Cultural Literacy 6 Crossword
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1) the Anglo-Saxon language spoken in Great Britain, seen in Shakespeare, Beowulf 2) 18th century philosopher, leading figure of the Enlightenment5) study that attempts to discover the fundamental principles of the sciences, arts, and the world they deal with; Greek for "love of Wisdom"6) a witty saying expressing a single thought e.g. "No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend."8) a recurring theme e.g. "Nevermore," Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven |
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3) Greek mathmetician (father of geometry)4) the time period where people believed that people are by nature good, but society corrupts them7) wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity, stalled suitors by constantly weaving and unweaving a tapestry9) the traditional name for the set of 10 disasters that God inflicted upon Egypt before the Pharoah set the Israelites free e.g. swarms of locusts, river of blood, hordes of frogs 10) a figure of speech comparing two UNLIKE things WITHOUT "like" or "as"11) (Greek Mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts |
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