HUM 2 WEST ID's

Trivium

Roman Liberal Arts, specifically:

• Grammar

• Logic

• Rhetoric

Quadrium

Roman Liberal Arts, specifically:

• Arithmetic

• Geometry

• Music

• Astronomy

Fasces

Bounded sticks w/ axe, represents Roman value of strength in unity

Ides

15th of the month; Julius Caesar killed on this day in March

First Triumverate

Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

Tyrannicide

killing of a tyrant

Toga Virilis

Robe for men reaching adulthood; sign of manhood

Pax Romana

Roman peace

Vigiles Urbani

Watchmen of the City

Cohortēs Urbanae

Riot Police

Cohortēs Praetōriae

Praetorian Guard

Cursus Publicus

the public way

Eclogue 4

Virgil’s poem that celebrates Rome’s Golden Age

arma uirumque cano

My song is of war and a man (Latin translation)

condo

to found, also build, establish, preserve

Paterfamilias

father of the family

virtus

complex blend of virtue revolving around valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth

pietas

Roman virtue of duty

gravitas

Roman virtue of weight and seriousness

Cumae

Colony of Greeks in Italy presided by the Sibyl

Biga

two-horse chariot used in ancient Rome

patera

libation bowl for religious ceremonies

Gates of Sleep

one of horn and one of ivory

Ecphrasis

telling a story within a story via art/other work

Condere

to plant/found

Pater Patriae

prestigious honorific title first given to Augustus

Ara Pacis

Augustus’s altar dedicated to Pax Romana

Eudaimonia

flourishing

Epicureans

school of philosophy opposing stoicism; pleasure is the goal

Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo

I was not, I was, I am not, I do not care

Ataraxia

freedom from distress

Logos

universal reason

Apatheia

freedom from passion

Eudaimonia

human flourishing; control, responsibility, excellence

Arete

excellence; part of eudaimonia

Synoptic gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke gospels

Q source

Shared origin of Luke and Matthew

Theopilus

“friend of God”; recipient of Luke’s gospel and Acts

Petrine church

Church founded by Peter; focused on the papacy, structure, and Jewish tradition

Pauline church

Church founded by Paul; focused on conversion and welcoming new converts

malakoi

effeminate; weaklings, wantons, debauchers until 1946

arsenokoitai

male prostitutes

Tauroctonos

Mithras killing the bull

Sol Invictus

Roman sun god

Attis

Roman shepherd baby

Manichaeans

Dualistic world religion; followed by Augustine in his youth

Plotinus

Hellenized Egyptian; neoplatanist

Henosis

Neoplatanist journey towards The One

Nous

emanation towards good

The Tollund Man

Seamus Heaney’s poem about a body preserved in a bog

phrygian cap

pointed hat; worn by foreigners in Rome

Wergild

blood money

Lindisfarne

first viking raid in England (793 CE)

Kennings

two-word compound phrase used in place of a noun

Heorot

Hrothgar’s mead hall

The Story of Sigemund

story of a hero told in a song

Theodicy

question about the origin of evil

Providence

God’s guidance

Grace

God’s undeserved love