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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






2. 50






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






4. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






5. Market place/business center






6. 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






7. 'I'






8. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






9. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






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






11. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






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






13. Doctor of medicine






14. '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






15. 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






16. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






17. 'per head' 'per person'






18. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






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






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






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






22. 'per year'






23. 'Work conquers all'






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






25. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')






26. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






27. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






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






29. 'per day'






30. 'for the time being' - temporary






31. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'






32. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






33. 'in memory of'






34. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






36. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






37. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






38. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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






40. The technical biological term for the human species

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41. God of war






42. God of the sea






43. 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






44. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






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






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






47. The technical biological term for the human species

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






49. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






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







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