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Classical Literacy

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






2. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






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






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






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






6. 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)






7. 'Work conquers all'






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






9. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






10. Goddess of victory






11. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






12. 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






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






14. 50






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

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






17. 'great work'






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






19. 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.






20. 'All-knowing'






21. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






22. Market place/business center






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






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






25. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






27. 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






28. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






29. 'I'






30. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






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






32. God of war






33. 'The other way around'






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






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






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






37. Doctor of medicine






38. Goddess of love






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






40. 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






41. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






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






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






44. 100






45. 'The end'






46. 50






47. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






48. 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






49. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






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