CLASSICAL TERMS LEVEL ONE

ALMA MATER

• In Rome this phrase was used to refer to female goddesses
• Recently the term is used by students to refer to the colleges they graduated
• There are many monuments signifying the alma mater
• Even Mary was known as an Alma Mater to the people
• The alma mater can refer to a colleges theme music

ALPHA AND OMEGA

• The alpha and omega were the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet
• This term was used to describe Jesus when he said "I am the alpha and the Omega."
• When he said this he stated that he would be the beginning and the end.
• These letters are also included in the Hebrew alphabet.
• They even turned it into a cartoon movie

HORTICULTURE

• -The art or practice of garden culture or management
• Horticulture deals with the production of food and non- food crops
• Derived from the Latin word hortus meaning garden
• Horticulture is a smaller and more intricate version of farming
• Horticulturists specialize on advancing the production of plants as to where they are more practical

HYDRA

• A hydra can refer to a multi-headed serpant found in Greek mythology
• A hydra had poisonous breath and if a warrior cut off its head it would grow two more
• In one of his many quests Hercules slayed one if these serpants
• There is also a constellation that symbolizes this serpant said to have been put in they sky by Hercules

POLYTHEISM

• - the belief or worship in one or more God
• This comes from two Greek terms poly- meaning many and theos- meaning God
• There are two types of polytheism one is a unit of many beliefs
• The other description of polytheism states that there are multiple separate physical Gods
• Ancient Greeks and Romans were polytheistic, they both believed in msnh gods

PELOPONNESUS

• Peloponnesus is a large peninsula in southern Greece
• The peninsula was devided into three seprate sections during Greek war
• Peloponnesus means the island of Pelops a hero who was said to have conquered this entire region
• This structure has changed possession many times but is currently withheld by Greece and is a luxurious place to reside