Jerusalem & The Torah
This binding relationship between God and a people forms the foundation of Israelite identity.
What is the Covenant?
According to Athens founding narrative, this goddess wins the patronage of the city by offering an olive tree. Poseidon couldn't compete.
Who is Athena?
While escaping Troy, Aeneas carries this family member on his back.
Who is Anchises?
Genesis and Ovid both begin by describing the creation of this.
What is the world/cosmos
This Ancient Greek King just wanted his wife back.
Who is Menelaus?
While Moses is on Sinai, the Israelites worship this object, violating the covenant.
What is the Golden Calf?
The Homeric term for lasting glory and reputation that survives death.
What is kleos?
This defining Roman virtue of duty to the gods, family, and country, exemplified by Aeneas.
What is pietas?
At the beginning of Ovid's poem, the universe exists in this confused and unordered condition.
What is Chaos?
Achilles withdraws from battle after this Greek leader takes Briseis.
Who is Agamemnon?
The Ancient Greek name for the first five books of the Bible.
What is the Pentateuch?
The meeting between Priam and Achilles demonstrates this virtue.
What is mercy?
This queen of Carthage suffers devastating consequences when Aeneas leaves to pursue his destiny.
Who is Dido?
This talented weaver challenges Minerva and is transformed into a spider.
Who is Arachne?
This Trojan hero balances duty to his city and family, including Andromache and Astyanax.
Who is Hector?
Moses represents this quality, while Achilles primarily pursues honor and glory.
What is obedience (or faithfulness to God)?
This object forged by Hephaestus depicts both war and peace, suggesting what is at stake in human conflict.
What is the Shield of Achilles?
This Roman leader benefits from Vergil's presentation of Aeneas and Roman destiny.
Who is Augustus?
This mathematically inclined philosopher argues that everything in existence is constantly changing.
Who is Pythagoras?
Turnus is a good example of this idea of uncontrolled passion, rage, and violence.
What is furor?
This event transforms a collection of slaves into a people with a shared identity and history.
What is the Exodus?
Achilles’ quarrel shows what can happen when a leader’s honor clashes with the needs of a group. Later Greeks worked out questions of communal life in this citizen-based city-state.
What is a polis?
These household gods symbolize the preservation of Trojan identity.
What are the Penates?
Ovid's Metamorphoses and Vergil's Aeneid differ because the former focuses on change while the latter focuses on this.
What is the founding of Rome?
This patriarch might not win 'father of the year' but he does become the model of faith because he trusts God's promises despite uncertainty.
Who is Abraham?