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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 100






2. 'peace be with you'






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






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






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






6. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






7. The technical biological term for the human species

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8. 50






9. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






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






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






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






13. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama






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






15. Goddess of victory






16. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






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






18. 'per day'






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






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






21. Goddess of love






22. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






23. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






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






25. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)






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






27. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






28. 'This for that &' a fair trade






29. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






30. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






31. 'A slip of the tongue'






32. 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






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






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






35. Home of the Greek gods






36. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






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






38. Market place/business center






39. Market place/business center






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






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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






45. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.






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






47. 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)






48. 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')






49. 'The other way around'






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