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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Chaos
N.B./nota bene
paterfamilias
e pluribus unum
2. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Chaos
et tu & Brute?
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Cyclops
3. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Caesar
Mt. Olympus
etc./et cetera
Odysseus/Ulysses
4. 'great work'
Hydra
Pax Romana
Iliad
magnum opus
5. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
vice versa
the Odyssey
Delphic Oracle
tempus fugit
6. 'seize the day'
Paris
carpe diem
per capita
SPQR
7. 'I'
terra firma
quid pro quo
lapsus linguae
ego
8. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)
Circus Maximus
Artemis/Diana
V (Roman numeral)
Priam
9. 500
Athens/Acropolis
Punic Wars
Pantheon
D (Roman numeral)
10. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death
Icarus & Daedalus
mellifluous
marathon
Homer
11. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
Jason
in toto
via
12. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
via
Pegasus
Etruscans
polytheism
13. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
fresco
i.e./id est
sic semper tyrannis
summa cum laude
14. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
valedictorian
Persephone/Proserpina
Romulus and Remus
agora/forum
15. 'The end'
quid pro quo
sic semper tyrannis
Sisyphus
finis
16. 'Always prepared'
Aegean Sea
Golden Fleece
in loco parentis
semper paratus
17. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Perseus & Medusa
P.M./post meridiem
Atlas
A.M./ante meridiem
18. Goddess of the hearth
Artemis/Diana
Hestia/Vesta
i.e./id est
D (Roman numeral)
19. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Hephaestus/Vulcan
D (Roman numeral)
sine qua non
Theseus
20. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
Paris
Mt. Vesuvius
in toto
21. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
labyrinth
the furies
epic
mores
22. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
P.M./post meridiem
sub rosa
Uranus
A.M./ante meridiem
23. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
epic
Mt. Olympus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
24. 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')
jovial
rostra
atrium
veto
25. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Pax Romana
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
tribune
atrium
26. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Trojan Horse
Parthenon
i.e./id est
D (Roman numeral)
27. 'And others'
Etruscans
Pantheon
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
et al./ et alii
28. 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
ad nauseam
Athens/Acropolis
carpe diem
Helen
29. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
jovial
Paris
ad nauseam
verbatim
30. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
p.o./ per os
Hector
per diem
V (Roman numeral)
31. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Apollo/Apollo
errare humanum est
e pluribus unum
D (Roman numeral)
32. 'The state in which'
Jason
status quo
Sisyphus
mosaic
33. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Tartarus
i.e./id est
Priam
34. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Icarus & Daedalus
Prometheus
semper fidelis
p.o./ per os
35. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
M (Roman numeral)
pontifex maximus
P.M./post meridiem
36. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
apple of discord
etc./et cetera
Daedalus
sic transit gloria mundi
37. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Demeter/Ceres
polytheism
38. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Ge/Gaea
Sicily
Homer
per capita
39. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
e pluribus unum
sub rosa
ad nauseam
sub poena
40. Doctor of medicine
sub poena
Hannibal
status quo
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
41. 'unknown land'
agenda
polytheism
terra incognita
Persephone/Proserpina
42. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
P.S./post scriptum
ambrosia and nectar
Punic Wars
43. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
I (Roman numeral)
Prometheus
sedentary
Poseidon/Neptune
44. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Sisyphus
Persephone/Proserpina
Ge/Gaea
Mt. Vesuvius
45. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
p.o./ per os
via
Parthenon
Minotaur
46. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Athena/Minerva
Demeter/Ceres
Daedalus
A.M./ante meridiem
47. 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)
omniscient
Caesar
Pompeii
Gorgons
48. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Ithaca
Hannibal
in toto
labyrinth
49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Aegean Sea
etc./et cetera
i.e./id est
Charon
50. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Etruscans
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Hermes/Mercury
valedictorian