1.1 The gods - key terms
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Lesson duration is: 10 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
What is the technical term for the belief in many gods (i.e. like the Romans and Greeks)?
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Slide 2 - Open question
What is an epithet? How is this relevant to the gods?
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Slide 3 - Open question
What is the technical term for the Greek/Roman gods being non-human but having human characteristics?
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Slide 4 - Open question
What is iconography?
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Slide 5 - Open question
What does it mean if a god is chthonic? Which three gods/goddesses have this quality?
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Slide 6 - Open question
What is a cornucopia and who would have this as part of their iconography?
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Slide 7 - Open question
Athena was known for carrying an aegis. But what is this?
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Slide 8 - Open question
What is a lyre? Which god/goddess would be seen carrying this?
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Slide 9 - Open question
What is the technical name for the traveller's staff which Hermes/Mercury used to carry?
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Slide 10 - Open question
And what about the technical name for the staff wrapped in ivy which Dionysus/Bacchus used to carry?
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