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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






2. Goddess of the hunt






3. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






4. 'A slip of the tongue'






5. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






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






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






8. 'seize the day'






9. The river surrounding the Underworld






10. 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






11. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






12. 'great-souled & high-minded'






13. 1






14. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






15. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






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






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






18. God of war






19. Goddess of the hearth






20. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






21. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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






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






24. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama






25. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday






26. 'The end'






27. 100






28. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






29. 'Word for word'






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






31. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind






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






33. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






34. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal






35. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






37. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')






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






39. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






40. Writing after the body of a letter






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Goddess of victory






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






49. 'Always prepared'






50. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday







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