Mythology
This is the sea monster referenced in the Odyssey and other works who dwells across from Scylla.
Who is Charybdis?
What are the Vestal Virgins?
This Latin word has two different meanings. One is the name of a fruit, and the other is a spookier adjective.
What is "malum"?
These were built outside of the city walls to protect inhabitants from miasma.
What are tombs?
This is one of the most hated books in the lower levels of the UGA classics department.
What is Wheelock's Latin?
These are the names of the 3 chthonic goddesses of vengeance, called the Furies.
Who are Allecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera?
This is the figure who was associated with 666 and inspired hit song, "The Devil Went Down to GA."
Who was Emperor Nero?
A latin word that means "shadow," but also refers to spirits or ghosts, famously used in the Aeneid.
What is "umbra"?
These were carved and buried to bring misfortune to enemies.
What are curse tablets?
This is the professor who suggested that Sappho wasn't gay
Dr. Matlock
This character was torn apart by his own mother whilst she was under the influence.
Who is Pentheus?
This is the name of the Roman emperor who built a wall across Northern Britain to keep out invaders.
This Greek word is what we would use to describe Athens; if we were all dead.
What is a necropolis?
This is the age at which girls were considered adults in ancient Rome.
What is age 12?
This is the number of rooms that the Classics Dept. actually owns in Park Hall.
What is like four?
This book of the Aeneid contains a journey to the Underworld by our hero.
What is Book IV?
This is the city where an earthquake took place, toppling over an amphitheater that was rebuilt for only 10 more years of use before another catastrophe occurred.
What is Pompeii?
Term for the wax masks Romans made for their deceased loved ones.
What is "Imagines Maiorum"?
This was the Roman "halloween" in May where people would perform rituals to disperse ghosts (lemures).
What is Lemuria?
This is the name of the professor who taught the Ancient Death class last semester and who I met in an elevator.
Who is Dr. Mario Erasmo?
This is the name for a shapeshifting Roman monster that could appear as a cow, a mule, a dog, or a woman, who would prey on travelers.
What is an empusa?
This is the name of an "archaeologist" who identified the "Mask of Agamemnon" and mistreated many archaeological sites.
Who was Heinrich Schliemann?
This is the Latin phrase that we use (in translation) on gravestones.
What is "requiescat in pace"?
This cult worshipped a god associated with bull sacrifice and secret underground rituals.
What is the Cult of Mithras?
This is a common 4 word epithet of the SCL.
Omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, and indispensable.