Looking over to the sidebar showing "Famous Greek Falls" where there are 2 mythological sons who fell from the skies, it occurred to me it might be entertaining and enlightening to do a countdown for numbered (or countable) items in Ancient/Classical History. Some of these ideas are better than others. Please choose among my possibilities 
when there is more than one, and add your suggestions in the comments. Help especially needed for #1 (strained) and #11 (too obscure). I'll add select ones (*) from your suggestions to the list.
when there is more than one, and add your suggestions in the comments. Help especially needed for #1 (strained) and #11 (too obscure). I'll add select ones (*) from your suggestions to the list.
12 Tribes of Israel/Olympians/Hercules' Labors/Caesars of Suetonius/Tables of the Romans/Apostles
10 Plagues/Tribes of Athens/Commandments
9 Muses
7 Sages/Hills of Rome/Against Thebes*
5 Ages of Man in Hesiod/Rivers of Hades*
4 Humors/Horae (seasons)/Winds/Church Fathers
3 Main mythological families (Deucalion, Tantalus, Io)/Gorgons/Moirai or Fates*
2 Falls (Phaethon and Icarus)/Pillars of Hercules [Heracles]/Kings of Sparta*
Comments
For a moment there, I suspected that you were working on a variant of ’12 Days of Christmas’.
To avoid that (although it is my ultimate aim), I listed them in reverse (for the song) order.
7 Against Thebes
5 rivers of Hades
5 events of the pentathlon
5 ephors of Sparta
3 Norns
3 Moirai
3 heads of Kerberos
2 kings of Sparta
1 flute girl at the Symposium
For higher integers:
The 30 Tyrants
The 300
The 10,000
Thanks, Gary. Trust a writer to come up with good ones. Don’t want to go beyond the 12 days of ancient/classical history. Otherwise, 50 and 100 could both be the hundred handers.
OK with Gary’s suggestions. Have to cross out Kerberus and the Flute girl because I want to add Athenian tribes and Israeli tribes (we have to discuss both!)
It is OK to leave “3′s” but let’s confine with 3′s alone otherwise I have to add “7 against Thebes”. Let us leave 300 and 30 at least.
I’m partial to Martial (no rhyme intended). His Epigrammata provide an amazing insight into the lives and attitudes of first century Romans.
Jim – Is your comment in response to another blog post or to something else? I don’t see the connection here.