Gods & Goddesses
Greek goddess of love
Aphrodite
Greek female monster with hair made of snakes
Medusa
Seize the day!
Carpe diem
Roman dictator who was killed on the Ides of March
Julius Caesar
Aegyptus
Egypt
Roman god of war
Mars
Greek mythological figure and main character of the Iliad with one weakness
Achilles
Latin meaning "with the position having been reversed," used in English to mean the other way around
Vice versa
Pompeiian banker who posthumously became famous from his starring role in the Cambridge Latin Course
Caecilius
Macedonia and Achaea (1 country)
Greece
Greek god of fire and metalworking
Hephaestus
Mythical twin founders of Rome raised by a she-wolf
Romulus and Remus
Latin word used in English to mean something being repeated in exactly the same words
Verbatim
Adopted son of Julius Caesar, Rome's first emperor and the inspiration for the name of a month
Augustus Caesar
Hispania (2 countries)
Spain and Portugal
Greek goddess of agriculture
Demeter
What Jason and the Argonauts were searching for
The golden fleece
Latin meaning "having turned," used in English to show opposition between two parties
Versus
Most famous Roman gladiator of all time who led a slave revolt. Name comes from an ancient city
Spartacus
Gallia
France
Roman goddess of hearth, home, & family
Vesta
Roman book written by Ovid that elaborates on many Greek myths involving transformation
Metamorphoses
Latin phrase that is abbreviated to e.g. in English (meaning to give an example)
Exempla gratia
Military general who conquered most of Britain. Name literally means farmer
Agricola
Asia
Turkey