CLA 1102 - Midterm 1 – History
Exam Study Set
Peleus and Thetis - ANSWER The parents of Achilles, had the famous wedding
Achilles - ANSWER Son of Peleus and Thetis
Discordia/Eris - ANSWER The only God/Hero that wasn't invited to the famous
wedding
Juno/Hera - ANSWER wife of Jupiter/Zeus
Jupiter/Zeus - ANSWER king of the Gods
Minerva/Athena - ANSWER goddess of wisdom & war
Venus/Aphrodite - ANSWER goddess of beauty & love
Mercury/Hermes - ANSWER god of trade, tells Paris to pick the most beautiful
goddess
Mt. Ida - ANSWER "The Mountain of the Goddess", where Paris was tending his
sheep
Paris - ANSWER prince of Troy, son of the king of Troy
Helen - ANSWER married to the king of Sparta, the most beautiful woman in the
world
Sparta - ANSWER a kingdom ruled by Menelaus
Menelaus - ANSWER ruler of Sparta, (ex) husband to Helen
Agamemnon - ANSWER brother of Menelaus, king of Mycenae
Mycenae - ANSWER kingdom ruled by Agamemnon
Troy - ANSWER kingdom ruled by Paris' father, destroyed by the king of Sparta
(Menelaus) because Paris married his wife
, Aeneas - ANSWER Trojan general that escaped Troy while it's being invaded,
along with his father (dies), wife (dies), and son, marries the local king's
(Latinus) daughter (Lavinia) and founds a city by the name of (Lavinium)
Ascanius/Iulus - ANSWER Aeneas' son that manages to escape Troy, eventually
founds his own city called Alba Longa
Latinus - ANSWER king of Latium ("king of the Latins")
Lavinia - ANSWER daughter of the king of Latium, wife of Aeneas
Lavinium - ANSWER city Aeneas founded and named after his wife
Alba Longa - ANSWER city Ascanius (son of Aeneas) founded
Numitor - ANSWER 13th king of Alba Longa, "the good twin", killed by brother
Amulius
Amulius - ANSWER 14th king of Alba Longa, "the evil twin", killed brother
Numitor for the throne as well as Numitor's sons, and makes Numitor's daughter
(Rhea Silvia) a vessel virgin so she can not have any sons and take the throne
from him
Rhea Silvia - ANSWER daughter of the king Numitor, mother of the twins
Romulus and Remus
Romulus - ANSWER son of Rhea Silvia, twin brother of Remus, raised by
Faustulus, founds a city on the Palatine (Rome), eventually kills Remus because
he destroyed the pomerium of Rome
Remus - ANSWER son of Rhea Silvia, twin brother of Romulus, raised by
Faustulus, founds a (failed) city on the Aventine, is eventually killed by Romulus
for destroying the pomerium
Tiber River - ANSWER the river where Romulus and Remus floated as babies &
where Rome was founded
Faustulus - ANSWER raised Romulus and Remus with his wife after finding them
on a river bank being suckled by a she-wolf
Palatine - ANSWER where Romulus founded his city
Aventine - ANSWER where Remus founded his city
Pomerium - ANSWER a sacred boundary made by two white oxen demonstrating
the city boundaries
Exam Study Set
Peleus and Thetis - ANSWER The parents of Achilles, had the famous wedding
Achilles - ANSWER Son of Peleus and Thetis
Discordia/Eris - ANSWER The only God/Hero that wasn't invited to the famous
wedding
Juno/Hera - ANSWER wife of Jupiter/Zeus
Jupiter/Zeus - ANSWER king of the Gods
Minerva/Athena - ANSWER goddess of wisdom & war
Venus/Aphrodite - ANSWER goddess of beauty & love
Mercury/Hermes - ANSWER god of trade, tells Paris to pick the most beautiful
goddess
Mt. Ida - ANSWER "The Mountain of the Goddess", where Paris was tending his
sheep
Paris - ANSWER prince of Troy, son of the king of Troy
Helen - ANSWER married to the king of Sparta, the most beautiful woman in the
world
Sparta - ANSWER a kingdom ruled by Menelaus
Menelaus - ANSWER ruler of Sparta, (ex) husband to Helen
Agamemnon - ANSWER brother of Menelaus, king of Mycenae
Mycenae - ANSWER kingdom ruled by Agamemnon
Troy - ANSWER kingdom ruled by Paris' father, destroyed by the king of Sparta
(Menelaus) because Paris married his wife
, Aeneas - ANSWER Trojan general that escaped Troy while it's being invaded,
along with his father (dies), wife (dies), and son, marries the local king's
(Latinus) daughter (Lavinia) and founds a city by the name of (Lavinium)
Ascanius/Iulus - ANSWER Aeneas' son that manages to escape Troy, eventually
founds his own city called Alba Longa
Latinus - ANSWER king of Latium ("king of the Latins")
Lavinia - ANSWER daughter of the king of Latium, wife of Aeneas
Lavinium - ANSWER city Aeneas founded and named after his wife
Alba Longa - ANSWER city Ascanius (son of Aeneas) founded
Numitor - ANSWER 13th king of Alba Longa, "the good twin", killed by brother
Amulius
Amulius - ANSWER 14th king of Alba Longa, "the evil twin", killed brother
Numitor for the throne as well as Numitor's sons, and makes Numitor's daughter
(Rhea Silvia) a vessel virgin so she can not have any sons and take the throne
from him
Rhea Silvia - ANSWER daughter of the king Numitor, mother of the twins
Romulus and Remus
Romulus - ANSWER son of Rhea Silvia, twin brother of Remus, raised by
Faustulus, founds a city on the Palatine (Rome), eventually kills Remus because
he destroyed the pomerium of Rome
Remus - ANSWER son of Rhea Silvia, twin brother of Romulus, raised by
Faustulus, founds a (failed) city on the Aventine, is eventually killed by Romulus
for destroying the pomerium
Tiber River - ANSWER the river where Romulus and Remus floated as babies &
where Rome was founded
Faustulus - ANSWER raised Romulus and Remus with his wife after finding them
on a river bank being suckled by a she-wolf
Palatine - ANSWER where Romulus founded his city
Aventine - ANSWER where Remus founded his city
Pomerium - ANSWER a sacred boundary made by two white oxen demonstrating
the city boundaries
