Transformations
Spider
Arachne
What do the following mythological characters, in at least one account or another, have in common? Misenus, Orion, Pierides, and Marsyas.
They challenged a god in a contest.
What Silver Age author wrote a letter to Tacitus that serves as a primary source for historians’ knowledge about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and ten books of letters that include official correspondence between the emperor Trajan and himself?
Pliny the Younger
Name the author
Carthage, Scipio Aemilianus, Athens, Eunuchus, Adelphi
Terence
Terence was born in Carthage and friends with Scipio Aemilianus. All his plays took place in Athens. Some of his plays included, Eunuchus (the eunuch), Adelphi (the brothers), Phormio, Andria (women of Andros), Hecyra (the mother in law), and Heauton Timorumenos (the self-tormentor) #me making this questions
Apricot, concoction, terra cotta, biscuit, precocious
Coquo, to cook
Weeping Stone
NIOBE
What Thracian king achieved favor with Athens by helping King Pandion in his dispute over territory with Thebes, but committed adultery with his sister-in-law, Philomela, then cut out her tongue to silence her?
TEREUS
In what speech does Pliny praise Trajan as the optimus princeps?
PANEGYRICUS
Name the author
Rome, Epicurean, Memmius, Cicero, six book poem, love potion, de rerum natura
Lucretius
He was actually born in Rome, he was an Epicurean philosopher (focused on seeking pleasure and avoiding pain). He was friends with Memmius (although nobody understood why) and Cicero who admired his work. The six book poem is De Rerum Natura, and drank a love potion, went insane, killed himself.
Balance, biceps, biscuit
Bis- twice
bi + lanx= bilanx -> balance (2 scales)
(2 heads) Biceps = bi + -ceps (ending)
bis + coquo = biscuit (cooked twice)
House Swallow and Nightingale
PROCNE AND PHILOMELA
Philomela eventually revealed what happened through her weaving. As a punishment, Procne and Philomela decided to kill what young son of Tereus and serve it to him?
ITYS
ITYLOS
What emperor could not stop the mutilation of Parthenius and the execution of Petronius Secundus after the praetorians besieged the palace and demanded the death of his predecessor’s assassins in 97 A.D.?
NERVA
Name the author
Arpinum, Marc Antony, Forminae, De Re Publica, Patricide, and Conspiracy
Cicero
He was born in Arpinum, and executed in Forminae (thanks 2nd triumvirate, totally not a personal grudge and definitely for the benefit of Rome… and speaking of a group of inflated egos part 3 the remix….) Cicero, in the spirit of the greatest Greek orator Demosthenes, wrote The Philipics in which he insulted and criticized Marc Antony. He also wrote De Re Publica which was about Roman politics. Cicero’s first political speech was Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino (80 B.C.), defending Sextus Roscius, who had been accused of patricide and was against the famous orator Hortensius. And when he later became consul in 63 BCE, he exposed Catiline’s conspiracy.
Apartment, particle, particular, parcel, party
Pars, part
Magpies
Daughters of Pierus
Pierides
Into what kind of bird was Tereus transformed?
HOOPOE
What commander of the Praetorian Guard led the hunt for the conspirators, imprisoning Nerva in the imperial palace until they had their way?
CASPERIUS AELIANUS
Name the author
Bellum Catilinae, Bellum Jugurthinum, Historiae
Sallust
His works were Bellum Catilinae, which were about Catiline, Bellum Jugurthinum in which he praises Marius in his war against Numidian King Jugurtha, and Historiae which covers 78 BCE to 67 BCE.
Parade, parry, rempart, prepare, parasol, parachute
Paro, prepare
Bats
Minyads
Daughters of Minyas
What was the Latin word for “breeze” that Cephalus often spoke as he tried to cool off after hunting that was misunderstood by Procris to be the name of a rival nymph?
AURA
According to Ovid (Metamorphoses, VII, 681 -865), Cephalus had been married to the beautiful Procris only two months when Aurora, goddess of the dawn, aroused his suspicions and induced him to test his bride's constancy. In a disguise provided by Aurora, he offered Procris rich gifts and succeeded in causing her to hesitate. When he revealed his true identity, Procris fled to join the nymphs of Diana. Remorseful, Cephalus effected a reconciliation with his spouse, who thereupon gave him the two presents she had received from Diana: a wonderful hound, swifter than any other, and an unerring spear that automatically returned to its thrower.
Cephalus and Procris were once again happy together, and each morning he would hunt with the spear she had given him. Fatigued from his labours, Cephalus would go to a cool place and invoke the breeze, "Aura," to come and refresh him. Someone overheard his words, and thinking he was calling to a nymph, reported to Procris that Cephalus was being unfaithful. To discover if the report were true, Procris followed Cephalus one morning and hid in a bush. Hearing the nearby leaves rustle, Cephalus feared it might be some wild animal and threw the javelin, killing his own beloved wife.
Name the five "good emperors".
NERVA, TRAJAN, HADRIAN, ANTONINUS PIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
Name the author
Bithynia, Memmius, Clodia, Verona, Lesbia, grave, odi et amo
Catullus
He was born in Verona, hence Shakespeare’s plays typically being set there, and eventually worked under the Governor Memmius in Bithynia. Often in his poems he referenced Lesbia whose real name was Clodia, the wife of Q. Caecilius Metellus (sounds familiar). In another one of his poems he went to his brother’s grave in Troy in which he spoke to his “mute ashes”.
Cognizant, connoisseur, acquaintance, notorious, reconnaissance
Nosco, to know
cognosco is acceptable