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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






2. Home of the Greek gods






3. '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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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)






8. God of war






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






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






11. 'Time flies/flees'






12. '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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 'unknown land'






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. Goddess of the hunt






27. 'Work conquers all'






28. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






29. 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






30. 'per head' 'per person'






31. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






32. Market place/business center






33. 1000






34. 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






35. 'This for that &' a fair trade






36. 'in memory of'






37. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






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






39. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






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






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






42. 'The end'






43. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.






44. River that runs through the city of Rome






45. Goddess of the hearth






46. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






47. Goddess of the hearth






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






49. 10






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