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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
A.D./anno Domini
polytheism
Cronus/Saturn
Poseidon/Neptune
2. 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
Hermes/Mercury
Arachne
Cerberus
3. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Carthage
lapsus linguae
aqueduct
Pan
4. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
agenda
Helen
Demeter/Ceres
Poseidon/Neptune
5. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Pax Romana
Excelsior!
pro tempore
Caesar
6. 'The state in which'
Artemis/Diana
status quo
Hector
labyrinth
7. God of war
Carthage
omniscient
i.e./id est
Ares/Mars
8. Goddess of wisdom
terra incognita
Hermes/Mercury
Athena/Minerva
Chaos
9. The male head of a Roman family
Parthenon
paterfamilias
Gorgons
muses
10. 500
D (Roman numeral)
Caesar
quid pro quo
labor vincit omnia
11. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
mores
rara avis
agenda
12. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
iota
Eros/Cupid
agenda
Palatine Hill
13. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Homer
Punic Wars
Ides of March
mentor
14. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
Chaos
Dionysus/Bacchus
Odysseus/Ulysses
15. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Pegasus
rara avis
Ithaca
semper fidelis
16. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
Styx
Etruscans
M (Roman numeral)
17. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
paterfamilias
P.M./post meridiem
Odysseus/Ulysses
sine qua non
18. 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
Hector
mea culpa
Delphic Oracle
Jason
19. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
pontifex maximus
marathon
20. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Sisyphus
Ides of March
agenda
ad nauseam
21. 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
per capita
Persephone/Proserpina
apple of discord
the Fates
22. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Etruscans
Zeus/Jupiter
Augustus
Hannibal
23. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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24. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
P.S./post scriptum
via
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Athena/Minerva
25. 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
Parthenon
ambrosia and nectar
Prometheus
laurels
26. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
puerile
Augustus
Tiber
sedentary
27. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War
cornucopia
Zeus/Jupiter
carpe diem
Helen
28. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
mores
plebeian
quid pro quo
Cerberus
29. 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
etc./et cetera
laurels
Prometheus
Trojan Horse
30. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
ex officio
Artemis/Diana
Trojan Horse
Colosseum
31. '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
e pluribus unum
Pandora
valedictorian
A.M./ante meridiem
32. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
persona non grata
Arachne
Helen
33. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
rara avis
Hermes/Mercury
Ares/Mars
apple of discord
34. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
marathon
Pantheon
Dionysus/Bacchus
Palatine Hill
35. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Hector
Medea
Penelope
rostra
36. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
Eros/Cupid
Minotaur
in loco parentis
37. 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
agenda
consul
Hannibal
Tiber
38. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
P.S./post scriptum
in toto
Trojan Horse
Mt. Vesuvius
39. 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
P.M./post meridiem
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Athens/Acropolis
iota
40. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Circus Maximus
the furies
Ides of March
A.D./anno Domini
41. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Ithaca
in loco parentis
Charon
Styx
42. 500
D (Roman numeral)
N.B./nota bene
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Athens/Acropolis
43. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
Perseus & Medusa
tempus fugit
summa cum laude
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.
ex libris
Ides of March
Cronus/Saturn
A.M./ante meridiem
45. The technical biological term for the human species
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46. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Etruscans
Atlas
pax vobiscum
fresco
47. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Athena/Minerva
sine qua non
atrium
Cyclops
48. 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
pax vobiscum
Mt. Parnassus
D (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
49. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Arachne
Ariadne
per diem
M (Roman numeral)
50. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Paris
epic
Nike/Victoria
mea culpa