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Classical Literacy
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Classical Literacy
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1. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead

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

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

4. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created

5. 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

6. The river surrounding the Underworld

7. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus

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