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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






2. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






3. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






4. 'Word for word'






5. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






6. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite






7. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






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






9. 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






10. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






11. 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






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






13. Writing after the body of a letter






14. 'in memory of'






15. Goddess of the hunt






16. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






17. 'The other way around'






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






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






20. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






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






22. 'A slip of the tongue'






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






24. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






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






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






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






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






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






30. 'And others'






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






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






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






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






35. 'great work'






36. 'Word for word'






37. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements






38. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






39. The norms or values of a society






40. 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






41. 100






42. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus






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






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






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






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






47. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






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






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






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







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