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CLE Level Intro. A - K. AD/anno Domini. In the year of our Lord AUC/ Ab Urbe Condita CE/Common Era. AM/Ante Meridiem. Before noon. Achilles’ Heel. A tragically weak or vulnerable point. ad infinitum. To infinity…and beyond. ad nauseam. To the point of (sea) sickness. Aegean Sea.
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CLELevel Intro A - K
AD/anno Domini • In the year of our Lord • AUC/AbUrbe Condita • CE/Common Era
AM/Ante Meridiem • Before noon
Achilles’ Heel • A tragically weak or vulnerable point
ad infinitum • To infinity…and beyond
ad nauseam • To the point of (sea) sickness
agenda • Things to be done
agora/forum • Agwra/forum
ambrosia & nectar • Food and drink of the gods
Apollo/Apollo • Delos • Delphi
apple of discord • Eris • Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Ares/Mars • God of War
Ariadne • Cretan Princess • Some-time bride of Theseus, Dionysus
Artemis/Diana • Delos
Athena/Minerva • Mentes, Parthenos
Athena/Minerva • Odyssey, Athena goes to Telemachus disguised as the family friend, Mentes. • “Mentes” tells T. to call a meeting to remove his mother’s (Penelope) suitors and come with “him” to Pylos and Sparta to learn of his father, Odysseus.
Atlas • Titan • Father of the Hesperides, Calypso
atrium • Entry room of a house or building • Atrus-a-um - black
Augustus • Octavian • Great nephew & heir of Caesar • 31, near Actium on Ionian Sea, defeats Antony and Cleopatra • 27, Augustus, the First Emperor
Caesar • Gaius Julius Caesar • Ides of March 44 BC
carpe diem • Seize the day • Quam credulensminimunpostero
Carthage • Dido • Punic Wars • Hannibal
cave canem • Beware of the dog
Cerberus • Pluto’s pet
Chaos • Caos • Nothingness, a void
Charon • Ferryman of the Styx
Colosseum • Flavian Amphitheatre
consul Co-head of Republican Government, two per annum
cornucopia • Horn of plenty
Cronus/Saturn • Son of Uranus and Gaia • King of the Titans
Cyclops • Also sons of Uranus and Gaia • Locked in Tartarus, freed by Saturn • Polyphemus
Delphic Oracle • Apollo • The Python • Pythia
Demeter/Ceres • Goddess of Harvest
e pluribus unum • Vergil, lettuce
e.g./exempli gratia • Many people like food for breakfast e.g. eggs
ego • I
Elysian Fields/Elysium • The home of the blessed
Eros/Cupid • God of Desire • Son of Aphrodite/Venus
Et tu, Brute? • Ides of March, 44 BC • Kai su, teknon
etc./et cetera • And the other (things)
ex libris • From the books