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19 B.C.
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Year Virgil Died
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399 B.C.
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Year that Socrates was sentaced to death and was ecacuted.
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70 B.C
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Year of Virgils birth.
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Aaron
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Moses' (Younger than him) and Miriam's (Older than Him) brother.
Son of Amram and Jochebed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron |
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Abel
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Cain's brother and the second son of Adam and Eve. Killed by Cain
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Abraham
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God made covenat with (involving circumsision). Husband of Sarah.
Father of a multitude in Hebrew. |
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Abram
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Original name of Abraham changed by god because of the covenant.
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Actium
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Where the Battle of Actium took place. This was the final battle for Rome between Cesar and Mrak Antony.
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Aeneas
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Trojan Hero. Son of the roman god Venus and the mortal prince Anchises. Founded Rome.
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Akedah
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Hebrew for the Binding of Isaac.
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Allecto
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Greek for Furies. Female personifications of unceasing vengeance.
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Amor
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Alternate name for Roman god Cupid. Took form of Ascanius and shot Dido to inspire her love for Aeneas.
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Anchises
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Father of Aeneas and mortal lover of Venus.
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Andromache
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Wife of Hector and meets Aeneas in Buthrotum.
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Apollo
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Saved Aeneas by surounding him in a cloud and taking him to Pergamos.
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19 B.C.
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Year Virgil Died
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399 B.C.
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Year that Socrates was sentaced to death and was ecacuted.
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70 B.C
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Year of Virgils birth.
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Aaron
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Moses' (Younger than him) and Miriam's (Older than Him) brother.
Son of Amram and Jochebed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron |
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Abel
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Cain's brother and the second son of Adam and Eve. Killed by Cain
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Abraham
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God made covenat with (involving circumsision). Husband of Sarah.
Father of a multitude in Hebrew. |
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Abram
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Original name of Abraham changed by god because of the covenant.
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Actium
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Where the Battle of Actium took place. This was the final battle for Rome between Cesar and Mrak Antony.
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Aeneas
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Trojan Hero. Son of the roman god Venus and the mortal prince Anchises. Founded Rome.
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akedah
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Hebrew for the Binding of Isaac.
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Allecto
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Greek for Furies. Female personifications of unceasing vengeance.
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Amor
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Alternate name for Roman god Cupid. Took form of Ascanius and shot Dido to inspire her love for Aeneas.
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Anchises
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Father of Aeneas and mortal lover of Venus.
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Andromache
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Wife of Hector and meets Aeneas in Buthrotum.
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Apollo
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Saved Aeneas by surounding him in a cloud and taking him to Pergamos.
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Apology
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Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities".
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Ares
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son of Zeus (ruler of the gods) and Hera. god of savage war, or bloodlust, or slaughter personified.
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Ascanius
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Ascanius was the son of Aeneas and Creusa
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Asclepius
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the demigod of medicine
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Ausonia
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general term for italy
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burning bush
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miracle of Yahweh used to inform Moses of his calling
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Cain
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Oldest son of Adam and Eve. Kills brother Abel because his sacrifice isnt accepted by god. Cursed to wander the earth and marked so that he wont be killed.
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Camilla
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she helped King Turnus Aeneas in the war sparked by the courting of Princess Lavinia. Arruns killed Camilla when she was distracted by her pursuit of Chloreus. Diana asked her attendant Opis to avenge Camilla's death by slaying Arruns.
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Carthage
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City in North Africa which was founded by Dido and the Tyrian exiles. Juno's favorite city. Where Aeneas and Dido meet.
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Cassandra
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daughter of Priam. Apollo liked her and he gave her the skill of prophecy. when she didnt like him back her cursed her so that no ine believed her prophecies.
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Celaeno
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leader of the Harpies. gave Aeneas prophecies of his coming journeys
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circumcision
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condition of recieving land in covenant with Abraham.
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Cleopatra
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had sex w/ceaser. betrayed him for mark antony and assisted him in over thowing the roman empire.
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covenant
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What happened between God and Abraham. All boys after 8 days must be circusised.
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Creon
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king of the city of Thebes. brother of jocasta who was wife to laius. creon was king while laius talked to the oracle.
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Creusa
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Aeneas' wife at troy.
