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Classical Literacy
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1. 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
Ariadne
Daedalus
Minotaur
2. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
carpe diem
Pandora
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Tartarus
3. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
tempus fugit
Medea
mores
Hephaestus/Vulcan
4. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
ad nauseam
apple of discord
Chaos
Sicily
5. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Ariadne
Sparta
Hades/Pluto
P.M./post meridiem
6. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
Pantheon
Athena/Minerva
Tartarus
7. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Paris
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hades/Pluto
Carthage
8. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
muses
X (Roman numeral)
semper fidelis
persona non grata
9. Market place/business center
sub poena
agora/forum
Mt. Parnassus
Perseus & Medusa
10. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
M (Roman numeral)
magnum opus
Pantheon
jovial
11. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
ambrosia and nectar
magnum opus
Romulus and Remus
Carthage
12. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
Zeus/Jupiter
sic semper tyrannis
fresco
13. Goddess of victory
cave canem
terra incognita
Nike/Victoria
jovial
14. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Hades/Pluto
Ithaca
Hydra
satyr
15. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
agora/forum
Ariadne
i.e./id est
16. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
pontifex maximus
Daedalus
Theseus
sub poena
17. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Cerberus
pro tempore
mosaic
mentor
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
consul
Jove
Palatine Hill
19. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
muses
valedictorian
Athens/Acropolis
post mortem
20. 'great work'
tribune
magnum opus
Colosseum
Sicily
21. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Mt. Parnassus
e pluribus unum
in toto
Persephone/Proserpina
22. Goddess of the hunt
in toto
X (Roman numeral)
cave canem
Artemis/Diana
23. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
via
Hannibal
aqueduct
Caesar
24. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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25. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
fasces
Athens/Acropolis
verbatim
pro tempore
26. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
via
Priam
cornucopia
X (Roman numeral)
27. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Cerberus
finis
Jove
the furies
28. 'After death'
post mortem
the Fates
Homer
Tiber
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
Helen
pro tempore
Prometheus
in loco parentis
30. 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
Pegasus
Athena/Minerva
Daedalus
31. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
jovial
A.D./anno Domini
SPQR
32. 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
status quo
Hydra
Ge/Gaea
vice versa
33. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
Uranus
Hector
p.o./ per os
34. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
sic semper tyrannis
per capita
Atlas
Hestia/Vesta
35. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
Sicily
Chaos
Ares/Mars
36. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Pan
veto
X (Roman numeral)
fasces
37. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
Ariadne
terra incognita
Carthage
38. 'The state in which'
Orpheus & Eurydice
status quo
lapsus linguae
Priam
39. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
mentor
P.S./post scriptum
polytheism
pontifex maximus
40. 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
Atlas
Achilles' heel
papyrus
Nike/Victoria
41. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Excelsior!
fresco
Pantheon
Jove
42. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
paterfamilias
iota
Hestia/Vesta
Mt. Olympus
43. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
semper fidelis
marathon
e pluribus unum
44. 'The other way around'
vice versa
Caesar
Etruscans
pro tempore
45. 'Always prepared'
Styx
semper paratus
Helen
Sicily
46. Writing after the body of a letter
Nike/Victoria
P.S./post scriptum
Cronus/Saturn
P.M./post meridiem
47. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
ad nauseam
Etruscans
A.M./ante meridiem
Penelope
48. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
apple of discord
pax vobiscum
Dionysus/Bacchus
papyrus
49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
veni & vidi & vici
Atlas
Palatine Hill
Charon
50. 'note well' i.e. take note
Ge/Gaea
marathon
Pandora
N.B./nota bene