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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






2. Goddess of the hearth






3. 'A slip of the tongue'






4. 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






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






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






7. 'per day'






8. Home of the Greek gods






9. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






10. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






11. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus






12. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar






18. The norms or values of a society






19. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






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






21. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






22. The male head of a Roman family






23. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






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






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






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






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






28. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






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






30. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






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






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






33. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






34. Goddess of love






35. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






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






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






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






39. 5






40. River that runs through the city of Rome






41. '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.






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. '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






48. 'Time flies/flees'






49. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






50. 'Work conquers all'







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