OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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Revise: RomeEvander explains that they repeat these ceremonies because they were ‘saved from cruel perils’. He then tells the story of Hercules and Cacus.
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GCSE Classics · key term
The half-human, fire-breathing son of Vulcan whom Hercules kills in Virgil’s Aeneid after he steals Hercules’ cattle.
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Paper 1
Revise: RomeEvander explains that they repeat these ceremonies because they were ‘saved from cruel perils’. He then tells the story of Hercules and Cacus.
Distinguish Hercules’ immediate motive—recovering his stolen cattle—from the wider result: freeing the community from Cacus.
Keep the authors and episodes distinct: Virgil describes Cacus; Ovid describes Achelous, Nessus and Hercules’ death.
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