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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






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






3. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements






4. 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






5. 'Word for word'






6. 'per day'






7. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






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






9. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus






10. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






11. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again






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






13. 'I'






14. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






15. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






16. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






17. 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






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






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






20. 'for the time being' - temporary






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






22. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






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






24. The male head of a Roman family






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






26. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






27. 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)






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






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






30. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






31. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






32. Goddess of love






33. 'Work conquers all'






34. 'After death'






35. 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






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






37. 'in memory of'






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

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39. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






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






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






48. 'unknown land'






49. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






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