Greek History
The Greeks proudly recalled this series of wars, in which they successfully defended their poleis from a larger empire.
Persian Wars
This famed orator had his hands and head cut off during Marcus Antonius' (Marc Antony) proscriptions.
Cicero
Practically the patron of the UCA, this Athenian strategos is well know for betraying Athens at least three times during the Peloponnesian War.
Alcibiades
This "first woman" created by the Hephaestus was gifted with beauty by Aphrodite and a deceitful nature by Hermes.
Pandora
The Greek for "rule of the people" gives us this English term.
Democracy (δημοκρατία)
This elite group of soldiers from this city was made up of 150 pairs of male couples.
Theban Sacred Band
Before the republic, Roman stories say that they were ruled by kings from this group of people.
Etruscans
This historian from Asia Minor recounts the causes of the disputes between the Persians and the Greeks.
Herodotus
The first aristeia of the Iliad involves this hero wounding this Olympian (supply both the hero and the Olympian)
Diomedes; Aphrodite
This pottery style paints the vase black and leaves the details as the natural red color of the clay.
Red-figure
This famous Spartan defeated the Athenians (and Thucydides) at Amphipolis but died in the same battle.
Brasidas
This hill of Rome was where Augustus and some later emperors had their homes.
Palatine Hill
This member of the optimates faction fought against Julius Caesar in a civil war before being defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus.
Pompey
This cousin of Dionysus was torn apart by his own mother in a maenadic frenzy.
Pentheus
In this speech, Pericles urges the Athenians to become "lovers" of their city.
The Funeral Oration
This family was banished from Athens on multiple occasions on the grounds of being cursed.
The Alkmeonids
This emperor was captured, skinned, then stuffed and kept as a trophy by King Shapur of Persia.
Valerian
This Athenian lawmaker apparently left Athens for ten years after establishing the laws there, so that no one could force him to change or overturn them.
Solon
This Phrygian goddess, called Magna Mater in Rome, had a thriving mystery cult with her consort, Attis.
Cybele
The earliest graffiti about Jesus' crucifixion in Rome portrays which animal being crucified.
Donkey
These silver mines in southern Attica made Athens rich.
Laurion
Name all five of the "Five Good Emperors."
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.
The emperor Lucius Septimius Bassianus was nicknamed "Caracalla," which is this.
Gallic hooded tunic (which he apparently would wear)
Whichever team can name the most Muses wins (out of nine).
Calliope (Epic), Clio (History), Erato (Lyric Poetry), Euterpe (Flute), Melpomene (Tragedy), Polyhymnia (Hymns), Terpsichore (Dance), Thalia (Comedy), Urania (Astronomy)
This is the meter of epic poetry.
Dactylic Hexameter