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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. 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






2. 'per head' 'per person'






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






4. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 10






10. 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






11. 'Work conquers all'






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






13. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur






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






15. 'beware of the dog'






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






17. 'I'






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






19. 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






20. 'per year'






21. 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






22. Goddess of victory






23. 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






24. 'A slip of the tongue'






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






26. 'Word for word'






27. 'Always prepared'






28. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






29. 'The other way around'






30. 'great work'






31. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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32. The male head of a Roman family






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






34. 'seize the day'






35. 'I'






36. '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






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






38. 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






39. River that runs through the city of Rome






40. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






41. The river surrounding the Underworld






42. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






43. 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






44. 50






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






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






47. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






48. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






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






50. 'peace be with you'