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Markos Midterm
HBU Honors College Markos Midterm
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
03/22/2011

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Who invented the ode?
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Pindar
Term
Who is the man who wrote Work and Days and Theologian?
Definition
Hesiod
Term
Who was the Father of History and wrote of the Persian War?
Definition
Herodotus
Term
Who wrote of the Peloponnesian War?
Definition
Thucydides
Term
Who was influenced by Hesiod and wrote Aitia?
Definition
Callimachus
Term
Who wrote the mini epic about Jason and the Argonauts?
Definition
Apollonius
Term
Who wrote on Dido and Aeneas but was boring?
Definition
Naevius
Term
Who wrote an epic in dactylic hexameter and failed to create a good Homeric epic?
Definition
Ennius
Term
9. Who wrote in the 1st century mainly as a politician?
Definition
Cicero
Term
Who wrote short lyric poems?
Definition
Catullus
Term
Who wrote an epic of science, On the Nature of Things?
Definition
Lucretius
Term
Who wrote in History of Rome in epic prose?
Definition
Livy
Term
Who invented “pastorals” short lyric poems celebrating life on the countryside?
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Theocritus
Term
13. Who invented “pastorals” short wrote epistles in poetry about society and pastorals such as Ars Poetica?
Definition
13. Theocritus
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14. Who wrote epistles in poetry about society and pastorals such as Ars Poetica?
Definition
14. Horace
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15. Who wrote Metemorphoses?
Definition
15. Ovid
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16. Who wrote The Aeneid?
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Virgil
Term
Who was the emperor of Rome during the Golden Age and Pax Romana?
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. Augustus
Term
Who was the Trojan who was called to found Rome?
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Aeneas
Term
Who was the father of Aeneas?
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Anchises
Term
20. Who was the son of Aeneas?
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Ascanius/Iulus
Term
What was the name was the first kingdom established by Ascanius?
Definition
Alba Longa
Term
Who were the legendary twin boys who founded Rome?
Definition
Romulus and Remus
Term
Who was the mother of Romulus and Remus?
Definition
Rhea Silvia/Ilia
Term
Who was the good king of Alba Longa and the grandfather of Romulus and Remus?
Definition
Numitor
Term
. Who was the woman who betrayed the Romans to the Sabines?
Definition
Tarpeia
Term
What was the name of Romulus after he was defied?
Definition
Quirinius
Term
Who was the good king who was crowned after the death of Romulus?
Definition
Numa
Term
Who was the two faced god whose gates were opened for war and closed for peace?
Definition
Janus
Term
Who was the last king of Rome?
Definition
Tarquin the Pround
Term
Who was the son of Tarquin who raped Lucretia?
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Sextus
Term
Who was the woman whose rape and suicide caused the downfall of Tarquin?
Definition
Lucretia
Term
Who was the general who wanted to destroy Rome after the fall of Tarquin?
Definition
Lars Porsena
Term
Who was the Roman who held the bridge against the forces of Lars Porsena?
Definition
Haratius Cocles
Term
Who was the man who sneaked into Lars Porsena’s camp and was caught?
Definition
Gaius Mucius
Term
Who was the man who was called upon to be dictator and returned to plow after the war?
Definition
Cincinnatus
Term
Who was the man who leapt into the ditch and allowed the Roman army to win?
Definition
Decius Mus
Term
Who was the queen of Carthage?
Definition
Dido
Term
What was the name of the wars between Rome and Carthage?
Definition
Punic Wars
Term
Who was the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome?
Definition
Hannibal
Term
Who was the Roman who conquered Carthage in the second Punic War?
Definition
Scipio Africanus
Term
What was the name of the battle where Carthage was conquered in second Punic War?
Definition
Zama
Term
Who were the brothers who called for land reforms and were assassinated?
Definition
Gracchi
Term
Who was the gladiator who rebelled against Rome and was killed by Pompey?
Definition
Spartacus
Term
Who were the two men fought over Rome in the Civil Wars?
Definition
Marius and Sulla
Term
What was the leadership of three men: Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
Definition
Triumvirate
Term
What was the battle where Caesar conquered Pompey?
Definition
Pharsalus
Term
Who was the queen of Egypt?
Definition
Cleopatra
Term
Who was the lover of Cleopatra who fought against Octavian?
Definition
Antony
Term
What was the battle where Octavian conquered Mark Antony
Definition
Actium
Term
What was the battle where Octavian conquered Mark Antony?
Definition
Actium
Term
Who was the nephew and the heir of Julius Caesar?
Definition
Octavian
Term
Who was the Greek who tricked the Trojans into taking the Trojan horse into the city?
Definition
Sinon
Term
Who was the son of Achilles?
Definition
Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus
Term
Who was the Trojan prophet who married Andromache?
Definition
Helenus
Term
Who was the first husband of Dido?
Definition
Schyaeus
Term
Who was the Trojan boxer who was conquered during the funeral games?
Definition
Dares
Term
Who was the winner of the boxing match though he was old?
Definition
Entellus
Term
Who was the king of Sicily?
Definition
Acestes
Term
Who the helmsman of Aeneas who died before Aeneas could go into the underworld?
Definition
Palinurus
Term
Who was the woman who led Aeneas into the underworld?
Definition
Sibyl
Term
Who was the man who built the maze of the Minotaur?
Definition
Daedalus
Term
Who was the son of Daedalus who died?
Definition
Icarus
Term
Who was the man who died after Aeneas retrieved the Golden Bough?
Definition
Misenus
Term
Who was the son of Octavia who died?
Definition
Marcellus
Term
Who was the daughter of Octavian and wife of Marcellus?
Definition
Julia
Term
Who was the nurse of Aeneas who died?
Definition
Caieta
Term
Who was the second wife of Aeneas?
Definition
Lavinia
Term
Who was the mother of Lavinia?
Definition
Amata
Term
Who was the father of Lavinia?
Definition
Latinus
Term
Who was the Fury who was stirred up by Juno?
Definition
Allecto
Term
Who was the man who was the typological equal to Patroklos for Aeneas and who died?
Definition
Pallas
Term
Who was the father of Pallas?
Definition
Evander
Term
Who was the god-man?
Definition
Hercules
Term
What was the festival celebrating Saturn’s coming to Latium?
Definition
Saturalia
Term
Who were the two Trojans who went out for a night attack and were killed
Definition
Nisus and Euryalus
Term
Who was the betrothed of Lavinia and enemy of Aeneas?
Definition
Turnus
Term
Who was the Amazonian woman who fought for Turnus?
Definition
Camilla
Term
Who was the sister of Turnus?
Definition
Juturna
Term
Who were the male furies called by Jupiter?
Definition
Dirae
Term
Who were the male furies called by Jupiter?
Definition
Dirae
Term
What is the Latin word for piety/filial duty?
Definition
pietas
Term
What is the Latin word for piety/filial duty?
Definition
pietas
Term
What is the Latin word for duty/fame?
Definition
Fama
Term
What is the Latin word for arms
Definition
Arma
Term
What is the Latin word for wrath?
Definition
Menin
Term
What is the Latin word for man?
Definition
Andra
Term
84. What is the Latin word for virtue/honor?
Definition
Virtus
Term
What is the Latin word for devotion?
Definition
Devotio
Term
What is the Latin word for new beginning?
Definition
Kairos
Term
What is the Latin who for delay?
Definition
Mora
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