Etymology
In Greek, these terrible lizards roamed the earth millions of years ago.
What are dinosaurs?
This item was the prize for Jason after he plowed a field with fire-breathing bulls, defeated the skeleton army that sprouted there, and evaded a sleeping dragon.
What is the Golden Fleece?
This woman, Caecilius' wife, would oversee all the household tasks.
Who is Metella?
This Greek philosopher was put to death for corrupting the youth, inventing new gods, and - in OGR's opinion - being very annoying.
Who is Socrates?
This Greek hero's casualties include Periphetes, Sinis, Sciron, Cercyon, Procrustes, and most famously Asterion/Asterius, according to some authors.
Who is Theseus?
These objects are so named because, according to the Greeks, they wandered across the night sky.
What are planets?
Who is Hercules?
Tensions between the Pompeiians and the Nucerians break out over gladiatorial shows taking place in this building.
What is an amphitheatre?
Caligula was particularly fond of this animal, called Incitatus. Legend has it he even made it a senator.
What is a horse?
Much of this Shakespeare tragedy about an international affair is though to be lifted straight from the contemporary translation of Plutarch.
What is Anthony and Cleopatra?
To the Romans, this is someone you would share bread with.
What is a Companion?
Anyone sailing through the ancient Strait of Messina (Sicily) would have to choose between these two perils.
What are Scylla and Charybdis?
Named for another legendary hound, this lovable dog stays by his master's side until the very end.
Who is Cerberus?
This emperor, the father of Commodus, wrote a series of Stoic Meditations.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
The Roman poet Ovid wrote many unconventional texts, but perhaps none moreso than this epic, the main theme of which was things changing shape.
What are the Metamorphoses?
DAILY DOUBLE
This feeling was thought to be induced by the god who gave it its name, perhaps referring to how scary nature can be.
Fighting at Troy, this warrior is the only one to land a hit against a god.
Who is Diomedes?
This Syrian slave-dealer does business in the forum.
Who is Syphax?
Julius Caesar wept before a statue of this famous leader, because by the same age Ceasar had not accomplished as much.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This Roman poet was full of contradictions - most famously, he hated and loved at the same time.
Who is Catullus?
This adjective, meaning commonplace, comes from the Latin for crossroads.
What is Trivial?
For attempting to cheat death not once, but twice, this wicked king was given an unending task in the underworld.
Who is Sisyphus?
DAILY DOUBLE
This work by Petronius is the inspiration for the fabula mirabilis in Stage VII, where a dinner party guest tells the story of a werewolf.
Cato the Elder ended all his speeches in the senate by reminding everyone that this city must be destroyed.
What is Carthage?
This Greek writer of epic is lesser known than his counterpart (with whom he shares an initial) but his Theogony is no less worth reading.
Who is Hesiod?