C. L. 10 Flashcards
A complex knot tied by Midas honoring his father the Phrygian king Gordius
Whoever untied, would rule Asia
Alexander the Great cut with sword
Gordian knot
The father of the American public school
Horace Mann
The minimum number of members of a committee or legislative body who must be present before business officially or legally can be conducted
Quorum
A river in northern Italy that Julius Caesar crossed with his army in violation of the orders of Roman leaders who feared his power
Rubicon
To expurgated a piece of writing by omitting material considering offensive
Bowdlerize
A phrase used to describe the decline and hedonism of the Romans after the Roman Republic was replaced by the Roman Empire
Bread and circuses
A phrase describing something created especially for a particular occasion
Ad hoc
An evocative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about an exotic emperor
-written in 1798 under opium
“Kubla Khan”
According to Greek legend, the king (Dionysius II) grew tired of Damocles’s constant awe and flattery of the king’s wonderful life.
Sword of Damocles
Involving or severing as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem solving by experimental and trial-and-error methods
Heuristic
A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries known for his military leadership and great cruelty
Genghis Khan
A royal court that began in England in the Middle Ages.
Cases were heard without juries
Star Chamber
A French poet of the mid-nineteenth century whose poetry is noted for its morbid beauty and evocative language
Charles Baudelaire
Pejorative term for one recently rich and conspicuously spending
Nouveau Riche
Destroys of Rome
Vandals
