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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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2. God of war






3. 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)






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






5. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






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






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






8. 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






9. 'per year'






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






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






12. 'After death'






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






14. 'seize the day'






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






16. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






17. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






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






19. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






20. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






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






22. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






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






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






25. Goddess of the hearth






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






27. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






28. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War






29. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






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






31. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






32. 'The other way around'






33. 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






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






35. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.






36. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






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






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






39. 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






40. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






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






42. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






43. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






44. The technical biological term for the human species

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45. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






46. The river surrounding the Underworld






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






48. 10






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






50. 100