Download LATIN 1STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST December 21_ 2015

LATIN 1
STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 12/21/15
I. Vocabulary and derivatives chapter 7.
II. Grammar. Third declension; prepositions with ablative and with accusative. For the specific
prepositions, see the National Latin Exam syllabus for Latin 1.
III. Culture.
1. Parts of the house: atrium, cubiculum, culina, compluvium, impluvium, peristylium, triclinium,
tablinum.
2. Clothing: toga virilis (or toga pura), toga praetexta, toga candida, toga picta, toga pulla; tunica; stola;
palla; bulla
3. Gods and goddesses:
Zeus/Jupiter/Jove
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King of gods
God of thunder and sky
He, Poseidon, and Hades divided the world
lightning bolt
Husband and brother of Hera/Juno
lots of affairs (Europa, Io, Callisto)
father of Athena, who was born from his head
Eagle
Poseidon/Neptune
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god of waves, sea, earthquakes
trident
created horses
father of the Cyclops
married to Amphitrite
competed with Athena for Athens
Medusa
Percy Jackson’s father
Hera/Juno
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Wife/sister of Zeus/Jupiter
goddess of marriage and fertility
mother of Ares, Hephaestus, et al.
Daughter of Cronus
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sacred animals are peacock and cow
gets angry with Jupiter for his affairs
threw Hephaestus out of Mount Olympus
Argos was her servant
Hades/Pluto
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God of underworld and wealth
wife was Persephone
son of Cronus
kidnapped Persephone
father of Nico in Percy Jackson
Demeter/Ceres
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Goddess of harvest, seasons, nature
daughter is Persephone
only gives food half the year when Persephone is with her
Hestia/Vesta
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Goddess of the hearth
Gave up her seat among the gods for Dionysus
Vestal Virgins in Rome guarded her flame
Aphrodite/Venus
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goddess of love and beauty
symbol was dove
affair with Ares
Mother of Aeneas and Cupid
cheater
born of the seafoam from Ouranos’s organ or daughter of Zeus
Hephaestus’s wife
affair with Adonis
Apollo
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god of music, sun, medicine
Oracle of Delphi
brother of Artemis
created the lyre
father of Phaethon
god of archery
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rode the chariot across the sky
son of Zeus and Leto
Ares/Mars
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god of war
Aphrodite’s lover
dog and vulture were his sacred animals
father of Romulus and Remus
Artemis/Diana
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goddess of the hunt
daughter of Zeus and Leto
twin sister of Apollo
symbol is the moon
associated with bear and deer
virgin goddess
associates with nymphs
Athena/Minerva
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goddess of wisdom, tactics, and crafts (weaving)
created olive tree
olive oil brand today
patron of Athens
Born from Zeus’s head; his favorite daughter
virgin
mother of Annabeth in Percy Jackson
helps Odysseus and other heroes
owl
rivalry with Poseidon
made Medusa hideous
famous shield (aegis)
turned Arachne into a spider
Dionysus/Bacchus
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wine god (grapes)
fertility god
kidnapped by sailors whom he turned into dolphins
director of Camp Half Blood in Percy Jackson
Hephaestus/Vulcan
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blacksmith god
thrown from Olympus by Hera and (on another occasion) by Zeus
married to Aphrodite, who cheats on him with Ares
portrayed as dirty, sooty, unattractive.
god of fire and forge
made the thunderbolt for Zeus
builds things
lame; made golden robots to help him walk
Hermes/Mercury
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winged sandals
messenger god
son of Zeus and Maia
caduceus
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god of thieves
stole Apollo’s cattle and led them into his cave backwards
led souls into the underworld
father of Luke in Percy Jackson