gods, one of many mortal sons is Patroclus (who is his favorite)
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Castor
Definition
Son of Tynadreus and Leda
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Pollux
Definition
Son of Tynadreus and Leda
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Argives
Definition
Alternate name for the Greeks (like Argives, Myrmidons, and Danaans)
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Achaenas
Definition
Alternate name for the Greeks (like Argives, Myrmidons, and Danaans)
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Myrmidons
Definition
Alternate name for the Greeks (like Argives, Achaeans, and Danaans)
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Danaans
Definition
Alternate name for the Greeks (like Argives, Achaeans, and Myrmidons)
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Trojans
Definition
People from Troy
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Dardanians
Definition
Alternate name for the Trojans (also called Phygians)
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Phygians
Definition
Alternate name for the Trojans (also called Dardanians)
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Teucrians
Definition
People from Troy, so called because the mythical ancestor of the Trojans was Teucer.
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Aulis
Definition
Greek Gathering where Menelaus invokes Oath of Tyndareus and the Greeks declare war on the Trojans.
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Protesilaus
Definition
The first to die in the Trojan War when he ignores the prophecy and charges from the boat only to be shot down by an arrow
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Philoctetes
Definition
One who is bit by snake and is in possession of the bow of Heracles, is left on an island but prophecies say he is needed to win war so is later brought to Troy
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Ajax
Definition
The second best fighter, looses out to Odysseus for Achilles’s armor, kills himself because he goes crazy.
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Chyseis
Definition
daughter of Apollo, who is taken by Agammenon as a war prize but later returned
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Briseis
Definition
Taken as a war prize by Achilles and kept, later sparking an argument with Agammenon causing Achilles to leave battle in regards to war prizes
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Patroclus
Definition
- In Achilles armor kills Sarpedon (mortal son of Zeus) and is later slain by Hector.
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Priam
Definition
King of Trojans, killed by Neoptolomus at the altar of Zeus
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Hecuba
Definition
Priam’s wife, mother of Paris and Hector
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Hector
Definition
Best of the Trojans, killed by Achilles and dragged around the city walls for two weeks
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Andromache
Definition
Hector’s wife
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Astyanax
Definition
Hector’s son
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Sarpedon
Definition
Mortal son of Zeus killed by Patroclus (in Achilles armor)
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Laocoon
Definition
Prophet who warns not to accept Greek Gifts but is swallowed by sea serpent
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Anchises
Definition
Father of Aeneas
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Aeneas
Definition
Trojan who survives war and establishes settlements in the west.
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Ascanius
Definition
Son of Aeneas, founder of Alba Longa
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Lavinia
Definition
Wife of Aeneas
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Lavinium
Definition
City founded by Aeneas named after his wife
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Alba Longa
Definition
City founded by Ascanius, son of Aeneas, and was succeeded by numerous kings.
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Romulus
Definition
Founder and first king of Rome.
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Remus
Definition
Brother of Romulus who is killed by him.
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Numitor
Definition
King of Alba, father of Ilia, grandfather of Romulus and Remus
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Amulius
Definition
Father of Romulus and Remus
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Rhea Silva
Definition
Daughter of Numitor, mother of Romulus and Remus
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Homer
Definition
Author of Illiad and Odyssey, poet
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Livy
Definition
Author of the foundation story of Rome that survived and flourished
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Virgil
Definition
Author of Aenied
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Adam Grinstein
Definition
pig in a blanket.
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