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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'The other way around'






2. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






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






4. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






5. 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






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






7. '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






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






9. 'After death'






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






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






12. 10






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






14. The male head of a Roman family






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






16. 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






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






18. 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)






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






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






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






22. 50






23. 'unknown land'






24. 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






25. 'in memory of'






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






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






28. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






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






30. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






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






32. 'The state in which'






33. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






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






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






36. God of war






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






38. 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






39. 1000






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






41. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship






42. 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






43. God of the sea






44. 5






45. 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






46. 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






47. Goddess of love






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






49. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






50. The norms or values of a society