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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






3. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






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






5. 'peace be with you'






6. The male head of a Roman family






7. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






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






9. 'per day'






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






11. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation






12. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal






13. God of war






14. 'beware of the dog'






15. 1






16. 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






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






18. 'Time flies/flees'






19. 'All-knowing'






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






21. The norms or values of a society






22. 1000






23. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife






24. 'The state in which'






25. 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






26. 100






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






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






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. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






31. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's






32. God of war






33. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






34. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






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






36. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






37. 'The other way around'






38. 'And others'






39. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






40. 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






41. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace






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






43. The male head of a Roman family






44. 'per day'






45. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York






46. Goddess of love






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






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






49. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur






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







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