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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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1. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur






2. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






3. 'per day'






4. 'I'






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






6. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE






7. 'The end'






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






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






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






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

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12. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






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






14. 'After death'






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






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






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






23. Goddess of the hunt






24. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






25. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






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






27. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






28. 'This for that &' a fair trade






29. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






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






31. 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






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






33. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






34. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






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






36. River that runs through the city of Rome






37. 'All-knowing'






38. God of war






39. 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






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






41. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'






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






43. 'Word for word'






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






45. 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)






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

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






48. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






49. 'seize the day'






50. 'unknown land'