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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
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1. 10






2. Market place/business center






3. 'A slip of the tongue'






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






5. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






6. 100






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






8. Goddess of love






9. Goddess of the hearth






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






11. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






12. 'per head' 'per person'






13. The technical biological term for the human species


14. 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






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






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






17. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position






18. 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






19. 'firm ground/solid earth'






20. Goddess of the hearth






21. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






22. 'The other way around'






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






24. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






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






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






27. 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)






28. Goddess of the hunt






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






30. '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






31. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






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






33. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






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






35. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






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






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






38. 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






39. 'unknown land'






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






41. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






42. 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






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






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






45. 'Time flies/flees'






46. 'After death'






47. The river surrounding the Underworld






48. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






49. 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)






50. 500