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Classical Literacy

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






2. 'After death'






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






4. 'great-souled & high-minded'






5. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






6. Goddess of the hearth






7. 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






8. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






9. 'beware of the dog'






10. Goddess of victory






11. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






12. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






14. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






15. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War






16. Market place/business center






17. Goddess of love






18. 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






19. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






20. 5






21. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






22. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






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






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






25. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






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






27. '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.






28. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






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. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






31. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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






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






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






35. River that runs through the city of Rome






36. '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






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






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






39. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






40. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






41. The river surrounding the Underworld






42. 'All-knowing'






43. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






44. 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






45. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






46. 'All-knowing'






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






48. 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)






49. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






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







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