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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






2. The river surrounding the Underworld






3. 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')






4. '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






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






6. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






7. 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






8. 'After death'






9. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






19. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again






20. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






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






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






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






24. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






25. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






26. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church






27. '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






28. 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






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






30. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






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






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

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






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






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






36. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






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






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






39. 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)






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






41. After midday/noon






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






43. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






44. Goddess of love






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






46. 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






47. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






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






50. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome







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