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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'I'






2. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






3. 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






4. 'peace be with you'






5. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






6. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






7. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus






8. God of war






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






10. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute






11. 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






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






13. 1000






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






15. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






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






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






18. 500






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






20. 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)






21. 'Word for word'






22. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






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






24. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






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






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






27. 1






28. 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






29. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






30. The technical biological term for the human species

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






32. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






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






39. 'per day'






40. 100






41. '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






42. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






43. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






44. The norms or values of a society






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






46. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






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






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






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






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