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Additional hints can be found in the Global Glossary and on the following My Word! pages: Ancient Philosophies, Oracles and Prophecies 1, and Oracles and Prophecies 2.

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October crossword puzzle

Across

3 An ancient Roman oracle
9 Two priests entrusted witht he libri Sibyllini
12 Lucky
14 The site in Italy of the Sibyl's oracle
15 Spirit
16 The woman who served at the Delphic Oracle for life
17 Belief
19 Socrates' student who wrote many texts with him as the main character
21 Fate
22 To predict
24 The site of an oracle or the gift to an oracle
25 A philosophy based on mathematical theories that supported vegetarianism
29 To write
30 a religious authority figure
31 Philosophy
32 A teacher who would travel to his students and teach a variety of subjects.

Down

1 Zeno's philosophy that emphasized fate and wanted its followers to disregard emotion
2 The school where Aristotle taught philosophy
4 Someone who collects and publicizes oracles
5 Moral philosophy that emphasized seeking pleasure and the desire to be free from disturbances (ataraxia)
6 Vergil's hero who tries to adhere to Stoic beliefs and who visits the Sibyl at Cumae
7 The books that held collections of the Sibyl's prophecies
8 Fortune
10 A sacrifice
11 A temple to this goddess was at praeneste; this oracle was asked for children most often
13 A spirit that could take over someone's voice and speak through him or her
18 Pleasure
20 Sacred
23 To speak
26 A fortune-teller
27 To ask
28 The most famous ancient Greek Sophist, he was sentenced to death by poison and appears in texts such as The Republic and The Apology

 

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