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Classical Literacy
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1. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Priam
Mt. Olympus
X (Roman numeral)
atrium
2. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
Icarus & Daedalus
etc./et cetera
rara avis
3. 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
the Fates
Saturnalia
Penelope
muses
4. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Pax Romana
cornucopia
Pantheon
Sicily
5. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
sedentary
labyrinth
Saturnalia
pontifex maximus
6. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
e.g./exempli gratia
Hercules/Heracles
post mortem
7. 'seize the day'
cave canem
Apollo/Apollo
muses
carpe diem
8. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Orpheus & Eurydice
mosaic
Colosseum
P.M./post meridiem
9. God of war
Ares/Mars
Pantheon
tempus fugit
in toto
10. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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11. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Tiber
rostra
Pandora
Ge/Gaea
12. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
terra incognita
jovial
Persephone/Proserpina
Hermes/Mercury
13. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Pax Romana
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Perseus & Medusa
14. 'great work'
per diem
Penelope
e.g./exempli gratia
magnum opus
15. 'Work conquers all'
sub rosa
per capita
terra firma
labor vincit omnia
16. 100
Tiber
paterfamilias
satyr
C (Roman numeral)
17. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
terra incognita
in memoriam
Aegean Sea
muses
18. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
L (Roman numeral)
Elysian Fields/Elysium
mentor
aqueduct
19. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
L (Roman numeral)
atrium
Parthenon
persona non grata
20. God of the sea
Sisyphus
Achilles' heel
per capita
Poseidon/Neptune
21. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Arachne
status quo
22. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
patrician
Minotaur
Spartacus
23. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
SPQR
Augustus
Augustus
via
24. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
magnum opus
Arachne
agora/forum
Jason
25. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hydra
sedentary
26. '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
jovial
SPQR
in toto
27. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
muses
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
sub poena
et al./ et alii
28. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Hermes/Mercury
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
via
Atlas
29. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
status quo
Circus Maximus
pax vobiscum
cornucopia
30. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
Troy
Punic Wars
Colosseum
31. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
muses
Ariadne
Punic Wars
Ares/Mars
32. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
satyr
Charon
Saturnalia
semper paratus
33. 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')
vs./versus
Arachne
N.B./nota bene
rostra
34. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
I (Roman numeral)
Atlas
magnanimous
35. 'A slip of the tongue'
summa cum laude
lapsus linguae
L (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
36. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
V (Roman numeral)
Penelope
sic semper tyrannis
mea culpa
37. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Achilles' heel
verbatim
Cerberus
e pluribus unum
38. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
et al./ et alii
Etruscans
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Augustus
39. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
Cerberus
Pompeii
omniscient
40. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
satyr
pro tempore
sub rosa
Cerberus
41. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
et al./ et alii
in memoriam
Ides of March
cornucopia
42. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
persona non grata
SPQR
epic
veni & vidi & vici
43. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
rostra
fresco
ad nauseam
consul
44. 'per day'
Theseus
atrium
rara avis
per diem
45. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
per capita
Pompeii
labor vincit omnia
46. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
plebeian
Pan
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
47. 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
ad infinitum
Parthenon
Trojan Horse
Hector
48. 'note well' i.e. take note
Priam
N.B./nota bene
sedentary
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
in loco parentis
etc./et cetera
lapsus linguae
Charon
50. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Ithaca
Jove
ad nauseam
rara avis