| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Venus | goddes of love & beauty. |
| Diana | goddess of the hunt. |
| Cleopatra | Queen of Egypt and was beautiful. |
| Caesar | Ruler of Rome, conquered Egypt, fell in love with Cleopatra, very handsome. |
| Agrippine | married/divorced Claudious, killed Claudious' son so her son would have throne, her son killed her. |
| Don Quixote | a litteral hero . performs acts of chivari |
| Mars | Greek god of war. 2nd most worshiped god after Jupiter |
| Apollo | Greek mythology . god of music sun lyrics, poetry, and the lyre |
| Achilles | greatest greek warrior in Trojan war. hero of the Illiad |
| iliad | an epic peom recalling significant events during a portion of the Trojan war |
| Descartes | french philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and writer |
| Henry the Fourth | king of france from 1589-1610 |
| Penelope | wife of Ulysses. symbol of devotion and fidelity |
| Ulysses | Hero. King of ithica in the peom ODYSSEY |
| Socrates | famous greek philosopher |
| Galileo | a talented physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a major role in scientific revolution |
| Copernicus | Polish astronomer, mathematician. had the theory that earth is in daily motion on it's axis |
| Aristophanes | one of the greastest comical writers in ancient Greece. was a playwright and master of old comedy |
| Triton | ruler of the sea. famous for magical conch shell |
| Pyramus | young handsome boy who's in love with a girl that his parents forbid to see and dies for her |
| Bacchantes | priest of Bucchus |
| Orpheus | immortal. in love with Ueurdice |
| Gassendi | Cyrano's teacher, philosopher, scientist, famous for expertise |
| d'Assoucy | french poet and musician. wife ridiculed; but defended by real Cyrano |
| Arras | city now in FR. captured from Spain in 1640 when it was part of the spanish netherlands. |
| Cupid | roman god of love and beauty. son of Zesus |
| Gascon | people considered good soldiers from Southern France. They fought bravely and consider themselves to be insane |
| Moliere | french playwright and actor |
| Beauty and the Beast | fairytale with a prince enchanted as a beast and the girl who loves him and melts his ugliness away |
| Great Bear | man Zesus wife had an affair with |
| Little bear | Zesus son |
| Scales | standing up for oneself |
| Orion's sword | sword of the great Hunter |
| Sirus | small dog constellation usually out during summer days |
| milky way | galaxy we live in |
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