Ancient History
Achilles was the alleged ancestor of this Greek-Macedonian conqueror
Alexander the Great
The Middle Ages are said to have begun with the fall of this
The Roman Empire
Called "an insipid boy-god of no great importance even to the Romans," he comes into his own Feb. 14
Cupid
This Roman slave is the subject of a Russian ballet & a Kirk Douglass film
Spartacus
A greedy king, or a brand of automobile muffler
Midas
Edward Gibbon is famed for this 6-volume work
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
These wandering minstrels who romanticized feudalism originated in southern France
troubadours
The golden apples Hercules took from Atlas came from a tree that belonged to this wife of Zeus
Hera
It's believed the 1st gladiatorial battles took place at these death-related rites
funerals
The muse of history, or an award given for the best advertisements of the year
Clio
Bible critics claim this Babylonian king's code influenced biblical laws
Hammurabi
Surprisingly, in 1384, Jadwiga, an 11-year-old girl, was crowned this in Poland
king
When the son of a cloud mated with the mares of Thessaly, these creatures resulted
centaurs
Caligula's uncle Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus is usually known by this singular name
Claudius
The Greek goddess of victory, or a brand of athletic show
Nike
This Greek general may have won the battle, but lost the war.
Pyrrhus (of Epirus)
A new interest in learning, called the "Carolingian Renaissance" occurred during this man's reign
Charlemagne
Hoofed & horned attendants of Dionysus
satyrs
He married Calpurnia but was called "the husband of every woman & the wife of every man"
Julius Caesar
The sea nymph who loved Odysseus, or a type of Caribbean folk music
Calypso
Scipio Africanus defeated the much-feared Carthaginian general Hannibal at this battle.
Battle of Zama
This medieval Eng. philosopher lived 350 years before Francis Bacon, with whom he's often confused
Roger Bacon
River "sailed" by Charon, or the rock group who sang "Come Sail Away"
Styx
Shakespeare's poem inspired by Sextus, son of King Tarquin, who attacked a Roman lady named Lucretia
The Rape of Lucrece
A priestess of Aphrodite, or a kind of sandwich
Hero