Characters
Aeneas
According to this thinker, we develop moral virtue primarily through habit.
Aristotle
What conflict does Herodotus trace throughout his Histories?
The Greco-Persian War
Conflict between the Greeks and Persians
What Roman god is primarily opposed to Aeneas?
Juno
What iconic line does Julius Caesar utter with his final words?
Et tu Brute
And you Brutus
This character is the only man who stands as a rival and eventually a friend to Gilgamesh.
Enkidu
The forms are what is truly real for Plato
At the beginning of The Early History of Rome Livy he will trace the _________ _________ of Rome
Moral decline
Poseidon
Who does Marc Antony describe as honorable men?
The conspirators
This figure caused the Trojan War by stealing Menelaus' wife Helen.
Paris
According to Aristotle virtue always lies between a vice of __________ and a vice of ____________.
Excess and deficiency
The Triumvirate was made up of Julius Caesar, Crassus ,and what other historical figure?
Pompey
To be a pious Roman what three things must one respect/reverence?
State, gods, and family
Who says that he will act as a mirror to Brutus?
Cassius
This character avenges the death of his father by killing his own mother.
Orestes
What is Socrates tried for at his trial?
The Punic Wars were between what nations?
Rome and Carthage
Utanapishtim shares similarities with what biblical figure?
Noah
What two cities are the twins in the Comedy of Errors from?
Syracuse and Ephesus
How does Odysseus' nurse recognize him?
By his childhood scar
According to Euthyphro what is piety?
Piety is what the gods love/approve
List two of the three reasons Herodotus gives for writing his Histories.
1. So that human events do not fade with time
2. So that great deeds do not go unsung
3. To trace why the Hellenes and Barbarians went to war
According to __________ the gods of the Greeks and the gods of the Egyptians are the same beings.
Herodotus
Who are the parents of the Antipholus twins?
Egeon and Emillia