| PUNIC | Relating to the ancient Carthaginians |
| ARAMAIC | Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages. |
| ISRAELITE | Relating to the ancient Hebrew nation (9) |
| DORIAN | Of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris (6) |
| EBRO | Longest river of Spain, used as the dividing line between Rome and the Carthaginians following the First Punic War (264-241 BC) (4) |
| HANNIBAL | Leader of the Carthaginians - and the A-Team (8) |
| APOLLONIA | Ancient city of Sicily founded by Dionysius I of Syracuse as an outpost against the Carthaginians |
| HUELVA | City in SW Spain near the Portuguese border founded by Carthaginians (6) |
| LECTERN | Hannibal the Carthaginian's last stand in church (7) |
| CANNAE | Where Carthaginians triumphed Scots can't |
| SIRIUS | It is also called Alpha Canis Majoris, or the Dog Star, and is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name comes from a Greek word meaning "sparkling" or "scorching." Known as Sothis to the ancient |
| MILKYWAY | Name, derived from its appearance to the ancient Greeks and Romans as a hazy lacteal band across the sky, for the vast the galaxy containing our solar system (5,3) |
| MUSCLE | Word, from Latin for "little mouse" due to the ancient Romans' comparison of flexed biceps to mice, for one of the contractile organs of the body, synonymous with strength (6) |
| IDA | "Mountain of the Goddess," to the ancient Greeks |
| IBIS | Bird sacred to the ancient Egyptians because of their belief it was the embodiment of Thoth, god of wisdom, writing and knowledge (4) |
| SUN | Star swallowed by Nut to create night, according to the ancient Egyptians (3) |
| ILIAD | Epic attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer about the siege of Troy (5) |
| ANTHEMION | Name by which the honeysuckle or palmette architectural omament was known to the ancient Greeks (9) |
| MITHRAIC | Pertaining to the ancient Persian god of light, identified with the sun |
| BULL | Because this animal was likely the most powerful known to the ancient Greeks, gods were forever transforming into it. |
