Chapter 23 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Numen/Numina
nodders; spirits that inhabit objects or serve any function
Janus
gate; represented by man with two faces one looking forward and backward; 1st month named after him
Jupiter
identical to Zeus; numen of bright sky
Juno
numen presiding over women and members of family; Hera; ties with the moon
Ceres
numen of wheat; equated with Demeter
Diana
roman Artemis; spirit of the wood; associated with women and childbirth
Mercury
roman Hermes; “merchandise”
Vulcan
identified with Hephaestus; god of volcanic and destructive fire
Neptune
numen of water; Poseidon
Mars
Ares; protected flocks or primordial god of war; name gives name of March
Minerva
numen of handicrafts; Athena
Faunus
“kindly one”; numen of unreasoning terror of lonely forest; Pan
Venus
numen of fresh water; numen of vegetable fertility and animal and animal fertility
Hercules
belongs to earliest foreign cult
Lares
spirit of the dead; protect household, streets, cities; doll suspended from each member of family and ball of wool for each slave to substitute sacrifice
Penates
protected household things; portable; numina of storehouse
Vesta
numen; Hestia; protect home and hearth; served by vestal virgins
Pietas
propaganda and other set of duties
Dido
queen of Carthage; attempted to hold Aeneas from his goal but he abandoned her
Iulus
son of Aeneas; founded Alba Longa
Romulus
descendent of Aeneas; born in Alba Longa; founded Rome
Remus
descendent of Aeneas; born in Alba Longa; founded Rome; killed by brother Romulus
Turnus
king of Rutulians; organized warriors when Aeneas given Lavinia; Aeneas kills him and officially claims Lavinia
