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When do you use the common abbreviations i.e., and when do you use e.g., and what do they mean?
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Major Gods and Goddesses of the World
Learn about the world's major gods and goddesses of love, war, childbirth, food, music, mischief, and all sorts of human-seeming foibles.
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Roman and Greek names for the Olympians and the minor gods and goddesses.
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Read about some of the reasons for the Fall of Rome (or the decline of the Roman Empire) and the rationale behind the dates. There are many theories for the fall, some more, some less reasonable. You get to judge which is the best.
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The Ides of March was just another date on the Roman calendar until the fateful day in 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was assassinated.
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Apollo was a Greek god of prophecy, the arts, especially music, healing, and later, the sun. Learn more about this very popular Greek and Roman god, his passions, gifts to mankind, and his now firmly entrenched association with the sun. Also learn about Apollo's application in modern culture.
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Which Greek Goddess Are You? Take this quiz to determine if you're a goddess of love or war or something
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Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. Here are some fast facts about ancient Mesopotamia.
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Basic information on the Olympians of Greek Mythology.
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Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom also known as Pallas Athena. In ancient Rome, Athena was known as the Roman goddess Minerva.
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Here are the major heroes of Greek legend. Two of them (Odysseus and Achilles) are from the Trojan War. The others were involved in adventures.
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Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano in Campania, near Naples, Italy, whose eruption in A.D. 79 destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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The revolt of the slaves led by Spartacus the gladiator put a strain on Rome, but built up the heroic legend about its leader. Learn about the Roman failed attempts to stop the revolt and what actually led to Spartacus' downfall.
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An index of the sun gods from various ancient religions.
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Leonidas was a king of Sparta who led a suicide mission against the Persians at Thermopylae during the Persian Wars.
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The major events in the Trojan War. What happened during the Trojan War and the Iliad of Homer, from the theft by Paris of Helen of Troy.
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Zeus is the name of the Greek king of the Gods, the equivalent of the Roman god Jupiter. Zeus is a sky god.
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A list of war gods and goddesses from the mythology of the world.
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A collection of maps showing features of ancient Greece.
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Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, the historical queen and last pharaoh of Egypt. The story of Queen Cleopatra has been retold in countless stories, plays, and movies.
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Learn your way around the ancient world by following these maps. Notice that modern borders separating countries and even continents are mostly very different.
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The goddess Hera was the queen of the Greek gods, sister and wife of Zeus and goddess of marriage. Hera is described as a jealous goddess.
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Aspects of the goddess of love, the goddess Venus, the Roman Aphrodite.
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The Titans of Greek mythology were the twelve children of Gaia and Uranus.
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Which Greek Hero Are You? Take this quiz to determine which Greek hero you really are. You may discover
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Latin quotes for various occasions with translations, plus a few Greek quotes.
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Introduction to Greek Mythology. The importance of Prometheus the fire-bringer and benefactor of mankind.
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A barbarian to the Romans, Attila, a fierce warrior and king of the horse-riding Huns, harassed the Roman Empire during the fifth century and put the fear of god in all the peoples in his way.
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Gods and goddess of the moons came in male and female forms. An alphabetical list of deities or personifications of the moon.
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Date and very brief description of the Persian War Battle of Thermopylae at which the Spartans, under Leonidas, fought bravely to their death.
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Basic information on the main gods and goddesses in Egyptian mythology.
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The Sword of Damocles was described by Cicero in his Tusculan Disputations.
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Here are the top fertility and love goddesses of ancient mythology.
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Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite was known Venus in Rome was a major goddess in ancient Greek mythology and in the Roman Vergil's Aeneid.
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Learn more about the Olympic games with this profile showing that the Olympic games were religious events honoring Zeus at Olympia, which, over time, became more strictly athletic competitions, explaining the location of the events, the types of competition, the restrictions on entry, the sacred truce, and the origins of the games.
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A Little Etymology - Greek and Latin Roots and a Little Etymology - Stems, Prefixes, and Affixes
Greek and Latin Roots and a little etymology. A few tables to help make sense of compound words by looking at the etymology, Greek and Latin roots and the prefixes and affixes.
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Pericles was the leader of Athens at the time of the building of the Parthenon and the Peloponnesian War.
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A simple How to on Roman numerals, from your About.com Guide
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Here are the ASCII codes for the upper and lower case letters of the Greek alphabet so you can insert them in HTML documents.
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Nebuchadnezzar restored old religious monuments and improved canals as other Babylonian kings did, but Nebuchadnezzar is best known for his Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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It's important to know the meaning and significance of Biblical and Hebrew names before you give one to your child. Here are resources for Hebrew names and name lists especially for people in the process of finding a name for their newborn.
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Euripides, a Greek writer of tragedy, introduced drama about love to Old Comedy. Third of the great Greek tragedians, Euripides was born c. 484 B.C. and died 406 B.C., possibly in Macedonia, although that may have been one of the many fanciful legends created about this controversial playwright.
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Do you think the Romans were the original bulimics with a vomitorium in every household? It may surprise you to learn most Romans ate modestly. Learn more about the Romans' foods and their diet.
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The beginning of religion and the development of gods and goddesses in ancient Mesopotamian
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The phoenix was an Egyptian bird. The story of the phoenix is that it died and was reborn.
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The nine muses (Calliope, Urania, Euterpe, Thalia, Inspiration, Melpomene, Erato, Mnemosyne, Clio, Terpsichore, and Polymnia), their provinces and attributes.
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The Hippocratic corpus made an advance on earlier medicine although its methods may now seem barbaric. Here is a look at the major terms connected with the Hippocratic method and especially the medical use of the theory of the four humors.
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The name Cleopatra Queen of Egypt has often been used to mean a seductive beautiful woman, but Cleopatra may not have been beautiful at all.
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Constantine the Great of Constantine I was the first Christian emperor of the the Roman Empire.
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Why Your Kids Should Learn Latin. If you want the best for your kids, if you want them to do well on their SATs and if you want them to understand English grammar, teach them Latin.
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Cronos was a Greek god, or rather the Titan father of the Olympian gods and goddesses.
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Moses, the recipient of the Ten Commandments in the Bible, and a Hebrew prophet, was the leader of the Hebrew people when they left Egypt and wandered in the wilderness during the Biblical Exodus.
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The key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs was the Rosetta Stone.
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Maps of the Holy Lands based on Ancient History and the Bible.
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Short notes on individual Norse gods and goddesses in Norse mythology.
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Some basic comparisons between ancient Rome and ancient Greece, more specifically, ancient Athens.
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A photograph of a statue of Pharaoh Cleopatra VII, the famous Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.
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The Roman army developed from the Greek form to a superlative fighting machine that conquered much of the known world.
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The Fertile Crescent is a name for a relatively fertile arc-shaped area by the Mediterranean which covers Biblical lands, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the Nile Valley.
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Maps of the Ancient Near East and maps of the ancient Middle East.
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The Roman Republican form of government had three branches, the consul, the senate, and the assembly, and these three branches of Republican Rome meant that there were elements of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in the Roman Republican form of government.
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Odysseus has been warned about the Sirens and knows that they are dangerous, so his men put wax in their ears, but Odysseus is tied to a mast.
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Greek mythology is one of the most fascinating and colorful topics connected with the ancient world. Here is an introduction to the mythology and gods and goddesses who still play a part in today's world.
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Roman gladiators were a major source of entertainment for Romans during the Roman Empire.
