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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






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






3. 'note well' i.e. take note






4. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






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






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






7. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






8. 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






9. 50






10. 'per year'






11. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






12. 'per head' 'per person'






13. 'The end'






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






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






16. 50






17. 'Always prepared'






18. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York






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






20. '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






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






22. The river surrounding the Underworld






23. '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






24. Home of the Greek gods






25. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar






26. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






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






28. The male head of a Roman family






29. River that runs through the city of Rome






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 500






34. 'All-knowing'






35. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






36. The norms or values of a society






37. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






38. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






39. 'peace be with you'






40. 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






41. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






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. Goddess of the hearth






44. 'seize the day'






45. The technical biological term for the human species

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46. After midday/noon






47. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






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






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






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







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