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Classical Literacy
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1. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
Troy
terra incognita
Gorgons
2. 50
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
the furies
L (Roman numeral)
SPQR
3. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Sicily
pro tempore
mea culpa
Ares/Mars
4. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
atrium
Hermes/Mercury
Hector
5. Market place/business center
per annum
agora/forum
Hestia/Vesta
labor vincit omnia
6. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
muses
errare humanum est
Hera/Juno
papyrus
7. 'I'
Ides of March
agora/forum
ego
M (Roman numeral)
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
Spartacus
iota
veni & vidi & vici
9. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
sic semper tyrannis
Pegasus
mosaic
rostra
10. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Mt. Parnassus
Ariadne
Demeter/Ceres
pro tempore
11. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Mt. Vesuvius
Hestia/Vesta
Aegean Sea
ego
12. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Iliad
ex libris
ambrosia and nectar
errare humanum est
13. Doctor of medicine
polytheism
Pantheon
mea culpa
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
14. '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
semper paratus
magnanimous
valedictorian
omniscient
15. 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
Arachne
Pandora
Theseus
rara avis
16. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
Ares/Mars
semper fidelis
P.M./post meridiem
ex libris
17. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
veni & vidi & vici
Romulus and Remus
Uranus
18. 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
tempus fugit
tribune
Athens/Acropolis
Hephaestus/Vulcan
19. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
sine qua non
patrician
Delphic Oracle
X (Roman numeral)
20. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Chaos
the furies
laurels
Artemis/Diana
21. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
agenda
magnum opus
the Odyssey
22. 'per year'
Aphrodite/Venus
Eros/Cupid
Aegean Sea
per annum
23. 'Work conquers all'
Palatine Hill
Atlas
Odysseus/Ulysses
labor vincit omnia
24. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Troy
Parthenon
magnum opus
mea culpa
25. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
Zeus/Jupiter
Punic Wars
Hector
26. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
consul
Romulus and Remus
P.M./post meridiem
labyrinth
27. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Jason
papyrus
plebeian
per annum
28. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
Prometheus
fasces
sub poena
29. 'per day'
the furies
Poseidon/Neptune
magnum opus
per diem
30. 'for the time being' - temporary
in toto
pro tempore
finis
pax vobiscum
31. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Theseus
iota
marathon
Chaos
32. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Mt. Vesuvius
veto
Carthage
sedentary
33. 'in memory of'
ambrosia and nectar
in memoriam
Icarus & Daedalus
ambrosia and nectar
34. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Homer
vice versa
Hannibal
magnanimous
35. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
sub poena
Poseidon/Neptune
omniscient
e.g./exempli gratia
36. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
Pompeii
Prometheus
et tu & Brute?
37. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Sisyphus
atrium
Priam
in loco parentis
38. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Artemis/Diana
N.B./nota bene
terra firma
et al./ et alii
39. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Tartarus
laurels
Hera/Juno
etc./et cetera
40. The technical biological term for the human species
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41. God of war
Ares/Mars
Mt. Parnassus
V (Roman numeral)
Cyclops
42. God of the sea
agora/forum
labor vincit omnia
in toto
Poseidon/Neptune
43. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
Arachne
et al./ et alii
Daedalus
Paris
44. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
et tu & Brute?
Etruscans
apple of discord
45. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
cave canem
via
pro tempore
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
46. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Pegasus
Mt. Parnassus
Homer
valedictorian
47. The technical biological term for the human species
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48. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
tribune
ad infinitum
Aegean Sea
Daedalus
49. 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
puerile
P.S./post scriptum
Jove
Athens/Acropolis
50. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
Ides of March
Arachne
Mt. Parnassus
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