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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






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






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






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






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






6. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






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






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






9. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






14. 'peace be with you'






15. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






16. God of war






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 'for the time being' - temporary






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






24. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama






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26. 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






27. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing






28. The river surrounding the Underworld






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






30. '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






31. 'great-souled & high-minded'






32. 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






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






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






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






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






38. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






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






40. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'






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






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






43. 'per day'






44. 'All-knowing'






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






46. 'Time flies/flees'






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






48. The technical biological term for the human species


49. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






50. 'per head' 'per person'