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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






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






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






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






5. 1000






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






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






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






9. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






11. The river surrounding the Underworld






12. Writing after the body of a letter






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






14. 'unknown land'






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






16. 'The other way around'






17. Goddess of the hearth






18. Goddess of victory






19. 'per year'






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






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






22. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






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






24. 10






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






26. 50






27. 'note well' i.e. take note






28. Goddess of the hunt






29. 'unknown land'






30. 'A slip of the tongue'






31. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






32. 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






33. 'After death'






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






35. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's






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






37. After midday/noon






38. 'The end'






39. 'peace be with you'






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






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






42. The norms or values of a society






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






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






45. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






46. 100






47. 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)






48. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






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






50. 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






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