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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






3. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






4. 'The other way around'






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






6. Goddess of love






7. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






9. 'Time flies/flees'






10. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






11. 'great-souled & high-minded'






12. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






13. 'peace be with you'






14. 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






15. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






16. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






17. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






18. 'per year'






19. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.






20. 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')






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






22. 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






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






24. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War






25. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






26. The technical biological term for the human species

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27. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






28. 'After death'






29. 10






30. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






31. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






32. River that runs through the city of Rome






33. The river surrounding the Underworld






34. 'beware of the dog'






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






36. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






37. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.






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






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






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






41. 'The end'






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






43. 500






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






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






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






47. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






48. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






49. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






50. 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')






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