C is for City
A is for the city that is known for its beautiful acropolis and patron goddess of battle strategy and wit.
What is Athens?
Virgil said omnia vincit amor – this conquers all.
What is Love?
This philosopher was sentenced to death by Hemlock poisoning.
Who is Socrates?
This abbreviation is used when there are too many things to list – or when you can't think of something else to add.
What is etc?
One of the most famous Romans, you'll frequently see his name on restaurant menus. Stabbed in the back 23 times, his famous last words were, allegedly, "et tu, Brute?"
Who is Julius Caesar?
C is for Rome's greatest rival where Queen Dido fell in love with an epic hero.
What is Carthage?
This group of early Greek gods includes Hyperion & Pheobe.
Who are the Titans?
This location is a 6 day walk from campus! Don't worry, we won't be walking there, but we will get to see it!
What is the Getty Villa?
Taken from the Latin phrase meaning "and others," you will often see this used in citations or on a research paper.
What is et al.?
The last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, this man famously played his lyre while Rome was ravaged by the Great Fire.
Who is Nero?
S is for the Lacedaemonian city, known for their great warriors and unintentional invention of the marathon.
What is Sparta?
Postmortem means after death, postbellum means after this.
What is after war?
Our first off-campus adventure, this museum is a replica of a French Pavilion with the same name.
What is the Legion of Honor?
You will often hear this on a true crime documentary. It is used to describe the way that someone quintessentially acts or behaves.
What is M.O.?
Known for works such as The Frogs and Lysistrata, this playwright is known as the first literary comedian.
H is for the city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. While less well known than its southern counterpart, it was a much wealthier city named after a strong, lion-hearted hero.
What is Herculaneum?
It literally means in glass & is where some fertilizations occur.
What is in vitro?
This book (which was required reading!) was written by Grant Parker!
What is The Agony of Asar?
This is used in note-taking or articles to draw the attention of the reader to a certain aspect or detail of the subject being addressed.
What is n.b.?
This famous conqueror named a town after his horse, Bucephalus.
Who is Alexander the Great?
K is for the palace of the Minotaur and home of King Midas and Ariadne. It was also the place where Daedalus and Icarus were held captive before making their grand escape.
What is Knossos?
This third Emperor of Rome abused his power by making senators run beside his chariot and dissolving valuable pearls in his drinks. He is also infamous for making his horse a senator.
Who is Caligula?
This museum houses the collection of a now-deceased art collector. After a horrible earthquake, an Oxford Assyriologist wrote that "the rooms of its spacious museum were still a scene of wreckage. The magnificent collection of Greek vases it once contained had been hopelessly shattered; even the Egyptian mummies were torn and dismembered."
What is the Cantor?
Latin for "thus," this three-letter word is often included in papers to denote a speaker's quote that has a grammatical error.
What is sic?
This cynic philosopher is known for bursting into The Academy to challenge Plato's definition of "What is a man?" He brought with him a de-feathered friend, shouting "Behold! A man!"
Who is Diogenes?