Fēlīx an Īnfēlīx?
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The old rhētor has gathered his students on the steps to tell a story: two boys, and only one stroke of luck between them. Everyone wants to know how it ends.
Seven puzzles stand between you and the story's ending. Solve one, and a little more of the tale comes out — until, at the end, one final word reveals what luck really is.
Crossword — the vocabulary of a Roman schoolroom debate.
Anagrams — unscramble seven words from the schoolroom and the street.
Cipher — decode a message, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — two verbs, nārrō and teneō ("to tell," "to hold"), in every tense you know.
Picture Count — reassemble a scattered scene, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the mismatched word in each row to learn how the story ends, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters, rearranged, spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself instantly. Spelling and capitalization are forgiving — macrons are never required.
Fifteen words from a Roman schoolroom debate. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Five cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the five red letters:
Seven words from the schoolroom and the street. Unscramble each one.
A message has been shifted 3 letters forward through the alphabet. Shift each letter back 3 to decode it — the message speaks for itself. Answer the question it asks, in Latin.
Decode the message — it already asks its own question at the end.
Two verbs, nārrō, nārrāre ("to tell") and teneō, tenēre ("to hold") — the whole story, held and told — in every tense you know. Drag each English meaning onto its matching Latin form.
The picture below has been scattered into 24 pieces — click two to swap them. Each piece locks in place once it's correct. When the whole picture is assembled, five counting questions will appear — in Latin, they ask quot ("how many") of each thing you can find.
Click two pieces to swap them. Correct pieces lock in place — keep going until the whole picture is assembled.
In each row, three tiles belong together and one doesn't. Drag out the odd tile. Find all 15 to learn how the story ends.
Now that the story is whole, answer these in Latin:
One clue from every lock you solved. Answer each in Latin — the first letter of each answer will reveal itself, in the order the locks appeared.
You're almost there! Arrange these letters to make a word.
The password was:
favent — "they favor." The ring is golden, the story is told, and today, of all days, the gods are on your side.