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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






2. '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






3. 'The state in which'






4. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE






5. 'The end'






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






7. Doctor of medicine






8. 'per head' 'per person'






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






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






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






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






13. 'Word for word'






14. '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






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






16. Goddess of victory






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






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






19. 'in memory of'






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






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






22. 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)






23. 5






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






25. 'per day'






26. 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






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






28. The technical biological term for the human species

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






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






31. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






37. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






38. 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






39. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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






41. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






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






43. 'After death'






44. The river surrounding the Underworld






45. 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






46. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






47. 'Work conquers all'






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






49. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






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