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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
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1. 'great-souled & high-minded'






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






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






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






5. 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






6. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






7. 'beware of the dog'






8. 'I'






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






10. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






11. 'per day'






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






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






14. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






15. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






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






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






19. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






20. 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)






21. 1000






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






23. 'Work conquers all'






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






25. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






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






27. 'All-knowing'






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






29. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






30. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






31. Goddess of wisdom






32. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






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






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






35. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






36. Home of the Greek gods






37. 'The state in which'






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






39. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






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






41. '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






42. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation






43. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






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






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






46. 'per year'






47. 'This for that &' a fair trade






48. 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)






49. 'for the time being' - temporary






50. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad