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.