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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






2. 'This for that &' a fair trade






3. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'






4. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






5. 'This for that &' a fair trade






6. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






7. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






8. 'firm ground/solid earth'






9. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)






10. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






11. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






12. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






13. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






14. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






15. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






16. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute






17. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again






18. 500






19. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






20. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar






21. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






22. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






23. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






24. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor






25. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






26. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






27. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






28. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






29. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






30. The technical biological term for the human species

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31. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






32. Goddess of wisdom






33. The river surrounding the Underworld






34. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama






35. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






36. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






37. The river surrounding the Underworld






38. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






39. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






40. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






41. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






42. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War






43. Home of the Greek gods






44. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






45. 'And others'






46. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






47. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






48. 'Work conquers all'






49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






50. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court