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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. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Mt. Vesuvius
semper paratus
Nike/Victoria
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
2. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
Odysseus/Ulysses
papyrus
veto
Cerberus
3. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Palatine Hill
Icarus & Daedalus
in loco parentis
cornucopia
4. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
mosaic
Pantheon
Circus Maximus
Odysseus/Ulysses
5. 1000
tribune
Palatine Hill
mosaic
M (Roman numeral)
6. 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
terra incognita
Zeus/Jupiter
Sisyphus
sub rosa
7. 'After death'
post mortem
laurels
aqueduct
agenda
8. 'The end'
Hercules/Heracles
marathon
finis
ex libris
9. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
terra incognita
D (Roman numeral)
Hera/Juno
10. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
iota
Demeter/Ceres
carpe diem
11. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
iota
Icarus & Daedalus
D (Roman numeral)
Zeus/Jupiter
12. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
ambrosia and nectar
Pan
mea culpa
semper fidelis
13. 'seize the day'
Trojan Horse
Hestia/Vesta
carpe diem
pax vobiscum
14. 50
Jason
L (Roman numeral)
Odysseus/Ulysses
Circus Maximus
15. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
puerile
Atlas
sedentary
N.B./nota bene
16. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Aphrodite/Venus
Daedalus
P.S./post scriptum
etc./et cetera
17. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Augustus
Penelope
Mt. Vesuvius
Romulus and Remus
18. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
magnum opus
laurels
Sicily
vs./versus
19. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
sic transit gloria mundi
Atlas
Hephaestus/Vulcan
polytheism
20. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
Styx
Colosseum
Hestia/Vesta
21. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
valedictorian
status quo
Atlas
22. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Hades/Pluto
Cerberus
23. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Artemis/Diana
Hermes/Mercury
pro tempore
Demeter/Ceres
24. 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)
Charon
Poseidon/Neptune
Delphic Oracle
Gorgons
25. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
aqueduct
Hestia/Vesta
omniscient
D (Roman numeral)
26. 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
Jason
sic semper tyrannis
mea culpa
mentor
27. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
sub rosa
Gorgons
ad nauseam
28. 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')
verbatim
rostra
Homer
Mt. Olympus
29. The male head of a Roman family
Sparta
Priam
Theseus
paterfamilias
30. 100
Priam
status quo
C (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
31. 'This for that &' a fair trade
C (Roman numeral)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Hector
quid pro quo
32. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
Medea
laurels
Cerberus
status quo
33. The river surrounding the Underworld
labyrinth
Ithaca
Styx
I (Roman numeral)
34. The norms or values of a society
mores
tempus fugit
Prometheus
Hannibal
35. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
et al./ et alii
errare humanum est
Mt. Vesuvius
puerile
36. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
labyrinth
agenda
persona non grata
A.M./ante meridiem
37. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Parthenon
Minotaur
e pluribus unum
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
38. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
P.S./post scriptum
mellifluous
ex libris
sine qua non
39. 'note well' i.e. take note
Athens/Acropolis
Delphic Oracle
Cronus/Saturn
N.B./nota bene
40. The river surrounding the Underworld
aqueduct
Achilles' heel
Styx
in toto
41. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Ariadne
mea culpa
P.S./post scriptum
P.M./post meridiem
42. 'in memory of'
verbatim
in memoriam
per capita
Hector
43. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
Hermes/Mercury
Hercules/Heracles
valedictorian
44. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
Charon
p.o./ per os
N.B./nota bene
45. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
A.M./ante meridiem
Troy
Aegean Sea
per annum
46. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Ithaca
P.M./post meridiem
47. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Priam
Spartacus
cornucopia
Romulus and Remus
48. '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
Dionysus/Bacchus
agora/forum
ex officio
Prometheus
49. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
puerile
Aphrodite/Venus
Styx
A.D./anno Domini
50. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Pantheon
etc./et cetera
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
plebeian