Classical Literature
If you read Ovid's "Metamorphoses" in English, it was metamorphosized from this, its original language
Latin
Dionysus bestowed this as a reward at King Midas' own request
Midas Touch
Derived from the Latin "to break", it's a number such as 1/3 or 1/2
fraction
From 51-30 B.C., this queen ruled along with 3 different Ptolemys
Cleopatra
In Hindu & Chinese mythology, the earth emerged from this, possibly laid by a gigantic cosmic chicken
egg
This book of the Bible contains songs by David, Asaph, the Korahites & others
Psalms
Fleeing advances from a god, Orpheus' wife Eurydice died after she stepped on this animal & it bit her
snake
"Caveat emptor" means this
Let the buyer beware
Carved out of rock, this Giza landmark has the body of a lion
Sphinx
She, not Fauna, was the Roman goddess of flowering plants
Flora
His epic, the "Aeneid", describes the founding of Rome
Vergil
Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Odysseus must make a choice when passing by these two monsters of mythology.
Scylla and Charybdis
"Caveat venditor", it's what a cheated emptor might say under his breath
Let the seller beware
In 212 A.D., with few exceptions, the entire population was granted citizenship in this
The Roman Empire
Derceto, Greek goddess of fertility, has a scaly tail like this type of animal
fish
One encyclopedia says his portrait of Socrates is the best drawn character in Greek literature
Plato
This princess helped Theseus find his way out of the labyrinth before being abandoned by him.
Ariadne
From the Latin for "bringer of a law", it's a person who helps makes laws
legislator
Based on coffin & pyramid texts, it's a guide for the departed man
Book of the Dead
Killing the Nemean lion was the 1st of his dozen duties
Hercules
Writing during army campaigns, Marcus Aurelius originally titled this self-reflective work "to himself"
Meditations
This shape-shifting deity of the sea would tell you your future if you could hold on.
Proteus
It means to teach, but comes from the Latin "to build"
instruct
He began as the local god of Heliopolis before becoming the major sun god
Ra
While only some say he was born on Mt. Lycaeus, sources agree that he ruled from Mt. Olympus
Zeus