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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






2. God of the sea






3. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






4. 'After death'






5. '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.






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






7. God of war






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






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






10. 'in memory of'






11. 'The other way around'






12. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






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


14. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






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






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






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






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






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






20. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






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






23. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






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






25. 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






26. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War






27. 'Work conquers all'






28. Goddess of love






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






30. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






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






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






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






34. '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






35. Goddess of wisdom






36. 1000






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. The male head of a Roman family






43. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






44. 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






45. 1






46. The male head of a Roman family






47. '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






48. 'All-knowing'






49. 10






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