Saturnalia Facts
Roman celebrations of Saturnalia honor this god.
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Who is Saturn?
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This bird is the symbol of Juno, the Roman queen of the Gods.
What is a peacock?
These twin brothers, allegedly raised by a she-wolf, quarreled over the first kingship of Rome.
Who are Remus and Romulus?
This Latin phrase means "seize the day."
What is "carpe diem?"
These are the six Latin noun cases.
What are: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, and Vocative?
This Latin phrase was used by the Ancient Romans to wish each other a Happy Saturnalia.
What is "Io bono Saturnalia?"
This musician went to the underworld to bring back the soul of his wife.
Who is Orpheus?
On the Ides of March, this Roman statesman and general was stabbed to death in Pompey's Theatre by a group of his close friends and colleagues.
Who was Julius Caesar?
Cave Canem! This Latin phrase advises you to beware of this animal.
What is a dog?
This case shows possession:
What is genitive?
This cosmic event takes place at the end of Saturnalia and marks the impending return of the sunlight and springtime.
What is the winter solstice?
This Greek goddess of youth personifies both springtime and death.
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Who is Persephone?
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These animals, who lived within the Temple of Juno, alerted the citizens of Rome to an invasion of Gauls with their noisy honking.
What are geese?
A "post mortem" exam is performed after a person has experienced this.
What is death?
a case use which follows a form of sum
what is a predicate nominative?
In Ancient Rome, Saturnalia was typically celebrated during this tenth month of the year.
What is December?
To hide his affair with her from his wife, Zeus turned this mortal woman into a cow.
Who is Io?
The Acropolis in Athens is crowned by the Parthenon, a temple to this Greek goddess.
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Who is Athena?
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This kind of argument, whose name is a Latin prepositional phrase, refers to a personal attack, rather than an argument based on reason.
What is an "ad hominem" attack?
Latin prepositions can be used with these two cases.
What are the accusative and the ablative?
This hat, a symbol of a freed slave, was worn by revelers
What are pilieus?
This god was killed and later deified because of his ability to raise the dead
Who is Aesclepius?
This king/general led 300 Spartans to stand against a Persian invasion at Thermopylae.
Who is Leonidas?
Alea iacta est! Caesar's famous exclamation after crossing the Rubicon into the city of Rome is translated with this English phrase:
The four types of prepositional phrases:
what is PW, PFW, PTW, and accompaniment?