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Crito
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socrates' wealthy friend with whom he discusses the appropriate response to injustice
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Cupid
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shoots dido to make her fall in love with aeneas
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Danaans/Argives/Achaeans
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all names for the the greeks
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Dardanians
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trojans
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Delos
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Island in the Aegean, where Apollo and Diana where born
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Delphi
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where a greek oracle was
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Diana
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daughter of Jupiter, twin sister of Apollo.
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Dido
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Qween and founder of Carthage. Shot by cupid and falls in love with aeneas.
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Erato
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the muse of love
Invoked in both first and second halfs of the aeneid. |
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Erebus
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the underworld (hades)
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Etruria
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Region of north italy that helps aeneas in his final battle for rome.
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Euryalus
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gay w/nisus
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Euthyphro
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religious expert with whom socrates tries to pin down a definition for piety.
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Evander
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king of Pallanteum who aids Aeneas against turnus
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Furies
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avengers of bloodshed, Allecto was one
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furor
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something?
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Golden Calf
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Idol created by Aaron and people when Moses delays return from Sinai.
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Hades
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the underworld, aeneas goes there to talk to his father.
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Hesperia
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name for Italy
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"I am that I am"
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Response that Moses gets when he asks gods name.
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Iulus
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another name for Ascanius
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Jacob
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Son of Issac.
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Jocasta
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She was the wife of Laius. Mother of Oedipus by Laius,She was also sister of Creon.
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Joseph
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son of Jacob. had multi colored coat and he could interpret dreams. sold to slavery but wokr his way up to advising the pharoah
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Jove
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another name for Jupiter
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Juno
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sister and wife of jupiter, hates the trojans
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Jupiter
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son of saturn, greek zeus thus king god.
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Liaus
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Killed by Oedipus and former king of thebes.
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Latinus
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king of latium who lets the trojans rest at his place for a while.
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Lausus
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son of mezentius, killed by aeneas in final battle in italy.
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Lavinia
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daughter of latinus and destined wife of aeneas
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Mark Antony
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Ally of Caesar who eventually turns on him and rules rome himself
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Mars
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god of war, son of Jupiter and Juno, (greek ares)
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merism
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in speech when two halfs make a whole(eg. when God creates the heavens and the earth he creates the whole universe)
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Mezentius
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exiled etruscan king, father of Lausus
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Miletus
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Somthing?
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Moses
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prophet and leader who delivers the Hebrews from Egypt
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Nisus
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Gay trojan lover of Euryalus
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Numanus
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brother in law of tunus.
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nymphs
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non-mortal beautiful female creatures that take advantage of mortal men.
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Octavian
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Caesar
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Oedipus
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Sleptw/his mother killed his father and was eventualy exiled and gouged his eyes out.
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oligarchy
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form of government where power rest in a elite part of society
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oracle
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source of wisdom
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Pallas
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son of Evander
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"persuade or obey"
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the idea that if you dont do anything to change a law then you must obey it.
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Phaedo
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student of socrates who relates the story of socrates death to Echecrates, a fellow philosopher
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Pharaoh
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king of egypt
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Phrygians
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trojans
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pius Aeneas
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'god-fearing', 'good-hearted' and 'the true" Aeneas
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Plato
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Ancient Greek Philosopher
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Sarah
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wife of abram, means princess
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Sarai
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original name of Sarah
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Saturnia
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nick name of Juno as daughter of saturn
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Sinon
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greek who tricks the trojans about the trojan horse
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Socrates
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Philosopher whom Plato Wrote about
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tabernacle
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portable place of worship deescribed in exodus
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Tartarus
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bad part of the underworld
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Teiresias
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blind prophet of thebes who tells Oedipus that he killed his father and is sleeping with his mother
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tent of meeting
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part of a tabernacle
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Teucrians
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Name for trojans.
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The Thirty
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Somthing
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"These are your gods, O Israel!"
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What Aaron says when he made the Golden Calf.
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theophany
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appearance of god to man
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Tisiphone
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one of the furies
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Tower of Babel
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tower constructed by humanity to reach heaven. god responds by confusing their language.
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Turnus
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enemy of Aeneas who is made to resist him by the gods and dies in the battle for italy
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Venus
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goddess of love, mother of Aeneas, (greek aphrodite)
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Zipporah
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Wife of moses. Circumcises him and her son both times preventing their deaths.
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