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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






2. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






3. '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.






4. Home of the Greek gods






5. 'beware of the dog'






6. 'in memory of'






7. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite






8. Goddess of wisdom






9. 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






10. Goddess of wisdom






11. After midday/noon






12. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






13. Home of the Greek gods






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






15. 'The state in which'






16. 'A slip of the tongue'






17. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






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






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






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






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






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






23. '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






24. 100






25. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






26. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






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






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






29. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






30. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






31. Goddess of victory






32. 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')






33. 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






34. 'And others'






35. 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






36. 500






37. 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






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






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






40. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






42. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






43. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






44. Goddess of the hunt






45. 'The end'






46. 'This for that &' a fair trade






47. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






48. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






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






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







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