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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






2. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






3. 'After death'






4. 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






5. 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






6. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)






7. Goddess of the hunt






8. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






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






10. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






11. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






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






13. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






14. 'Word for word'






15. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






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






17. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






18. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church






19. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






20. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






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






22. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






23. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






24. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






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






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






27. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus






28. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






29. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






30. 'per day'






31. 'Time flies/flees'






32. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






33. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind






34. The technical biological term for the human species

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






36. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too






37. 'Always prepared'






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






39. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






40. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






41. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






42. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)






43. 'And others'






44. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE






45. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






46. 'After death'






47. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.






48. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






49. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon






50. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'