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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






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






3. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






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






5. '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






6. 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






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






8. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position






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






10. The technical biological term for the human species

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11. 'per day'






12. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






13. 'Time flies/flees'






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






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






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






17. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






18. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






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






20. River that runs through the city of Rome






21. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






22. 'This for that &' a fair trade






23. God of the sea






24. 'great work'






25. 'per year'






26. 50






27. 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






28. Doctor of medicine






29. 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






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






31. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






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






34. 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






35. 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)






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






37. 'note well' i.e. take note






38. Writing after the body of a letter






39. 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






40. Doctor of medicine






41. 'per day'






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






43. 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')






44. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






45. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






46. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






47. Goddess of wisdom






48. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






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






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