inventor who created the Labyrinth where the
Minotaur lived
in early mythology, the resting place of heroes;
the later mythology, where good people went in
the afterlife
a long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or
the history of a nation, e.g. Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey
god of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
"and you, Brutus?" famous last words of Julius Caesar as
the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was
supposed to be a friend of his, but had a hand in the
killing
"and the rest" - usually seen at the end of a
list of things, instead of listing everything
"from the library of" - used as an inscription on a
bookplate to show the name of the book's
owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
"the end"
a mural painted directly onto wet plaster
(fresco means "fresh" in Italian)
the golden wool of a ram sought by Jason
and the Argonauts
female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose
horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he
looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
god of the Underworld/Tartarus
Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing
the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; he was
eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
prince of Troy who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad;
Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot
and dragged it around the city walls three times
queen of Sparta who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite
for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen
was already married to Menelaus (the king of Sparta) and
her kidnapping/elopement began the Trojan War
god of fire and metal-working; married to
Aphrodite/Venus
goddess of marriage; married to Zeus; queen
of the gods
mortal son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to
regain favor with the gods after killing his family;
when he died, he became a god
the messenger god; god of thieves and travelers;
son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people
to the Underworld when they died
goddess of the hearth
blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the
Odyssey
"that is" - used for further explanation: 'in
other words...'
Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too
close to the sun with the wings his father made
him from wax and feathers, and fell to his death
the 15th of March, the day in 44 BC when
Julius Caesar was assassinated
epic poem written by Homer that tells part of
the story of the Trojan War
leader of the quest for the Golden Fleece;
sailed with the Argonauts
another name for Zeus/Jupiter
good-humored, jolly (ancient astrologers
thought that the planet Jupiter fostered
cheerfulness)
maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at
Crete, where the Minotaur (half man, half bull)
was thought to have been imprisoned
doctor of medicine
a modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece, the
scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 bc; the modern race
is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to
Athens (26 miles) with the news.
"my fault"
half-man, half-bull who lived in the Labyrinth;
fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
a picture made from small bits of glass or
pottery
home of the Greek gods; highest mountain in
Greece
volcano that erupted in AD 79 and destroyed
Pompeii and Herculaneum
the 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and
inspired men in those arts (poetry, history,
drama, etc.)
goddess of victory
king of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the
Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; the Odyssey (an
epic by Homer) tells the story of Odysseus trying to find
his way home from the Trojan War
Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to
bring her back. Hades agreed, on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind
Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure
she was behind him until they had left the Underworld; he looked behind him just
as they were about to exit the Underworld and lost her forever.
the three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will
be born, how long he will live, and when he will die; one sister
spins the thread of life, the second measures out a certain
length, and the third cuts it at the end of the person's life
spirits who carry out curses and torture for
wrongdoing toward one's family members
Homer's epic poem about Odysseus, kind of
Ithaca, trying to find his way home from the
Trojan War