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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
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1. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






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

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






4. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






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






6. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship






7. 'firm ground/solid earth'






8. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god






9. 1000






10. 'After death'






11. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite






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






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






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






15. 'Word for word'






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






17. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






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






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






20. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






26. 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)






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






28. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.






29. 'And others'






30. Writing after the body of a letter






31. 'All-knowing'






32. 'I'






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






34. 50






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






36. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






37. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation






38. 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.






39. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






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






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

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






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






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






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






46. After midday/noon






47. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






48. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')






49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






50. 1