An Object Lesson
Cool Fun Facts About Pompeii
Homer-eroticism
"Vintage" Fashion
Treachery
100
This excellent fellow:
What is a Lar?
100
This natural disaster devastated the city in 62 CE
What is an earthquake?
100
[fragment, untranslatable] was called "The Tenth Muse" by Plato.
Who is Sappho?
100
This most barbarous garment
What are pants?
100
She betrayed her husband with the help of her new beau, killing him after he returned from the Trojan war.
Who is Clytemnestra?
200
The name of the writing utensil she is holding:
What is a stylus (and tabella)?
200
The patron goddess of Pompeii.
Who is Venus?
200
Jupiter disguises himself as this goddess to entice the maiden Callisto.
Who is Diana/Artemis?
200
This Roman would have violated any high school's dress-code with his wardrobe of ultra short tunics.
Who is Mark Antony?
200
According to Herodotus, he betrayed the Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae
Who is Ephialtes?
300
This:
What is a patera/phiale?
300
This quoted phrase is one of the most popular in Pompeiian graffiti.
What is the opening to the Aeneid/ Arma virumque cano?
300
In Plato's Symposium, Phaedrus describes Achilles and Patroclus with these terms, respectively.
What are ἐρώμενος and ἐραστής?
300
This amulet was worn by Roman boys until they reached adulthood.
What is a bulla?
300
This Athenian defected to Sparta during the disastrous Sicilian Expedition (shouldn't have ignored those herms).
Who is Alcibiades?
400
These objects:
What are ex-votos?
400
She helped to identify and replant the gardens of Pompeii, pioneering the field of garden archeology.
Who is Wilhelmina Jashemski?
400
A quotation about this (un)fortunate pair of lovers can be found in an unlikely spot: the 9/11 Memorial.
Who are Nisus and Euryalus?
400
The name of this Egyptian headwear, as seen on King Tut:
What is a nemes?
400
The site of the assassination of Julius Caesar, now a cat sanctuary.
What is the Theatre of Pompey?
500
This thing:
What is an ear spoon?
500
The owner of the largest estate within the walls of Pompeii, which occupies an entire insula. The property was rented as apartments, shops, and restaurants.
Who is Julia Felix?
500
A fictional contemporary of Sappho, to whom a collection of homoerotic poems were falsely attributed in the late 19th century.
Who is Bilitis?
500
An apotropaic amulet typically worn by girls, shown here:
What is a lunula?
500
Snitches get stitches, or in the case of this Ovidian character, turned into a rock. (touchstone.)
Who is Battus?