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Mythology DFV
Mythology December 2, 2004
| Question | Answer | Flap 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Pax Romana | Roman Peace | Established by Augustus |
| ara pacis | altar of peace | (blank) |
| Mythology book | Hesiod | the Theogony |
| dura lex sed lex | the law is harsh but it's the law | (blank) |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory | (blank) |
| Mnemosyne | Titan | Mother of Muses |
| aut disce aut discede | either learn or leave | (blank) |
| sui generis | of it's own kind | unique |
| ad augusta per angusta | to honor through difficulty | (blank) |
| born from chaos | Gaea and Uranus | Mother Earth and father heaven |
| children of Gaea and Uranus | pretty-Titans | Ugly-monsters (cyclops and hecaton-chires) |
| Rhea and Cronus (Saturn) | mother and father of 6 gods | (blank) |
| Zeus/Jupiter | heavens and earth, ruler of weather, giver of justice | thunderbolts, eagle, oak tree, husband of Hera |
| Hera/Juno | marriage and married women | cow and peacock |
| Poseidon/Neptune | sea and earthquakes | zeus's brother, underwater kingdom, trident, dolphins, horses |
| Hades/Pluto | underworld, wealth of underworld, gems, and minerals | bident, Cerberus, cypress tree |
| Hestia/Vestia | hearth and home, pure simple life | wooden throne, brown, hearth fire |
| Demeter/Ceres | growing things mother of persephone | when she was sad winter came, wheat and cornucopia |
| Athena/Minerva | wisdom, statecraft, and war | emerged from Zeus' head, owl, olive tree aegis breastplate medusa, parthenon |
| Aphrodite/Venus | love and beauty, rode on a seashell, Botticelli painted picture of her | Aeneas mother, dove sparrow, rose and pyrtle wife-Hephaestus |
| Ares | war, hatred, violence | short temper, dogs, vultures, spear and shield |
| Hephaestus/vulcan | blacksmiths, metalworkers, craftsmen | son of Zeus and Hera, quail, forge and anvil |
| Apollo | Sunlight, truth poetry music and healing | twin of Artemis, single men, Delphi, lyre and laurel wreath |
| Artemis/Diana | moon single women hunting and childbirth | crescent moon crown stag bow and arrows twins of light |
| Hermes/Mercury | Trade, travel and theft | winged cap, sandals, caduceus, messenger |
| Dionysus/ | wine parties and drama | ivy grapes wine cup leopard |