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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






2. 100






3. 'seize the day'






4. The technical biological term for the human species


5. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife






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






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






8. '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






9. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






10. 'Always prepared'






11. Goddess of wisdom






12. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






13. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






14. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace






15. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






16. 'peace be with you'






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






18. '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






19. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






20. 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')






21. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






22. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






23. Goddess of victory






24. 'All-knowing'






25. 50






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






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






28. 1






29. 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






30. The male head of a Roman family






31. Goddess of the hearth






32. 'firm ground/solid earth'






33. 'Word for word'






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






35. 10






36. Goddess of the hunt






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






38. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation






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






40. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)






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