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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. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
labor vincit omnia
Orpheus & Eurydice
Jove
2. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Minotaur
Sisyphus
apple of discord
Parthenon
3. Market place/business center
agora/forum
status quo
atrium
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
4. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
terra incognita
Excelsior!
ex officio
Apollo/Apollo
5. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
muses
Odysseus/Ulysses
terra incognita
Saturnalia
6. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
agenda
Gorgons
persona non grata
Penelope
7. 'The state in which'
status quo
fresco
paterfamilias
SPQR
8. '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
Hermes/Mercury
Dionysus/Bacchus
lapsus linguae
9. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Troy
Helen
in loco parentis
Aegean Sea
10. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
lapsus linguae
Aegean Sea
C (Roman numeral)
mellifluous
11. 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)
Eros/Cupid
Gorgons
Arachne
Atlas
12. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
M (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
tribune
13. River that runs through the city of Rome
Excelsior!
Athena/Minerva
Tiber
Daedalus
14. 'The other way around'
Atlas
veni & vidi & vici
Pandora
vice versa
15. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Etruscans
laurels
SPQR
Elysian Fields/Elysium
16. Home of the Greek gods
Minotaur
Mt. Olympus
polytheism
in memoriam
17. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
Saturnalia
veto
Artemis/Diana
mea culpa
18. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
X (Roman numeral)
Cerberus
Medea
sub poena
19. 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
Ariadne
p.o./ per os
papyrus
Dionysus/Bacchus
20. God of the sea
pontifex maximus
Mt. Olympus
magnanimous
Poseidon/Neptune
21. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
e pluribus unum
Hercules/Heracles
semper paratus
22. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again
Theseus
Sisyphus
Troy
SPQR
23. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
post mortem
Hera/Juno
labor vincit omnia
i.e./id est
24. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Cyclops
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Palatine Hill
veni & vidi & vici
25. 'beware of the dog'
Priam
Tartarus
ambrosia and nectar
cave canem
26. Goddess of victory
Jove
Nike/Victoria
veto
Sicily
27. 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
Delphic Oracle
lapsus linguae
Hector
patrician
28. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Persephone/Proserpina
Minotaur
Icarus & Daedalus
Homer
29. 'firm ground/solid earth'
agenda
Ares/Mars
ex libris
terra firma
30. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Pompeii
Carthage
Mt. Olympus
Pan
31. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
polytheism
marathon
plebeian
semper paratus
32. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Dionysus/Bacchus
Sparta
Jason
Tartarus
33. 100
agenda
C (Roman numeral)
Golden Fleece
epic
34. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Romulus and Remus
Mt. Olympus
plebeian
Colosseum
35. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
Odysseus/Ulysses
Pan
vs./versus
Aegean Sea
36. 10
aqueduct
persona non grata
atrium
X (Roman numeral)
37. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
Sicily
e.g./exempli gratia
Athens/Acropolis
38. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
iota
papyrus
Penelope
veni & vidi & vici
39. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
status quo
the Odyssey
rara avis
Eros/Cupid
40. 'Always prepared'
in toto
pax vobiscum
Minotaur
semper paratus
41. 'firm ground/solid earth'
terra incognita
Priam
terra firma
Mt. Vesuvius
42. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Cerberus
Sisyphus
tempus fugit
epic
43. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Theseus
via
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Ariadne
44. Goddess of the hearth
Artemis/Diana
Hydra
jovial
Hestia/Vesta
45. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
Hercules/Heracles
status quo
rara avis
46. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Ariadne
Hades/Pluto
Hermes/Mercury
lapsus linguae
47. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
post mortem
marathon
Pantheon
Iliad
48. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Hercules/Heracles
Charon
Ge/Gaea
Parthenon
49. 100
C (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
labyrinth
sub poena
50. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
Perseus & Medusa
mellifluous
Apollo/Apollo
magnum opus