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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






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






3. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






4. Goddess of victory






5. 10






6. 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)






7. 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






8. The norms or values of a society






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






10. The technical biological term for the human species

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11. 'per year'






12. 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






13. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






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. 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






16. 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')






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






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






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






20. Goddess of the hearth






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






22. 50






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






24. The norms or values of a society






25. 'beware of the dog'






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






27. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






28. Market place/business center






29. 'The other way around'






30. After midday/noon






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






32. 'This for that &' a fair trade






33. 'unknown land'






34. Writing after the body of a letter






35. 'per day'






36. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






37. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)






38. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






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






40. 'per head' 'per person'






41. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






42. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






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






44. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






45. 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






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






47. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






48. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






49. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






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