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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






2. 100






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






4. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






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






6. God of the sea






7. 'And others'






8. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






9. 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






10. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.






11. 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






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






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






14. 'great-souled & high-minded'






15. Writing after the body of a letter






16. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






17. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






18. Goddess of victory






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






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






21. 1






22. Doctor of medicine






23. God of war






24. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






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






26. 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')






27. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






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






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






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






31. 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






32. God of the sea






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






34. 'Work conquers all'






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






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






37. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






38. 'Time flies/flees'






39. 'And others'






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






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






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






43. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






44. 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






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






46. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






47. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






48. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon






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50. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur







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