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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
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1. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War






2. God of war






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 'seize the day'






12. 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






13. 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






14. Doctor of medicine






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






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17. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






18. 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






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






20. 'in memory of'






21. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






22. 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






23. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. After midday/noon






29. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






30. 10






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






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






33. 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.






34. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace






35. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






36. 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)






37. 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






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






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






40. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






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






42. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






43. 'Always prepared'






44. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






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






46. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






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






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






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






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