Greek Authors
This philosopher wrote The Republic and founded the Academy in Athens.
Plato
This regime issued proscriptions that killed Cicero and then defeated Brutus and Cassius at Philippi in 42 BC
The Second Triumvirate
This nymph was pursued by Apollo and begged her father to turn her into a laurel tree.
Daphne
This office was created after the Conflict of the Orders and held the power to veto the actions of other magistrates and convene concilium plebis
Tribune of the Plebs
This woman spends a night in a cave with Aeneas and begs him to give her a child. She has a sister named Anna and dies on a funeral pyre
Dido
Unlike the Stoics, this Greek thinker argued that the good life is found in tranquility and the absence of pain
Epicurus
Following this war between Rome and Carthage in 146 BC, Scipio Aemilianus is said to have been awarded the grass crown of Africa
The Third Punic War
This Phoenician princess was abducted by Zeus when he took the form of a bull
Europa
After holding the highest office in the Republic, a Roman might be awarded a province to govern along with this title.
Proconsul
This Rutulian king becomes Aeneas’main rival in Italy. He dies in the Aeneid’s final scene
Turnus
This tragedian, author of The Oresteia, is frequently called the father of Greek Tragedy
Aeschylus
This famous trio is made up of the deities Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva
The Capitoline Triad
In order to confirm his parentage, this man asks to fly the sun chariot across the sky. He both scorches and freezes the land before being struck down by Zeus.
This financial office was the entrance to the cursus honorum. This office was responsible for conducting audits and handling the state treasury.
In Book 5, Aeneas holds this event in Sicily in honor of his father Anchises
Funeral Games
This Alexandrian poet frequently used water symbolism in his poetry and wrote the Aetia
Callimachus
These three Roman brothers fought the three Curiatii of Alba Longa in a duel meant to decide a war between their cities.
The Horatii
This hunter saw Artemis bathing and was turned into a stag. He was hunted and killed by his own dogs.
Actaeon
In Rome, this office could be either “peregrinus” or “urbanus.” This officer was responsible for organizing the public games
Praetor
This character is also called Iulus. His hair catches on fire before Aeneas leaves Troy
Ascanius
This playwright inspired authors like Plautus and Terence, and Dyskolos is one of the best-preserved examples of his work
Menander
There were three figures who judged the souls of the dead in Hades. Name any one of the three (+200 for all three)
Minos, Rhadamanthus, or Aeacus
This god ambushes and chases Orpheus and Eurydice. He is the god of cheese and had to sacrifice a series of animals to get his bees back according to Vergil
Aristaeus
This officer counted citizens, assessed property classes, and could expel members from the senate
Censor
This character in the Aeneid was a member of Odysseus’ crew. He was abandoned on Sicily when Odysseus fled Polyphemus, and Aeneas later brought him to Italy with his crew
Achaemenides