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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'All-knowing'
cornucopia
omniscient
etc./et cetera
paterfamilias
2. River that runs through the city of Rome
Tiber
P.M./post meridiem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
verbatim
3. 'Work conquers all'
Achilles' heel
labor vincit omnia
laurels
pax vobiscum
4. 'Word for word'
L (Roman numeral)
Uranus
verbatim
P.M./post meridiem
5. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
6. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
atrium
Icarus & Daedalus
Augustus
atrium
7. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
via
sic transit gloria mundi
P.M./post meridiem
8. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Tartarus
sine qua non
pro tempore
per capita
9. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Carthage
via
Sicily
Hercules/Heracles
10. 'per year'
et tu & Brute?
per annum
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Parthenon
11. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
valedictorian
ex libris
jovial
sedentary
12. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
sub poena
Daedalus
laurels
tempus fugit
13. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
per diem
Hestia/Vesta
apple of discord
Hannibal
14. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
labor vincit omnia
Sisyphus
Nike/Victoria
Spartacus
15. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
magnum opus
Carthage
Perseus & Medusa
Atlas
16. 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
Cyclops
Pan
SPQR
errare humanum est
17. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
Excelsior!
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Augustus
18. 'beware of the dog'
Artemis/Diana
cave canem
Styx
Circus Maximus
19. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
marathon
iota
verbatim
Minotaur
20. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
Hydra
per capita
laurels
tempus fugit
21. 'The end'
agora/forum
finis
fasces
the Odyssey
22. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
D (Roman numeral)
Mt. Vesuvius
Troy
Artemis/Diana
23. 'peace be with you'
pax vobiscum
cave canem
in toto
Excelsior!
24. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
ego
Odysseus/Ulysses
Penelope
patrician
25. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
vice versa
Demeter/Ceres
Circus Maximus
Palatine Hill
26. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
SPQR
Icarus & Daedalus
sic transit gloria mundi
sine qua non
27. 'great work'
post mortem
Poseidon/Neptune
mentor
magnum opus
28. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Caesar
lapsus linguae
sic semper tyrannis
mellifluous
29. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Jove
pontifex maximus
Cronus/Saturn
Etruscans
30. 'per day'
jovial
Hades/Pluto
Mt. Parnassus
per diem
31. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
Caesar
sub rosa
e.g./exempli gratia
fasces
32. 'in memory of'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
puerile
in memoriam
Paris
33. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Hector
Persephone/Proserpina
Penelope
Mt. Parnassus
34. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
apple of discord
tempus fugit
Excelsior!
Theseus
35. 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
Cronus/Saturn
Mt. Olympus
Tantalus
Artemis/Diana
36. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Arachne
Tartarus
Spartacus
terra firma
37. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Eros/Cupid
Charon
Etruscans
Trojan Horse
38. 'The end'
finis
vice versa
Medea
Paris
39. Home of the Greek gods
Achilles' heel
et tu & Brute?
Mt. Olympus
Carthage
40. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Priam
Ides of March
Punic Wars
tempus fugit
41. After midday/noon
P.M./post meridiem
sic transit gloria mundi
paterfamilias
e pluribus unum
42. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
rara avis
SPQR
labyrinth
pontifex maximus
43. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
cornucopia
consul
ad nauseam
44. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Penelope
Parthenon
Dionysus/Bacchus
45. 'All-knowing'
Caesar
pax vobiscum
Pegasus
omniscient
46. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
P.M./post meridiem
Hercules/Heracles
Perseus & Medusa
veto
47. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Carthage
Mt. Vesuvius
A.D./anno Domini
persona non grata
48. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Artemis/Diana
i.e./id est
L (Roman numeral)
49. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
per capita
Demeter/Ceres
Mt. Vesuvius
pro tempore
50. 50
magnanimous
L (Roman numeral)
mosaic
patrician