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In absence

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In absentia

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Guardians of the sacred flame in Rome

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Vestal virgins

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Part man, part bull; loved in labyrinth

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Minotaur

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Supposedly Caesars last words

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Et tu brute?

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Greatest Greek warriors who fought in Trojan war

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Achilles

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My fault

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Mea culpa

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Sincerely

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Ex animo

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Monument to celebrate military victory

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Triumphal arch

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Something that must be remembered

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Memorandum

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God of flocks and shepherds

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Pan

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In a class by itself

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Sui generis

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Major 10 year battle between Greece and Troy

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Trojan war

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Killed medusa

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Perseus

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Basic type of column

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Doric

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Son of Daedalus that flew too high

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Icarus

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General agreement among a group

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Consensus

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Commander in chief if Greek forces at Troy

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Agamemnon

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On its first appearance

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Prima facie

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Column with scrolls on side

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Ionic

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Most beautiful women in the world

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Helen

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Age of Greek history between death of Alexander and becoming part of Roman Empire

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Hellenistic age

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Trojan princess with gift of prophecy, but never believed

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Cassandra

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After death, when autopsy is preformed

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Post mortem

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Called from plow to defend Rome

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Cinncinatus

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Women who was fast runner, married man who could beat her

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Atalanta

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Abbreviated by cf means to compare or consult

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Confer

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Most ornate type of column

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Corinthian

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In the middle of things

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In medias res

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Main temple in Rome for all the gods

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Pantheon

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Not in sound mind

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Non compos mentis

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Through itself

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Per se

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First and last

Letter of Greek alphabet

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Alpha and omega

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A rare bird, a unique thing or person

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Rara Avis

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Weakness of Achilles

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Heel

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Military commander under Caesar, had affair with Cleopatra

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Mark Antony

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Thus, so, as such

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Sic

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Male graduate of a school or college

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Alumnus

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In total, entirety

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In toto

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Original sky god, father of Saturn

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Uranus

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Story of Aeneas written by Vergil

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Aeneid

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Maze like structure on Crete

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Labyrinth

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About around

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Circum

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Trojan prince decided beauty contest

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Paris

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God out of the machine

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Deus ex machina

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As a matter of form

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Pro forma

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For this purpose

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As hoc

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That which was to be demonstrated

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QED, quod erat demonstratum

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Roman general, enemy of Caesar, killed in Egypt

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Pompey

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It is human to make mistakes

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Errata humanum est

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Trojan prince that escaped from burning troy to find city in Italy

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Aeneas

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Old Trojan king during war

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Priam

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In the place of a parent

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In loco parentis

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Much is something small

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Multo in parvo

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Craftsman in mythology that flew to escape Crete

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Daedalus

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Greek hero who slew chimera

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Bellerophon

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Emperor who split empire

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Diocletian

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Greek name for Saturn, ate his kids

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Cronus

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Killed the Minotaur

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Theseus

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Had golden touch

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Midas

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