Roman Mythology

Mount Olympus

Jupiter, his brothers and sisters lived here

Banquets

parties thrown on Olympus with great food and wine

Ganymede

the server/ waiter for Banquets, he was a young guy, had nice manners

how was Ganymede chosen?

Jupiter swooped down and brought Ganymede for the job of being a server

Juno (to Jupiter)

Jupiter’s wife and sister

Juno

Queen of the gods( Marriage and of married woman)

why was she mad about Ganymede?

Juno had a better person in mind for the job of server for the banquets

(extra) Juno

she could take care of others not herself, so she got jealous when Jupiter was with other women

Jupiter+Io (mortal wife?)

Jupiter was not a loyal husband…he fell in love with Io…there was not an official document to say that they were married.. he was scared that Juno would find Io, so he changed her into a white cow to be hidden

Argus

he was told to guard the cow by Juno

why was Argus the perfect guy to guard the cow?

he had one hundred eyes…when sleeping 50 eyes open, 50 eyes closed

how did Jupiter trick Argus?

he tricked Argus into closing all his eyes, then he killed Argus

what does Juno do after this?

she gets someone else to watch the cow;gadfly (horsefly)… huge fly sent to mess with the cow, the cow goes running off to Egypt.. the cow then returns to its normal state: Io

Jupiter+ Callisto ( mortal wife??)

Callisto doesn’t see Jupiter as a god, since he disguises himself as a mortal, the two have a son named Arcas.

what does Juno do in response to Jupiter cheating on her again?

Juno gets angry at Jupiter, so she changes Callisto into a bear

What happened when Arcas goes hunting?

he sees a bear (his mother)… so Jupiter sees that Arcas is going to kill Callisto, so he turns Arcas into a bear.. KNOWN AS URSA MAJOR AND URSA MINOR

Jupiter+ Europa (mortal wife???)

he sees Europa at the beach.. he transforms into a bull..walks up to Europa.. she walks to the bull.. takes a ride on the bull, Jupiter starts swimming as a bull..to Crete..they have 3 sons together (HE’S STILL A BULL)… the sons needed jobs

who gave jobs to the sons?

Pluto gave 2 of the sons jobs in the Underworld

Olympic games

happens every four years; Summer games and winter games

Olympian

someone who participates in the Olympic games

Olympia

town in Greece.. first games took place there

Ganymede

one of the moons that orbits Jupiter

Juno

being called a Juno: acts in a queen way, conductive manner, stately regal type woman

Argus- eyed

person who’s very alert, observant, taking everything in

Ionian Sea, Io

part of Mediterranea sea that seperates Greece from Southern Italy
named after Io

Callisto

moon that orbits Jupiter

Ursa Major

Callisto when turned into a bear constellation

Ursa Minor

Arcas when turned into a bear constellation

Europe

continent named after Europa

Vesta

temple of Vesta located in Italy, it had a fire that had to be burning all the time, they prayed to Vesta to keep the fire burning, if it wasn’t burning they believed something bad would happen to the city

Vestal Virgins

couldn’t have families.. they prayed to Vesta (virgin).. if found with a relationship, they were burned alive

Ceres

goddes of agriculture..they prayed to Ceres to bless their farm crops

the daughter of Ceres

Proserpina

Ceres and Proserpina

mother and daughter were very close

Neptune

sea god; he could calm the waves, start storms

Proteus

right hand guy of Neptune (change form

Pluto

god of the underworld.. everyone went to the underworld then they decided if you go to Tartarus or Elysian Fields

what did Pluto do?

he kidnapped his niece (Persephone) she has to go visit her mother or she’s going to be miserable.. Pluto has last dinner with Persephone.. she eats 6 pomegranate seeds.. 6 months with mom.. she’s happy.. 6 months with Pluto. she’s sad.. EXPLAINS SEASON CHANGES

River Styx

have to travel across River Styx.. when dead the mourners would give the corpse a coin, so in the Underworld the person could use it to pay Ferryman Charon to take a boat across the River.. after there’s a three headed dog who allows dead people in but no one can go out

Ferryman Charon

they had to pay him to take a boat to get across the River Styx

Cerberus

three headed dog in Underworld

River Lethe

drink from the river; it makes you forget your Earth life

Elysian fields

where the good people went

Vestal

related to how sacred Vesta was

cereal

comes from Ceres

Cerealogy

studies crops

cereologist

someone who studies crop circles

Neptune

planet

neptunium

uranium turned into neptunium by scientists

neptunian

word concerning Neptune god and planet

proteus amoeba

one celled creature that oozes along when moving, VERY TINY

Plutonium

neptunium turned into plutonium

plutonic

layer of rock under Earth’s surface

plutoniam

wannabe planet, underworld

Charon

moon that revolves around Pluto

lethargy

condition where person is drowsy,sluggish, it is constant

lethargic

qualities of lethargy.. ADJECTIVE

Champs Elysees

fancy street in Paris mainstreet

elysium

someone’s happy place