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Classical Literacy Intro III

Classical Literacy Intro III. P.S./post scriptum. writing after the body of a letter. Pandora. 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. Pantheon.

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Classical Literacy Intro III

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  1. Classical Literacy Intro III

  2. P.S./post scriptum writing after the body of a letter

  3. Pandora 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

  4. Pantheon temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods

  5. papyrus 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

  6. Paris 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

  7. Parthenon temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens

  8. paterfamilias the male-head of a Roman family

  9. PaxRomana the 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus

  10. Pegasus winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head

  11. Penelope the wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband Penelope at the loom

  12. Persephone/Proserpina daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen

  13. Perseus & Medusa Perseus killed Medusa the Gorgon

  14. Pompeii a town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79

  15. Poseidon/Neptune god of the sea

  16. post mortem "after death"

  17. Prometheus 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

  18. quid pro quo "this for that," a fair trade

  19. Romulus and Remus twin brothers, raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome

  20. semperfidelis "always faithful" - motto of the US Marines

  21. semperparatus "always prepared / ready“ – motto of the US Coast Guard

  22. Spartacus gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC

  23. Styx the river surrounding the Underworld

  24. sub poena "under penalty" - a written order for a person to come testify in court

  25. summa cum laude "with highest honors" - graduating from college in the highest grade scale

  26. Tantalus a king who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach, but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite

  27. Tartarus the Underworld; in early mythology, everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology, only bad people went to Tartarus after they died

  28. tempus fugit "time flies"

  29. terra firma "firm ground/solid earth"

  30. terra incognita "unknown land"

  31. Theseus Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur

  32. Tiber the river that runs through the city of Rome

  33. toga the garment that signified a Roman man's citizenship

  34. Trojan Horse 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 gift of surrender). Those hidden Greeks waited until the Trojans had gone to bed, snuck out from the horse, opened the gates to Troy, and all the other Greek soldiers came in and attacked Troy, winning the Trojan War.

  35. Troy kingdom in Asia Minor that fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad

  36. Uranus the god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia, Mother Earth

  37. valedictorian "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

  38. veni, vidi, vici "I came, I saw, I conquered," famous words of Julius Caesar

  39. veto "I refuse," used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing

  40. vs./versus "against", used to show who is up against whom in sports matches, legal battles, etc

  41. Zeus/Jupiter the king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning

  42. P.M./post meridiem "after midday," afternoon

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