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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'The end'






2. 1






3. 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)






4. 50






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






6. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






7. '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






8. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






9. Goddess of the hearth






10. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






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






12. 'Word for word'






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






14. 'All-knowing'






15. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






16. 'This for that &' a fair trade






17. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






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






19. 'And others'






20. After midday/noon






21. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






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






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






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






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






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






27. The technical biological term for the human species

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






29. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






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






31. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






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






33. 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')






34. 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






35. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






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






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






38. The norms or values of a society






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






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






44. 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






45. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






46. '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






47. The male head of a Roman family






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






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






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