The Tyrant's Tomb

sica (siccae, pl.) a short, curved sword
Somme a battle of World War I fought by the British and French against the
Germans by the River Somme in France
Somnus the Roman god of sleep
spatha a Roman cavalry sword
spolia opima one-on-one combat between two opposing leaders in a war, the
ultimate display of courage for a Roman; literally, spoils of war
strix (strixes, pl.) a large blood-drinking owl-like bird of ill omen
Stymphalian birds monstrous man-eating birds with sharp Celestial bronze
beaks that can tear through flesh. They can also shoot their feathers at
prey like arrows.
Styx a powerful water nymph; the eldest daughter of the sea Titan, Oceanus;
goddess of the Underworld’s most important river; goddess of hatred; the
River Styx is named after her
sub rosa Latin for under the rose, meaning sworn to secrecy
Subura a crowded lower-class area of ancient Rome
Summer of Love a gathering of more than 100,000 hippies or “flower
children” in the San Francisco neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury during
the summer of 1967 to enjoy art, music, and spiritual practices while also
protesting the government and materialistic values
Tarquin Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the seventh and final king of
Rome, reigning from 534 to 509 BCE, when, after a popular uprising, the
Roman Republic was established
Temple Hill the site just outside the city limits of New Rome where the
temples to all the gods are located
Terminus the Roman god of boundaries
Terpsichore the Greek goddess of dance; one of the Nine Muses
terza rima a form of verse consisting of three-line stanzas in which the first
and third lines rhyme and the middle line rhymes with the first and third
lines of following stanza
testudo a tortoise battle formation in which legionnaires put their shields
together to form a barrier
Teumessian Fox a gigantic fox sent by the Olympians to prey upon the
children of Thebes; it is destined never to be caught