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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. The male head of a Roman family
Colosseum
L (Roman numeral)
paterfamilias
Icarus & Daedalus
2. Market place/business center
agora/forum
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Sparta
mellifluous
3. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
P.S./post scriptum
Homer
fresco
Gorgons
4. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Aphrodite/Venus
rostra
in memoriam
Troy
5. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
C (Roman numeral)
in toto
V (Roman numeral)
Zeus/Jupiter
6. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again
Sisyphus
Hera/Juno
the Odyssey
fresco
7. 5
Spartacus
V (Roman numeral)
Demeter/Ceres
sub rosa
8. '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
valedictorian
puerile
terra incognita
Punic Wars
9. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
rara avis
Hannibal
Achilles' heel
Delphic Oracle
10. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
Orpheus & Eurydice
muses
Mt. Olympus
etc./et cetera
11. 100
mellifluous
toga
C (Roman numeral)
Golden Fleece
12. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Ares/Mars
Charon
mores
Apollo/Apollo
13. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
Penelope
tribune
Helen
14. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
sic semper tyrannis
puerile
Sparta
Perseus & Medusa
15. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Artemis/Diana
Medea
Troy
labyrinth
16. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Ares/Mars
Romulus and Remus
ambrosia and nectar
e pluribus unum
17. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
vice versa
Pan
Nike/Victoria
Athena/Minerva
18. 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
Prometheus
Tiber
magnum opus
fasces
19. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
laurels
Hades/Pluto
I (Roman numeral)
Orpheus & Eurydice
20. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
sic semper tyrannis
Athena/Minerva
lapsus linguae
Palatine Hill
21. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
laurels
rara avis
marathon
Sparta
22. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
marathon
V (Roman numeral)
Jove
Uranus
23. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
pontifex maximus
terra firma
Hector
Ariadne
24. 'The state in which'
papyrus
via
Nike/Victoria
status quo
25. 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
Zeus/Jupiter
Hestia/Vesta
Pandora
Pax Romana
26. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Ides of March
the furies
Medea
X (Roman numeral)
27. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Pantheon
terra firma
mosaic
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
28. 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
Athens/Acropolis
Zeus/Jupiter
Circus Maximus
Arachne
29. 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
finis
Sicily
Tantalus
Hercules/Heracles
30. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Prometheus
Tartarus
omniscient
Cronus/Saturn
31. 1
tempus fugit
Ge/Gaea
I (Roman numeral)
ex officio
32. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Pandora
pax vobiscum
agenda
Athens/Acropolis
33. 'The end'
Prometheus
Minotaur
finis
Aphrodite/Venus
34. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
Hephaestus/Vulcan
persona non grata
Odysseus/Ulysses
vice versa
35. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
epic
Parthenon
terra firma
Ithaca
36. River that runs through the city of Rome
Tiber
mores
Etruscans
Hestia/Vesta
37. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
via
per diem
apple of discord
A.D./anno Domini
38. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
P.S./post scriptum
Mt. Parnassus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Colosseum
39. 'Always prepared'
Zeus/Jupiter
Eros/Cupid
persona non grata
semper paratus
40. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
jovial
labor vincit omnia
mores
ad nauseam
41. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Tantalus
semper paratus
summa cum laude
quid pro quo
42. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
Pax Romana
pontifex maximus
Artemis/Diana
consul
43. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Romulus and Remus
Penelope
ego
Charon
44. Goddess of wisdom
Athena/Minerva
Hera/Juno
Zeus/Jupiter
Gorgons
45. 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
e.g./exempli gratia
Cronus/Saturn
L (Roman numeral)
Hydra
46. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
per annum
persona non grata
Cronus/Saturn
Saturnalia
47. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
Iliad
sic transit gloria mundi
Spartacus
Arachne
48. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
toga
Uranus
Hector
the Fates
49. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
p.o./ per os
Chaos
50. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
verbatim
Eros/Cupid
Tiber
Sparta