Thetis, Achilles’ mom is a water Nymph who dips him in the River Styx ACHILLES’ HEEL Invunerable Invincible Except for a weakness

Acropolis – Athens famous hilltop

Parthenon: Temple to Athena – sits on top of the Acropolis

Ad = a preposition which takes the accusative AD + accusative AD = TO (in the sense of direction) I go to the queen: Eo ad reginam. Ad Infinitum Infinitum, i (neuter)

I’m nauseous! The teacher kept talking ad nauseam: he kept talking and talking. Ad Nauseam

Anno Domini Annum, i Dominus, i Anno: ablative case – ablative of time when Domini: genitive Anno Domini = In the year of the Lord 300 AD = in the 300th year of our Lord BC is NOT Latin. BC = Before Christ 300 AD = 300 CE = Common Era 200 BC = 200 BCE = Before the Common Era The “Common Era” is the one we are commonly, or altogether, living in.

Aegean Sea = named after King Aegeus, Theseus’ Father If Theseus came back alive from Crete (there was a man-killing Minotaur there), he was to put up a WHITE SAIL Theseus did come back alive but forgot to change the sail from BLACK. His Father jumps into the sea because of despair.

Agenda – To do list Ago agere egi actum – 3rd conjugation Agent has to do stuff

Agora = marketplace/public meeting place (greek word) Forum, i = marketplace/public meeting place (latin word) An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. Let’s have a philosophical forum.

Foras (adverb) NOT DECLINABLE Ite foras, discipuli!!!

The Modern Forum = Times Square, for example

AM = ante meridiem = before half day = before noon PM = post meridiem = after half day = after noon = afternoon

In Greek mythology, ambrosia was considered the food or drink of the Olympian gods, and it was thought to bring long life and immortality to anyone who consumed it. It was often linked to nectar, the other element that the gods consumed; usually, it was thought that ambrosia was the food and nectar was the drink of the gods.

In general, ambrosia was only consumed by deities; when Heracles achieved immortality, Athena offered him ambrosia; while when Tantalus tried to steal some to give to other mortals, he was punished for committing hubris. Tantalus was the son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto in Greek mythology, who was punished after death in Tartarus. With his wife, who may have been Dione, Taygete, Eurythemista, or Euryanassa, he fathered Pelops, Niobe and Broteas. Thus, through Pelops, he was the predecessor of the House of Atreides, as his grandson was Atreus, and his great-grandsons were Agamemnon and Menelaus. According to the myth, Tantalus was welcomed in the table of the deities in Olympus; however, he stole ambrosia and nectar, thinking he could take it back to his people, in order to make them immortal and reveal the divine secrets. He later decided to sacrifice his son to his gods; so, he cut Pelops in pieces, and served him to the gods. The gods realized what happened and did not eat at all; only Demeter, who was upset by her daughter's abduction by Hades, took a bite of Pelops' shoulder. When it was revealed what had happened, Zeus told Clotho, one of the three Fates, to bring the boy back to life, and the missing part of his shoulder was replaced by an ivory piece forged by Hephaestus. Tantalus was thrown out of Olympus and after he died he was punished for eternity; he was made to stand in a pool of water, right under the branches of a fruit tree. However, when he tried to reach for a fruit, the branches would go higher and out of reach, while when he tried to drink a sip of water, the waters of the pool would recede.

Whoever consumed ambrosia no longer had blood in their veins, but another substance called ichor.

One of the myths about Achilles’ immortality has it that his mother Thetis anointed him with ambrosia when he was born and then passed him through flames, so that the mortal elements of his body would be consumed. However, Peleus, his father, found out and stopped her; this caused Thetis’ rage and left without managing to immortalize Achilles’ heel. As a result, that was the only vulnerable spot in his body.