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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
lapsus linguae
Penelope
Hera/Juno
tribune
2. The river surrounding the Underworld
Hades/Pluto
Styx
the furies
via
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)
carpe diem
lapsus linguae
Gorgons
SPQR
4. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
ad infinitum
cave canem
Nike/Victoria
Cronus/Saturn
5. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Icarus & Daedalus
Ge/Gaea
terra firma
errare humanum est
6. 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
Uranus
sedentary
patrician
Hydra
7. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
errare humanum est
semper paratus
Tartarus
8. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
mentor
Palatine Hill
D (Roman numeral)
Carthage
9. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
ex libris
I (Roman numeral)
Delphic Oracle
10. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Uranus
P.S./post scriptum
L (Roman numeral)
A.D./anno Domini
11. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Uranus
Caesar
Golden Fleece
finis
12. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
aqueduct
Trojan Horse
SPQR
13. Writing after the body of a letter
carpe diem
Medea
ex officio
P.S./post scriptum
14. 'The other way around'
L (Roman numeral)
vice versa
in loco parentis
tempus fugit
15. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
rara avis
Chaos
Demeter/Ceres
sic transit gloria mundi
16. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Paris
p.o./ per os
veto
Ge/Gaea
17. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Caesar
Arachne
Circus Maximus
fasces
18. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
i.e./id est
aqueduct
Hannibal
19. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Pandora
Atlas
Jason
quid pro quo
20. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
omniscient
etc./et cetera
e.g./exempli gratia
Paris
21. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Homer
patrician
Ides of March
fresco
22. 'Time flies/flees'
cornucopia
fasces
N.B./nota bene
tempus fugit
23. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Icarus & Daedalus
Troy
Hydra
Ge/Gaea
24. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
ambrosia and nectar
sedentary
via
Colosseum
25. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Pantheon
the Fates
tribune
Mt. Vesuvius
26. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
valedictorian
Penelope
Pantheon
mores
27. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Sparta
epic
per diem
toga
28. 'per year'
Penelope
N.B./nota bene
Trojan Horse
per annum
29. 10
Daedalus
X (Roman numeral)
Icarus & Daedalus
verbatim
30. 100
C (Roman numeral)
Romulus and Remus
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hector
31. 1000
Artemis/Diana
Pompeii
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
M (Roman numeral)
32. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Styx
SPQR
Elysian Fields/Elysium
terra incognita
33. 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
Achilles' heel
cornucopia
in memoriam
34. 'The end'
Charon
Dionysus/Bacchus
Daedalus
finis
35. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Artemis/Diana
agenda
Pegasus
Spartacus
36. 'firm ground/solid earth'
papyrus
terra firma
Charon
Ares/Mars
37. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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38. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
Saturnalia
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
veto
plebeian
39. 'The state in which'
status quo
veni & vidi & vici
magnum opus
Jason
40. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
Priam
Palatine Hill
terra firma
41. 'peace be with you'
pax vobiscum
Excelsior!
Tartarus
satyr
42. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
ad nauseam
Prometheus
ex officio
43. The norms or values of a society
mores
Cyclops
Chaos
e.g./exempli gratia
44. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
Odysseus/Ulysses
Ge/Gaea
Sisyphus
45. 'beware of the dog'
mellifluous
cave canem
paterfamilias
Excelsior!
46. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
Hades/Pluto
consul
Hestia/Vesta
47. 'After death'
Perseus & Medusa
ex officio
post mortem
Trojan Horse
48. 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
aqueduct
Hera/Juno
sedentary
49. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
Augustus
Tiber
the furies
50. 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
via
Cronus/Saturn
Trojan Horse
Orpheus & Eurydice