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Classical Literacy

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






2. '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






3. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






4. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus






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






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






7. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






8. 5






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






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






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






12. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






14. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






15. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






16. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






17. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






18. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






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






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






21. 100






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






23. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






24. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






25. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.






26. 1






27. 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






28. The norms or values of a society






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






30. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






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






32. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






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






34. 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






35. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






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






37. 'great work'






38. Goddess of victory






39. Goddess of love






40. 5






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






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






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






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






45. After midday/noon






46. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






47. 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.






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






49. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements






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







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