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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






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






4. 'for the time being' - temporary






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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)






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






12. Goddess of the hunt






13. 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.






14. 'The state in which'






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






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






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






18. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






19. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






20. River that runs through the city of Rome






21. 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






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






23. 'Word for word'






24. 'beware of the dog'






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






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






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






28. The male head of a Roman family






29. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






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






31. The norms or values of a society






32. 'The state in which'






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






34. 10






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






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






37. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






38. 'per year'






39. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






40. '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.






41. 5






42. 'A slip of the tongue'






43. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






44. 10






45. 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






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






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






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






49. '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.






50. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created







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