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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






2. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






3. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






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






5. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






6. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






7. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






8. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






9. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






10. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






11. 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






12. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






13. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






14. 1000






15. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






16. 'per head' 'per person'






17. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday






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






19. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






20. After midday/noon






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






22. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






23. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite






24. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






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






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






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






28. 'beware of the dog'






29. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






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






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






32. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






33. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






34. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






35. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






36. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






37. 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






38. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






39. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






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






41. 1






42. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






43. 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)






44. Doctor of medicine






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






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






47. 'And others'






48. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')






49. 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






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