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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






2. 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






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. 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






5. 'per head' 'per person'






6. Writing after the body of a letter






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






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






15. Writing after the body of a letter






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






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






18. Market place/business center






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






20. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')






21. 'unknown land'






22. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god






23. 'The end'






24. After midday/noon






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






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






27. 'And others'






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






29. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






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






31. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')






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






33. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.






34. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






35. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






36. God of the sea






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






38. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






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






40. 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






41. The technical biological term for the human species

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42. 'The state in which'






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






44. 10






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






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






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






48. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






50. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.







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