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93 Cards in this Set
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What type of person was Seneca?
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Philospher
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Where were Seneca and Lucan both from?
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Corduba, Spain
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What main "works" did Seneca create?
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Espistulae, Tragedies, Satire, and Apolocynthosis
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Who were the Epistulae (of Seneca) to and about?
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Sent to Lucius; about Stoicism
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What were the two tragedies that Seneca wrote and what was special about them?
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Medea and Phaedra; they were the only two extant tragedies
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What kind of Satire did Seneca write?
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Menniyean (1/2 Prose, 1/2 Poetry)
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What was the "Apocolocynthosis" about?
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Cladius turning into a pumpkin..
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What conspiracy led to the death of Seneca as well as the Roman military general at the time and others
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Pisonium Conspiracy (Conspiracy to kill Nero)
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What year did Seneca along with the Roman military general Corbulo and others commit suicide?
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65 A.D. (Because of Pisonium Conspiracy against Nero)
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What was the epic of Lucan and what was it's nickname?
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Bellum Civile (Caesar vs. Pompey); nickname was Pharsalia
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What was the battle of Pharsalus?
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The battle in which Caesar defeated Pompey causing an end to the main Civil War in Roman History
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How was Petronius described?
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Arbiter Elegentiae (Master of Elegance?)
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Which Emperor did Petronius write under?
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Nero
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What novel did Petronius write and who was the freedman dinner host at one point in the story?
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Satyricon; Trimalcio
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Why did Petronius have to commit suicide?
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The character Trimalcio in his novel the Satyricon sounded like Nero, so Nero made him commit suicide
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What year were the great fires in Rome?
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64 A.D.
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What were the three main walls built by Rome and by who?
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Servian Walls - Servius Tullius
Hadrian Walls - Hadrian Aurelian Walls (270 A.D.) - Aurelianis |
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Where did Pliny live during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
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Misenum
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What was Pliny the Elder's greatest work?
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Historia Naturalis ("The Encylopedia of Nature")
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How many books was the Historia Naturalis?
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37 books
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How did Pliny the Elder die?
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He died from the smoke that was emitting from Mt. Vesuvius and he had Asthma so he suffocated
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What two word phrase describes Pliny the Elder?
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Admirable Admiral
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Where was Quintilian from?
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Caligerus, Spain
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Who did Quintilian like a lot?
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Cicero
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Who was Quintilian the teacher of?
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Pliny the Younger
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What was Quintilian's "title"?
(Ex. Mr. History, Mr. Aqueduct) |
Professor of Rhetoric
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What was Quintilian's greatest work?
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Instutitio Oratoria
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What did the Institutio Oratoria teach you?
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How to become a better speaker
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How many books was the Institutio Oratoria comprised of?
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10 Books
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What book of Quintilian's "Institutio Oratoria" was most important and why?
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10th book; it advised on which authors to read and who not to read
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What was Frantinus' "Mr." title?
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Mr. Aqueduct (Curator of the Aqueducts)
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What was Frontinus' most famous work?
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De Aquis Romae (or De Aquis Urbis Romae)
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What was the primary genre of Statius?
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Epic
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What was Statius' greatest work?
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Thebaid
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What was the Thebaid about?
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The 7 against Thebes
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What was Statius' work about Achillies called?
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Achilleid
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Who was Mr. Epigram?
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M. Valerius MARTIALius
(M. Vale-rius MAR-TIAL-ius) |
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How many epigrams did Martial write?
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1,500
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Who was Martial a Sycophant to?
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Domitian
(Dom-i-tian) |
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What is an Epigram?
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A short poem with a satirical twist
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What was Martial's most famous work?
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De Spectacules - about the gladiatorial games
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Who was Mr. Satire?
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D. Iunius Iuvenalis JUVENAL
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What was Juvenal's "Mr." title?
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Mr. Satire
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Who did Juvenal hate?
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Domitian
(Dom-i-tian) |
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What does it mean to be Juvenalion?
(Juv-en-ali-on) |
It means to be "mean"
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What was Juvenal's most famous group of Satires?
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16 Saturae
(16 Sat-ur-ae) |
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What were the first two satires in the "16 Saturae" by Juvenal about?
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How corrupt rich people are
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What was Juvenal's most famous satire in the "16 Saturae"?
