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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






2. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






3. 1000






4. 'per head' 'per person'






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






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






7. 'All-knowing'






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 'beware of the dog'






13. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






14. 'firm ground/solid earth'






15. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






16. 'Always prepared'






17. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






19. River that runs through the city of Rome






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






21. 'The other way around'






22. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






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






24. The norms or values of a society






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






26. 'The state in which'






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






28. Goddess of the hearth






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






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






31. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






32. 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






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






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






35. '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






36. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War






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






38. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing






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






40. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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41. 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






42. 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






43. 'great-souled & high-minded'






44. 'All-knowing'






45. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






46. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship






47. '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






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






49. 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')






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







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