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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






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






3. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position






4. 'I'






5. '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






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






7. 'After death'






8. Doctor of medicine






9. Writing after the body of a letter






10. 'A slip of the tongue'






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






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






13. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






14. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






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






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






17. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






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






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






20. 1






21. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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






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






24. 'The end'






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






26. '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






27. 'All-knowing'






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






29. 'for the time being' - temporary






30. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York






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






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






33. 10






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






35. 'This for that &' a fair trade






36. 'beware of the dog'






37. 'in memory of'






38. Goddess of the hunt






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






40. Goddess of love






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






42. 'A slip of the tongue'






43. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






44. 10






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






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






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






48. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






49. 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






50. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey