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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
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1. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






2. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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3. '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






4. 50






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






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






7. 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






8. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






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






10. The norms or values of a society






11. Goddess of the hearth






12. After midday/noon






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






14. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






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






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






17. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






18. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






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






21. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






22. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 10






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






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






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






31. The technical biological term for the human species

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32. God of war






33. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






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






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






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






37. 'per head' 'per person'






38. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






39. 50






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






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






42. God of war






43. 'beware of the dog'






44. 1000






45. 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






46. 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)






47. The river surrounding the Underworld






48. '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






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






50. '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.