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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. 'great work'
apple of discord
magnum opus
valedictorian
fasces
2. 100
Spartacus
Etruscans
sub poena
C (Roman numeral)
3. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Saturnalia
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
ambrosia and nectar
sub poena
4. 'in memory of'
ambrosia and nectar
Pompeii
L (Roman numeral)
in memoriam
5. God of the sea
Persephone/Proserpina
Poseidon/Neptune
Iliad
Mt. Parnassus
6. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
ex libris
Hera/Juno
mores
mellifluous
7. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Cerberus
Tartarus
Charon
Paris
8. The river surrounding the Underworld
persona non grata
Artemis/Diana
Styx
N.B./nota bene
9. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
errare humanum est
Uranus
ad nauseam
10. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
sub poena
Helen
Punic Wars
valedictorian
11. 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)
tribune
fasces
Priam
Golden Fleece
12. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
Tantalus
L (Roman numeral)
epic
13. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Pegasus
mea culpa
in memoriam
Ariadne
14. 1
Medea
I (Roman numeral)
e.g./exempli gratia
Caesar
15. 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')
epic
rostra
veni & vidi & vici
Chaos
16. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
M (Roman numeral)
Ides of March
rara avis
vice versa
17. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
in toto
verbatim
cornucopia
Medea
18. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Saturnalia
Persephone/Proserpina
Minotaur
veto
19. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
errare humanum est
jovial
Styx
Ariadne
20. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
Hercules/Heracles
per capita
SPQR
21. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
A.M./ante meridiem
Ithaca
sub poena
Hephaestus/Vulcan
22. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
the Odyssey
Sicily
sic semper tyrannis
Mt. Vesuvius
23. 'A slip of the tongue'
Sicily
status quo
Excelsior!
lapsus linguae
24. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Demeter/Ceres
Prometheus
Carthage
Odysseus/Ulysses
25. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
atrium
Sicily
Circus Maximus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
26. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
Achilles' heel
Daedalus
Mt. Olympus
ex officio
27. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Arachne
muses
laurels
A.D./anno Domini
28. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
Circus Maximus
Punic Wars
in memoriam
29. Market place/business center
agora/forum
Augustus
the furies
mores
30. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Hera/Juno
Pegasus
veni & vidi & vici
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
31. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
sub rosa
Pantheon
Tantalus
pontifex maximus
32. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
P.S./post scriptum
Excelsior!
Eros/Cupid
D (Roman numeral)
33. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War
Helen
Palatine Hill
Ge/Gaea
Ge/Gaea
34. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
jovial
labyrinth
vs./versus
Pompeii
35. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Apollo/Apollo
terra firma
rara avis
Eros/Cupid
36. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
agora/forum
the Odyssey
lapsus linguae
papyrus
37. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
sub poena
Hephaestus/Vulcan
puerile
C (Roman numeral)
38. The norms or values of a society
Cronus/Saturn
mores
puerile
terra firma
39. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Saturnalia
jovial
summa cum laude
40. 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
Etruscans
Arachne
papyrus
Prometheus
41. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
paterfamilias
Aphrodite/Venus
Hercules/Heracles
Hades/Pluto
42. 'The other way around'
Colosseum
vice versa
Chaos
fasces
43. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
P.M./post meridiem
Nike/Victoria
pax vobiscum
Apollo/Apollo
44. 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
the Odyssey
fresco
Delphic Oracle
mentor
45. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
Uranus
Odysseus/Ulysses
et al./ et alii
46. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
patrician
e pluribus unum
veto
Pax Romana
47. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
agenda
the Odyssey
apple of discord
Trojan Horse
48. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
tribune
Golden Fleece
polytheism
Ares/Mars
49. After midday/noon
jovial
Trojan Horse
cornucopia
P.M./post meridiem
50. 'peace be with you'
Pegasus
Paris
pax vobiscum
Spartacus