Mythology
This three-headed beast guards the underworld
Cerberus
This Roman city was buried beneath layers of ash following the explosion of Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii
This Latin word is the root for "water" in many European languages
Aqua
This blind poet is credited with composing the Illiad and the Odyssey
Homer
This 2000 film set in Ancient Rome focuses on the famous battles fought within the Roman Colosseum
Gladiator
This goddess was born from Zeus's skull
Athena
Two brothers who supposedly founded Rome
Remus and Romulus
This muscle in the human body comes from the latin root for "two"
Bicep muscle
The Greek philosopher who drank poison after being sentenced to death in Athens
Socrates
This 1997 Disney movie musical tells the story of the son of Zeus, who must become a true hero to reclaim his immortality
Hercules
Aphrodite offered this to Paris in exchange for the golden apple engraved with "to the fairest"
The most beautiful woman in the world (Helen)
This Trojan killed Menesthes, Anchialus, Protesilaus, and Patroclus during the Trojan War before he was killed by Achilles
Hector
This common Latin phrase means "seize the day"
Carpe Diem
This Roman poet wrote The Aeneid, an epic about the founding of Rome
Virgil
This Broadway musical is a modern retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice
Hadestown
This was the first of Hercules' 12 labors
Bring the skin of the invulnerable Nemean lion
The last of the "five good emperors of Rome," this stoic philosopher and emperor wrote Meditations during his military campaigns
Marcus Aurelius
This common Latin phrase translates to "close friend" or "other I"
Alter ego
Aristotle was the tutor of this famous Macedonian conquerer
Alexander the Great
This 2024 Netflix dark comedy is a contemporary re-imagining of Greek mythology, exploring themes of gender politics, power and life in the underworld
Kaos
Eros's lover who was gifted immortality by Aphrodite
Psyche
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 BCE
Peloponnesian War
The name for this sickness comes from the latin verb "verto" meaning "to turn"
Vertigo
This work by Plato describes an ideal state governed by philosopher-kings
The Republic
This 1979 Monty Python film is a satirical take on ancient Rome, following the life of a man born on the same day as Jesus and mistaken for the Messiah
Monty Python's Life of Brian