Gods and Goddesses
Who was the Roman goddess of love?
Venus
What were the name of the twins who were thrown into the Tiber River?
Romulus and Remus
Which culture influenced much of Roman religion?
Greek
Who was given eternal sleep after a goddess fell in love with him?
Endymion
Why did Lara lose her tongue?
She chattered to Juno about Jupiter's unfaithfulness
Who is the Roman god version of Zeus?
Jupiter
son of Venus and Anchises, escaped the burning city of Troy to found the Latin race
Aeneas
Which religion eventually took over Rome?
Christianity
Who made his sister kill her lover?
Apollo, god of the sun
Why could Anchises not tell his son who his mother was?
because he had vowed not to reveal Venus' identity
Who shot one lover and gave the other enchanted eternal sleep?
parents of Romulus and Remus
Mars and Rhea Silvia
Is Roman religion mainly polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic
Who showed hospitality to gods in disguise?
Baucis and Philemon
What did the Romans do to Tarquin?
they rebelled against him and took back their freedom
Who ruled the Roman underworld?
Pluto
The king who tried to destroy Romulus and Remus
King Amulius
writers of the future were called what?
Sybils
Who moved the statue of Juno to Rome?
Camillus
What god blessed Falernus with vineyards?
Liber, god of the countryside
Who is the Roman god of beginnings?
Janus
Tarquin the Cruel
What is a pantheon?
1. All of the gods of a people or religion
OR
2. a temple in ancient Rome dedicated to all the gods
Who was the boy who came out of the earth?
Tages
What people attacked Rome by night?
the Gauls