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CLE. L -Z. Labor ominia vincit. Work conquers all Motto of the state of Oklahoma. labyrinth. The maze designed by Daedalus for King Minos at Knossos, Crete. Any difficult path or route. Lapsus linguae. Slip of the tongue. laurels. Honours or a crown Rest on your laurels.

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  1. CLE L-Z

  2. Labor ominiavincit • Work conquers all • Motto of the state of Oklahoma

  3. labyrinth • The maze designed by Daedalus for King Minos at Knossos, Crete. • Any difficult path or route

  4. Lapsuslinguae • Slip of the tongue

  5. laurels • Honours or a crown • Rest on your laurels

  6. MD Medicinae Doctor • Teacher of Medicine

  7. magnanimous • Great spirited; showing a great spirit; showing nobility of feeling or generosity of mind

  8. Magnum opus • Great work

  9. marathon • Battle of 490 • Race of 26 miles, 385 yards • Pheidippides

  10. Mea culpa • My fault

  11. Medea • Wife of Jason • Killed the children • Rode off in a dragon chariot

  12. mentor • Friend of Odysseus put in charge of Telemachos • Wise and trusted counselor and teacher

  13. Minotaur Bull of Minos Son of Pasiphae and the Cretan Bull

  14. mores • Norms, habits, customs, traditions, and values of a society • O tempora, o mores

  15. Mt Olympus • Home of the gods

  16. Mt Parnassus • Close to Delphi, home of the Python

  17. Mt Vesuvius • 79 eruption buries Pompeii, Herculaneum and Oplontis

  18. n.b. nota bene • Note well • Pay special attention

  19. Nike

  20. Odysseus • Homeric Hero from Ithaca • Ulysses

  21. Odyssey • Written by Homer • Odysseus’s 10 year travel home from Troy • Calypso • Circe • Sirens • Polyphemus • Telemachus • Penelope • Suitors • Eumaeus • Argus

  22. omniscient • All-knowing

  23. Orpheus and Eurydice • Eurydice is bitten and dies • Orpheus fetches her, but looks back

  24. p.s. post scriptum • Written after – something added to a letter after it’s written

  25. Palatine Hill

  26. Pan • Half goat-half man, protector of shepherds from Arkadia

  27. Pandora • The first woman, made from gifts of all the gods – hence the name: weaving and clothes from Athena, looks from Aphrodite et cetera • She opened the box she was told not to open and all the evils of the world flew out, leaving only hope behind in the box.

  28. Pantheon • All the gods • Temple to all the gods originally built by Agrippa in Campus Martius, but it sank in the swamp • Hadrian’s Pumpkin

  29. papyrus • Egyptian reed used to make the first paper, ultimately the rood word for paper

  30. Paris (Alexander) • Trojan shepherd who chooses Aphrodite as the fairest – he turns out to be a prince who was exposed on Mt Ida because he was foretold to be the ruin of Troy.

  31. Parthenon Athenian Temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos, the maiden.

  32. Pater familias • Father of the family (n.b. the archaic genitive ‘as’) • Complete control over all members of the household

  33. patrician • The upper class Roman citizenry, name derives from pater, patris – father. • Still used to signify posh nobs

  34. PaxRomana • 27-180 AD • The period of Roman peace from Augustus to Commodus. Rome constantly expands and brings peace to the Mediterranean.

  35. Paxvobisum • Peace be with you

  36. Pegasus • Winged horse born of Poseidon and Medusa (sometime from her head after Perseus cut it off) • Bellerophon’s steed

  37. Penelope • Wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus • Wove funeral shroud of Laertes by day and unwound it by night to fend of the suitors

  38. Per annum • By the year

  39. Per capita • By head, for each head

  40. Per diem • For each day, by the day

  41. p.o. per os • By mouth

  42. Persephone, Proserpina • Daughter of Ceres and wife of Hades

  43. Perseus and Medusa • Legendary hero, founder of Persians, born of Danaë kills the Gorgon

  44. Persona non grata • An unwanted person, particularly in a diplomatic or legal context. • An ostracized meanie-head no one wants around • That guy…

  45. Ph D Philosophiae doctor • Teacher of philosophy • Highest academic degree

  46. plebeian • Common people in ancient Rome • Still used pejoratively for lower classes or anything common or vulgar ‘redneck’ horseshoes competitor

  47. P M post meridiem • After mid-day, afternoon

  48. polytheism • Belief in many gods

  49. Pompeii • Roman costal town destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD • Archaeological treasure trove of Roman daily life

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