Sepulcrum Archimēdis
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Sicily, 75 BC. The young Cicero is serving as a Roman official on the island. In Syracuse he asks to see the tomb of Archimedes, but the people of the city say they have no idea where it is. Cicero remembers some lines of verse said to be carved on it, and that on top of it stood a sphere inside a cylinder: the shapes whose volumes Archimedes had proved were in the ratio 2 to 3.
Outside the Agrigentine Gate, among thorn bushes and tangled trees, Cicero spots a small column rising above the brambles. Seven puzzles stand between you and the tomb. Solve them all, and one last word tells you what Archimedes became once more.
Crossword — the cemetery, the search and the scholar, in Latin from Book 4.
Anagrams — unscramble seven things Cicero does in the cemetery.
Cipher — decode a message in Latin, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — two verbs, inveniō ("find") and legō ("read"), in their infinitives: present and perfect, active and passive.
Picture Count — reassemble the cemetery, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the word that doesn't belong in each row to build the story, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself. Spelling and capitals are forgiving, and macrons are never needed.
Sixteen words from the search for the tomb. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Six cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the six red letters:
Seven things Cicero does in the cemetery. Unscramble each one.
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The password was:
Clārus — famous. “So the most famous city of Greece, once the most learned,” wrote Cicero, “would not have known the tomb of its cleverest citizen, if a man from Arpinum had not shown it.” He had the brambles cleared, and Archimedes was famous in Syracuse once more.