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#6 - about how you can't count on women
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Where did Pliny the Younger live?
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Misenum
(Mise-num) |
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Who was the teacher of Pliny the Younger?
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Quintilian
(Quin-til-ian) |
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How old was Pliny the Younger on August 24th 79 A.D. when Mt. Versuvius erupted and his uncle died?
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16 years old
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What was Pliny the Younger's "Mr." title?
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Mr. Letter
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Which emperor did Pliny the Younger like a LOT?
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Trajan
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How many books did Pliny write in letter form that were supposed to be published?
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9 books of letters
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Who were most of Pliny the Younger's letters to?
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Tactitus
(Tact-i-tus) |
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What was a collegia?
(Coll-e-gia) |
A "club" (Romans hated them because they thought they would conspire to and try to overthrow the government)
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What was the 16th letter in book 6 of Pliny the Younger's letters about?
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The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
(Ves-uvi-us) |
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What was the 20th letter in book 6 of Pliny the Younger's letters about?
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Pliny the Elder's (his uncle) death
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What was the 20th letter in book 6 of Pliny the Younger's letters also about along with his uncle's death?
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How the people of the Bay of Naples dealt with the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
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What were the "Panygerieces"?
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Letters praising Trajan
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Who was the governor of Bithyina?
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Pliny the Younger
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Around what time did Pliny the Younger write a letter to Trajan about the Christians?
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100 A.D.
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What does the abbreviation "ca" mean?
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Around
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What is the capitol of Bithynia when Pliny the Younger is governeor?
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Nicomedia
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Who were the letters of Pliny the Younger sent to in his 10th book of letters that never got published because he died?
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Trajan
(Tra-jan) |
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What was Tacitus' "Mr." title?
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Mr. History
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Who receives many letters from Pliny the Younger?
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Tacitus
(Tac-i-tus) |
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Who is silent from 81 - 96 because of Domitian?
(Hint: The name) |
Tacitus
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Who is in charge of a province when it is peaceful?
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The senate
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Who is in charge of a province when there is a lot of fighting or war?
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The emperor
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What was the work of Tactitus that was a biography about his father-in-law?
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Agricula
(Agri-cula) |
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Who was Agricula?
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The governor of Britain
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What was a work of Tactitus that explained the "ethonography" of the germans?
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Germania
(Ger-man-ia) |
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What is the study of the ethnics or culture of a group?
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Ethnography
(Eth-no-graphy) |
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What was the work of Tactitus that talked about all the Emperors from Galba to Domitian? (Year of Three Emperors to Domitian?)
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Historiae
(His-tor-i-ae) |
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What was the work of Tactitus that talked about all the emperors from Augustus to the end of the Judio-Claudians?
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Annales
(Ann-al-es) |
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Who was Suetonius the secretary of?
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Hadrian
(Had-rian) |
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What was Suetonius' "Mr." title?
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Mr. Biography
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What was the work of Suetonius written about the first 12 Caesars including THE original Julius Caesar?
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De Vita Caesarum
(Cae-sar-um) ("um" is gen. pl.) |
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What name did the emperors go by?
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Caesar, Caesaris
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What work by Suetonius was about famous Roman men?
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De Viris Illustribus
(Vir-is) (Ill-us-tri-bus) |
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What work by Suetonius was about famous prostitutes?
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De Menitrixis
(Men-it-rix-is) |
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What was Aulus Gellius' most famous work?
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Atticae Noctes
(Att-i-cae Noctes) |
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Where did Alus Gellius write the Atticae Noctes?
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Attica, region where Athens lies in Greece
(Att-ica) |
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What were the last words of Caesar?
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"Kai su, teknon"
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Where do Centaurs live?
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Thessaly
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What is the name of a place in northern Greece where magic happens?
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Thessaly
(Thess-aly) |
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What were the works of Apuleius?
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- De Maga
- Metamorphoses |
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What story did the Metamorphoses have in it?
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Asinius Areus (The Golden Ass)
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Who is the main character of the Asinius Areus (The Golden Ass)?
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Lucius ---> Donkey
(turns into) |
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Who reported Caesar's last words?
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Suetonius
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Whom did Venus hate for loving her son Cupid?
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Psyche
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How did Cupid fall in love with Psyche?
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He accidentally was nipped by his own arrow
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