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Mythology
Grease or Greece? (and Rome)
Ancient Rome
Quote the Vine
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It's 404 B.C. & here is our top story: Athens has been forced to accept a humiliating peace treaty with this city-state.
Sparta
200
This dog who guarded the entrance to Hades is often described as having 3 heads and a serpent’s tail.
Cerberus
200
“You are the one that I want”
Grease
200
Now a term for any tyrannical leader, this title was given to Julius Caesar during a time of crisis.
Dictator
200
Get to Del Taco, they got a new thing called Fre Shavacado!
400
Here's Helios with the forecast: lots of rain in Athens from this god of weather & so much more... watch out for his lightning!
Zeus
400
According to Ovid, this mountain nymph fell in love with Narcissus. You can still hear her today!
Echo
400
“Give me a thousand kisses”
Greece (actually Rome): Catullus
400
This first emperor overhauled all aspects of Roman life in his regime, which he called the principate.
Augustus
400
Look at this graph
600
Breaking news 479 B.C.: Greece has beaten the remaining forces of this Xerxes-led empire! Let's party!
The Persian Empire
600
Dionysis granted this king any wish; he regretted getting the golden touch when his food became gold and he nearly starved.
Midas
600
“I feel bad for you, friends, because you think that you’re doing something when you’re actually doing nothing”
Greece: Plato
600
She had immense political influence, both when her husband, Augustus, and son, Tiberius, were emperors.
Livia
600
It's Wednesday my dudes
800
What's goin' on in sports, Aetos? King Augeas said now that this hero has cleaned the stables, rodeo season is open.
Heracles
800
A weaver by day and an unraveller by night, she kept suitors at bay during Odysseus’ absence by never finishing her shroud.
Penelope
800
“The rules are: there are no rules”
Grease
800
The Laws of the 12 Tables may have settled disputes between the wealthy patricians & this class of common people.
Plebeians
800
Look at all those chickens
1000
Up next, entertainment reporter Klakos has a review of this tragedy master's new play, "Oedipus Rex".
Sophocles
1000
The Egyptian sun god known as Khepri at dawn and Atum in the evening was known by this 2-letter name at midday.
Ra
1000
DAILY DOUBLE
“I am no stranger to heartbreak”
Grease
1000
Agrippina’s machinations led to this heir becoming Rome’s first teenage emperor.
Nero
1000
Why you always lying?