HUMA 1100 Study Guide - Thyestes, Aeneid, Turnus
26 Apr 2013
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Ancient rome & greek terms final exam. Homer: one of the greatest ancient greek poets. He was born in the 8th century; he is the author of the iliad and the odyssey. Venus: or aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, and sex. She was mentioned in lots of plays such as hippolytus by euripides. Amata: she was mentioned in virgil"s aeneid. was the wife of king latinus. When aeneas asked for her daughter"s hand in marriage, amata opposed him because she had already promised lavinia to aeneas" nemesis turnus. Juno: she is a daughter of saturn and sister (but also the wife) of the chief god jupiter, she was the protector and special counselor of the state. Turnus: he was a character in virgil"s aenead. A warrior and leader of the rutuli people, he was the son of king daunus, he was also the enemy of the hero aeneas.
