| A | B |
|---|
| Narcissus | The "Ego" who scorned Echo |
| Cupid | god of Love |
| Prometheus | stole fire for man |
| Apollo | god of sun and prophecy, loved Daphne |
| alter ego | another self |
| cave canem | beware of dog |
| ars artis gratia | art for art's sake |
| ars longa vita brevis | art is long life is short |
| aut viam inveniam aut faciam | either I will find a way or I will make one |
| Paris | Trojan prince who decided beauty contest and recieved Helen as a prize |
| Helen | woman given to Paris because he chose Venus as most beautiful |
| Trojan War | lasted ten years |
| Achilles | most famous GREEK warrior |
| Hector | most famous TROJAN warrior |
| Homer | author of Illiad and Odyssey |
| Vergil | author of Aeneid |
| Venus | mother of Aeneas |
| Proserpina | daughter of Ceres |
| Campus Martius | military training camp in Rome |
| Baucis and Philemon | this couple was turned into trees |
| pontifex maximus | the chief priest in Rome |
| Arma virumque cano | opening line of Vergil's Aeneid |
| Ego | Latin word for "I" |
| dux femina facti | woman is leader of the deed |
| alea iacta est | the die is cast |
| homo sapiens | wise man |
| dum spiro, spero | While I breathe, I hope |
| veni, vidi, vici | I came, I saw, I conquered |
| tempus fugit | time flies |
| Agamemnon | commander in chief of Greek army |
| Rubicon | river Caesar crossed |
| apple of discord | thrown at wedding of Peleus and Thetis |
| face that launched 1000 ships | Helen |
| Beware Greeks bearing gifts | Trojan horses are dangerous |
| Priam | king of Troy |
| pro tempore | for the time being |
| Muses | nine goddesses of the arts |
| N.B. | note carefully |
| e.g. | for example |
| Niobe | 14 kids, was turned to stone |
| Apollo and Diana | killed the kids of Niobe |
| Capitol | "head" building |
| Forum | marketplace in Rome |
| Octavian | heir of J. Caesar, became first emperor |
| Nero | "fiddled while Rome burned" |
| Medusa | scary hair lady who turned people to stone |
| i.e. | that is |
| 476 AD | fall of Western Roman Empire |
| 753 BC | Rome founded |
| citius, altius, fortius | faster, higher, stronger |
| Augustus | first Roman emperor |
| Carthage | city in North Africa, Dido was queen |
| Punic Wars | fought between Rome and Carthage |
| antebellum | before war period |
| Trajan | emperor when empire is at greatest extent |
| Scipio | Roman general who defeated Hannibal |
| Marcus Aurelius | philosopher emperor, father of Commodus |
| Dido | queen of Carthage, loved Aeneas |
| alea iacta est | the die is cast |
| in perpetuum | forever |
| rigor mortis | siffness of death |
| non sequitur | something that does not follow, not logical |
| vice versa | the other way around |
| Dum spiro spero | while I breath I hope |
| homo sapiens | mankind |
| vox populi vox dei | the voice of the people is the voice of god |
| persona non grata | an unwelcome person |
| per capita | by heads |
| anno domini | in the year of our lord |
| Hercules | hero who complete 12 labors |
| amor omnia vincit | love conquers all |
| alma mater | nourishing mother, your HS |
| Pompeii | city destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius |
| Psyche | fell in love with Cupid |
| Brundisium | southern terminus of the Appian Way |
