How the Gods are depicted, with symbols

The belief in more that one God

A nickname for a God, (Athena Parthenos= Athena the maiden)

Sacrificial rites, what greeks imagine religion to be

What the Romans imagine religion, more organised that Greek ideas

The author of the Aeneid, Roman poet living at the time of Emperor Augustus

King of the Arcadians, people who encounter Hercules

An ancestor of the emperor Augustus, and "founder" of the Roman race. He is told the story of Cacus and Hercules by Evander

A fire breathing monstrous man who Hercules kills, he tried to steal cows from Hercules. Hercules rips the mountain and strangles him.

Roman poet, lived around the same time as Virgil

A river god who can shape-shift who Hercules defeats by ripping his horn off after they both argued over Deianira

A woman who Hercules & Achelous fight over

A centaur who tries to steal Deianira. Gives her his cloak soaked in hydra blood that she eventually gives to Hercules leading to his death

A holy area designed for temples in a city, separate from the city usually with a wall

A sacrificial bench, located outside the temple

Myth and Religion | Quizalize

140 questions

What does Pantheon mean?

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What is Iconography-

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What is polytheism-

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What is anthropomorphism?

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What is an epithet?

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What is a Heira?

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What is Religio?

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Who was roman religion influences by?

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(Greek) What does chthonic mean?

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(Greek) What is a cornucopia?

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(Greek) What is a diadem?

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(Greek) What is the Parthenon?

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(Greek) What is the mystery of Eleusis?

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(Greek) What is an Oracle?

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(Greek) What is a lyre?

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(Greek) What is a caduceus?

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(Greek) What is a Thrysus?

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(Greek) What are maenads?

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(Greek) What are satyrs?

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(Roman) What is Capitoline Hill?

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(Roman) What is a sarcophagus?

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(Roman) What are plebs?

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(Roman) What is the cerealia?

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(Roman) What is the vulcanalia?

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(Roman) What was Actium?

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(Roman) What is a votive?

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(Roman) What is a lararium?

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(Roman) What is the Bacchanalia?

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Where was Heracles/ Hercules born?

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Who was Alcmenes mortal husband?

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Who was Amphitryon's son and Hercules' half brother & twin?

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What did Hera do out of jealously to Hercules?

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What does it mean if Eurystheus was born first?

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What did Hera do after slowing the birth?

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What did Alcmene do to Hercules?

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Who did Hercules marry and what did Hera do?

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What did Hercules do after killing his family?

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Who was Virgil?

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Who was Evander?

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Who is Aeneas?

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Who is Cacus?

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Who is Ovid?

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Who is Achelous?

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Who is Deianira?

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Who is Nessus?

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What is a sanctuary?

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What is the Naos/ Cella?

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What is the altar?

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What is a colonnade?

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What is the opisthodomos?

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What is a semi-engaged column?

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What is a pediment?

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What is a frieze?

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What is a Doric frieze?

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What is an ionic frieze?

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(Greek) What is a Hiereus?

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(Greek) What is a hiereia?

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(Greek) What was the function of the Heireus & the Hiereia?

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(Greek) What is a mantis?

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(Roman) What is "Pax deorum"?

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(Roman) What is the difference between Romans & Greek priests?

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(Roman) What are the "Pontifices"?

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(Roman) Who is the "pontifex maximus"?

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(Roman) What were Augurs?

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(Roman) Who were the vestal virgins?

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What would participants do before a Sacrifice?

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What would happen In a sacrifice?

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When was the Parthenon built?

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What Columns does the Parthenon have?

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What is special about the columns on the Parthenon?

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When was the temple of Zeus built?

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What does the pediment on the temple of Zeus show?

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Who was Sinis is Theseus' labours?

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Who was the crommyonian sow?

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Who is sciron?

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Who is cercyron?

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Who is Procrustes?

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Who was the bull of marathon?

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What was the Minotaur?

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Who was Theseus?

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What is a "kylix"?

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Who was Livy?

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What did Livy write about?

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Who was Aeneas?

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Who did Aeneas marry?

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Who was Aeneas' son?

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Who were Numitor & Amulius?

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Who did mars sleep with to produce Romulus & Remus?

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What did Amulius do finding that Rhea Silvia was pregnant?

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What Did Romulus & Remus do to Amulius?

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Who was Plutarch?

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How is Theseus different to Romulus & Remus?

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What were the 2 Greek festivals?

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What were the 2 Roman festivals?

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How many days was the panathenaia?

103

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How was the panathenaia ended?

104

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How did the "City Dionysia" start?

105

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How long is the "City Dionysia"

106

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What is a "pompe"?

107

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What is a "dithyramb"?

108

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What is a "komos"

109

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What is another name for the "Lupercalia"?

110

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Who is the "Lupercalia" in honour of?

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What happened at the "Lupercalia"?

112

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What is another name for the "saturnalia" and when is it celebrated?

113

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Who took part in the "saturnalia"?

114

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Who were the Lapiths?

115

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How did lots of Centaurs die?

116

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What do the "Centauromachy" metops depict?

117

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Where is the "Amazonomachy" depicted?

118

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What does the metops of the temple of Bassae show?

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What was the name of the battle that Augustus defeated Cassius & Brutus?

120

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How did Augustus wage war against Marc Antony

121

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When was the Ara Paris built?

122

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What does the altar on the "Ara Pacis" show?

123

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What does the north & south walls show?

124

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What does the western wall on the "Ara Pacis" show?

125

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What does the east wall of the "Ara Pacis" show?

126

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What does "prosthesis" mean?

127

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What is the "Ekphora"?

128

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Why were bodies buried outside of the city walls?

129

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What was the Athenian burial ground called?

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Where were the bodies payed out in Rome?

131

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What were the dead buried in in Rome?

132

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What was the Greek festival "Anthesteria"?

133

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What was the Greek festival "Genesia"?

134

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What was the Roman festival "Parentalia"?

135

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What was the Roman festival "Lemuria"?

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What are the 2 stories about travelling to the underworld

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Who was "Orpheus & Eurydice" written by

139

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Who was the "Homeric Hymn To Demeter" written by

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