Mythology
Fill in the blank: The first task of Heracles was to kill the Nemean _____.
What is the lion?
This is the typical purpose of the accusative case in Latin.
What is Direct Object?
These three women spin the thread of life, deciding who gets to live or die.
Who are the Fates?
The author of the Iliad.
Who is Homer?
This hero sailed home to Ithaca to see his beloved wife Penelope after a 10 year long war.
Who is Odysseus?
This ancient Roman tale is the reference from which we get Romeo and Juliet.
What is the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe?
This type of word agrees with a noun in case, number, and gender.
What is an adjective?
This god was the main antagonist in the Odyssey.
Who is Poseidon?
This Roman author is famous for writing an epic to win favor for the Emperor Augustus with the Roman people.
Who is Vergil?
This hero slayed Medusa with a sword and a shield given to him by Athena.
Who is Perseus?
This man was turned into a snake in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Who is Cadmus?
The mood of the verb in portare or videre or amare.
What is the infinitive?
This Titan sent fire to the humans.
Who is Prometheus?
Briefly describe to me the allegory of the Cave from Plato.
I'll let you know.
The main character in the Iliad.
Who is Achilles?
This woman opened up a box, releasing many evils into the world.
Who is Pandora?
There this many declensions in Latin.
What is 5?
This Titan is forced to carry the weight of the sky on his back for all eternity.
Who is Atlas?
This ancient philosopher is famous for saying, "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. "
Who is Socrates?
This hero is killed when he puts on a coat smeared with satyr blood, which acts as a poison.
Who is Heracles?
Name a single member of the Calydonian Boar hunt.
Who are Meleager, Atalanta, Theseus, Castor, and Pollux?
Tell me the person and number of baculis- long is.
What is ablative plural?
The goddess of the hearth.
Who is Hestia?
This author is famous for the Republic, in which he outlines a utopian civilization.
Who is Plato?
This heroine is famous for her quick speed.
Who is Atalanta?