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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






2. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






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






8. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






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






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






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






13. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






14. 'The state in which'






15. Goddess of victory






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






17. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






18. 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






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






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






21. 1000






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






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






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






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






26. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






27. 'per day'






28. Home of the Greek gods






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






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






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






36. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






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. Home of the Greek gods






39. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






40. 'The end'






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






42. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)






43. The norms or values of a society






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






45. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






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






47. 'Always prepared'






48. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






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. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey







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