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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'great-souled & high-minded'






2. 'I'






3. 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






4. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






5. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






6. River that runs through the city of Rome






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






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






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






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






11. 'seize the day'






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






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

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14. 1000






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 1000






21. 'in memory of'






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






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






24. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






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






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






27. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too






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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 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






32. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






33. Goddess of victory






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






35. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






36. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god






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






38. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)






39. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






40. Goddess of the hunt






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






42. Home of the Greek gods






43. 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)






44. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






45. The technical biological term for the human species

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46. 'per head' 'per person'






47. 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






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






49. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






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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