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Classical Literacy

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






2. The river surrounding the Underworld






3. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)






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






5. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






10. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






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






12. The male head of a Roman family






13. Writing after the body of a letter






14. 'The other way around'






15. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






16. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






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






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






19. 'This for that &' a fair trade






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






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






22. 'Time flies/flees'






23. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






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






25. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






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






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






28. 'per year'






29. 10






30. 100






31. 1000






32. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






33. 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






34. 'The end'






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






36. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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

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






39. 'The state in which'






40. 'note well' i.e. take note






41. 'peace be with you'






42. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






43. The norms or values of a society






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






45. 'beware of the dog'






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






47. 'After death'






48. 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






49. Goddess of the hunt






50. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind