In Cena Trimalchionis, Trimalchio is an ostentatious showman who likes to display his wealth through extravagant dinner parties and a man who craves attention. Cena Trimalchionis, a story part of the Latin Satyricon, was written in the first century A.D. by Gaius Petronius. The story is centered around a dinner party hosted by Trimalchio, a …
Influence of Ancient Greece on American Founding Fathers
The Greek Reporter article, “Influence of Ancient Greece on American Founding Fathers,” written by Maria Rybachuk, touches upon Ancient Greece’s weight on a national and state level of the United States government and national beliefs and practices that shape the country today. The founding fathers “learned many of the fundamental principles of freedom, democracy, and …
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Latin Famous Phrases and US State Mottos
Have you ever heard anyone say, “with a grain of salt” or “seize the day”? The Latin language has had many influences on how we speak and what we say today, and one of the influences are famous phrases. In everyday conversations one might hear phrases thrown around which solely originated from the Latin language, …
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Summaries of Greek Gods
You may have heard of these names: Athena, Zeus, Poseidon, Aphrodite; you may also know that these are some of the names of significant Greek gods—perhaps that’s it. Only knowing that much information centuries ago—in the ancient Roman and Greek worlds—would have been a crime because these gods were the mold and outline of Greek …
Pompeii
“Eh eh-oh, eh-oh, eh eh-oh, eh-oh…” Pompeii, a city south of ancient Rome in the vicinity of Mount Vesuvius, was thriving along the coast of Italy until the fateful day when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. This infamous eruption killed 2,000 people and obscured the city of Pompeii in a blanket of volcanic ashes, …
Background of the Trojan War
The Trojan War, many times acted and many times told, holds a great place in Greek mythology and people all around the world are in respect to the different sectors of the war. This war held cunningness, death, perseverance, expeditions, friendship, and most of all, deceitfulness. This war influenced the writings of many books we …
Lupercalia: Ancient Rome’s Valentine’s Day
On February 15th, the ancient Romans celebrated their pagan “Valentine’s Day” with an annual festival called Lupercalia. Unlike Valentine’s Day, this event was a bloody, violent celebration inundated with animal sacrifices. Throughout the practice of Lupercalia, matchmaking, and hopes of repelling ill wishes were a constant part of the ancient Valentine’s Day, Lupercalia. The precise …
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