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| Pompeii | A city in Italy that vesuvius destroyed |
| Tiber | A river that runs throuh Rome. |
| Nomen | the second name of a roman shows the clan |
| Cognomen | A Romans' third name that indicated the branch of the clan |
| Impluvium | the pool in the atrium, used for house hold cleaning |
| Latrina | bathroom |
| cubiculum | the bedroom |
| murals | wall paintings and were usualy about food or mythology |
| Zeus | the god of the sky; king of the gods; greek version of Jupiter |
| Callisto | A follower of Diana and one of Jupiter's "loves", turned into a bear then a constellation (Ursa Major) |
| Persephone | the daughter of Demeter ; stolen by Hades to be his wife |
| Leto | The mother of Diana and Apollo |
| Leda | She was one of Zeus's loves and was the mother of Helen of Troy and Pollux |
| Semele | Bacchus's mother; Zeus zapped her by coming to her in his true form, a lightning bolt. |
| Juno | Zeus's wifeho tried to catch him with other women. she was the goddess of marriage |
| Echo | nymph punished by juno: she could only repeat what others said |
| Halcyone | Turned to bird by Juno be cause her husband drowned, and they could continue to "live" together. |
| Ientaculum | a breakfast meal |
| horologium | sun dial |
| Patron | A wealthier Roman who helped poorer Roman's with giving them money, jobs, and food. |
| Apollo | Diana's twin brother; god of sun |
| Plautus | comic playwrite |
| pantomime | most popular from of theatrical entertainment; mixture of ballet and opera |
| thermopoleum | hot wine shop |
| Herculaneum | town near Pompeii; also covered by Vesuvius |
| Campania | region of Italy around Pompeii; very fertile |
| Venus | goddess born from sea foam; goddess of love & beauty |
| Cupid | Venus' son; god of love; shot people with bow & arrow to make them fall in love |
| Adonis | Venus' lover; killed by discus and turned into flower |
| aedile | elected official in charge of law and order also the public slaves |
| basilica | courthouse |
| lares | household gods |
| Amor | another name for Cupid |
| Dionysus | god of wine, fertility, mystery religions |
| maenads | female follwers of Bacchus |
| Pan | Bacchus' companion; a satyr |
| Thespis | first actor |
| Roman Theater | open air theater; built up on arches |
| familia | Roman household; included slaves |
| alumni | adopted children |
| manumission | freeing os a slave |
| secunda mensa | dessert |
| gustatio | appetizers |
| Artemis | Greek name for Diana |
| Diana | goddes of hunt; moon & witchcraft |
| Luna | name for Diana as goddess of moon |
| Actaeon | hunter whom Diana punished for seeing her bathing; turned into stag and torn apart by his own dogs |
| Niobe | proud mother of 14 children; boasted she was better than Leto; Apollo and Diana killed her children; she turned into weeping rock |
| scaena frons | permanent back drop for stage |
| palaestra | exercise area |
| Stabiae | town near Pompeii; also affected by Vesuvius |
| Appenines | mountain range down the center of Italy |
| Aphrodite | Greek name for Venus |
| Eros | Greek name for Cupid |
| Aeneas | Venus' mortal son; Trojan prince whose descendents founded Rome |
| tribunal | speaker's platform in forum |
| duoviri | chief elected officers of a Roman town; served as judges |
| Cytherea | another name for Venus |
| macellum | covered marketplace in the forum |
| Bacchus | god of wine, fertility & mystery religions; theater grew out of his worship |
| Silenus | follower of Bacchus; fat, drunk old man |
| satyr | half man, half goat |
| Odeon | smaller, roofed theater; poetry readings and musical events were held here |
| Greek Theater | built into hillside |
| vernae | slaves born in the master's house |
| peculium | property or money owned by a slave |
| libertus | freedman |
| prima mensa | main course of 'cena' |
| ab ovo usque mala | phrase describing a Roman meal; "from the egg to the apple" |
| Artemis | Greek name for Diana |
| Hecate | Diana's name as goddess of witchcraft |
| Orion | hunter accidentally killed by Diana; turned into a constellation |
| scaena | stage in a Roman theater |
| cavea | seating area of theater |
| orchestra | seating area in theater for important people of the town |
| Liber | another Roman name for Bacchus |
| thyrsus | Bacchus' pinecone-tipped staff |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods; god of merchants, travelers & theives |
| lyre | musical instrument Mercury made to appease Apollo because he stole his cows |
| talaria | Mercury's winged sandals |
| Terence | Roman playwrite |
| Naples | city in Campania; Neopolis as Greek colony |
| toga | out garment worn by Roman citizens |
| praenomen | given name of a Roman male |
| compluvium | opening in roof of atrium; above impluvium |
| peristylium | covered colonnade around garden |
| lararium | shrine for household gods |
| mosaics | floor designs made of small tiles |
| Jupiter | king of the gods |
| Io | one of Jupiter's loves; he turned her into a cow to hide her from Juno |
| Danae | one of Jupiter's loves; he visited her in a shower of gold |
| Alcmene | one of Jupiter's loves; mother of Hercules |
| Latona | another name for Leto |
| Europa | one of Jupiter's loves; came to her as a bull |
| cippi | stepping stones in the streets of Pompeii |
| Hera | Greek name for Juno |
| Trojan War | conflict started by 3 goddesses fighting over the golden apple |
| prandium | lunch |
| client | citizen of lower economic or social status who depended on patron for handouts of money, food or help with a job; voted for patron |
| Mercury | Roman name for Hermes |
| caduceus | Mercury's staff entwined with 2 snakes |
