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Classical Literacy
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Pax Romana
apple of discord
omniscient
Medea
2. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
Ge/Gaea
Trojan Horse
verbatim
Palatine Hill
3. 'in memory of'
Jove
in memoriam
N.B./nota bene
Icarus & Daedalus
4. 'Time flies/flees'
magnanimous
omniscient
tempus fugit
carpe diem
5. The river surrounding the Underworld
Etruscans
Styx
finis
Homer
6. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
agora/forum
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
toga
7. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
Gorgons
laurels
fresco
8. 10
X (Roman numeral)
Colosseum
veto
Gorgons
9. The norms or values of a society
mores
sub poena
Odysseus/Ulysses
ad infinitum
10. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
per annum
N.B./nota bene
pontifex maximus
11. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
satyr
fasces
Elysian Fields/Elysium
ad infinitum
12. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
terra firma
i.e./id est
Prometheus
13. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Circus Maximus
lapsus linguae
Hercules/Heracles
D (Roman numeral)
14. Goddess of victory
Sisyphus
apple of discord
L (Roman numeral)
Nike/Victoria
15. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
aqueduct
Romulus and Remus
agora/forum
16. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Homer
Jove
summa cum laude
Iliad
17. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')
N.B./nota bene
rostra
Pan
labor vincit omnia
18. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
V (Roman numeral)
Arachne
pontifex maximus
19. 'And others'
vice versa
pro tempore
et al./ et alii
D (Roman numeral)
20. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
Perseus & Medusa
i.e./id est
Helen
21. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
sedentary
in loco parentis
veto
22. The technical biological term for the human species
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23. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
verbatim
Cerberus
Romulus and Remus
pontifex maximus
24. 'Work conquers all'
Trojan Horse
Pompeii
agora/forum
labor vincit omnia
25. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Charon
etc./et cetera
omniscient
Aphrodite/Venus
26. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
X (Roman numeral)
Penelope
Pandora
ego
27. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
Elysian Fields/Elysium
I (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
28. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Aegean Sea
Etruscans
Odysseus/Ulysses
Ares/Mars
29. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Penelope
Aphrodite/Venus
valedictorian
Atlas
30. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Sicily
the Fates
Tartarus
mosaic
31. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
Caesar
laurels
Poseidon/Neptune
32. River that runs through the city of Rome
tribune
Tantalus
Tiber
Ares/Mars
33. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
vs./versus
ambrosia and nectar
paterfamilias
sub rosa
34. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Troy
Hera/Juno
sic semper tyrannis
A.D./anno Domini
35. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Achilles' heel
Gorgons
Colosseum
veto
36. The technical biological term for the human species
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37. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Apollo/Apollo
mellifluous
Augustus
Romulus and Remus
38. 'great-souled & high-minded'
rara avis
fresco
magnanimous
Hector
39. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
et tu & Brute?
Uranus
status quo
Ares/Mars
40. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
et al./ et alii
Spartacus
paterfamilias
aqueduct
41. 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
Golden Fleece
Pegasus
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
42. 'The state in which'
Helen
Tantalus
Uranus
status quo
43. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
Charon
the Fates
Golden Fleece
Mt. Vesuvius
44. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Athena/Minerva
C (Roman numeral)
ex libris
C (Roman numeral)
45. 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
sic transit gloria mundi
Pandora
Pan
epic
46. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Pax Romana
Athens/Acropolis
Poseidon/Neptune
Jason
47. Goddess of the hunt
Zeus/Jupiter
agora/forum
Artemis/Diana
Homer
48. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
Poseidon/Neptune
patrician
sine qua non
49. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
in loco parentis
plebeian
labor vincit omnia
50. 'per day'
magnum opus
Athena/Minerva
A.D./anno Domini
per diem