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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Apollo/Apollo
Eros/Cupid
Theseus
atrium
2. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
Hannibal
e pluribus unum
iota
aqueduct
3. 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
Parthenon
laurels
veni & vidi & vici
P.M./post meridiem
4. 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
Hydra
Saturnalia
valedictorian
semper paratus
5. 'Word for word'
Artemis/Diana
sub rosa
verbatim
labyrinth
6. 'per day'
Hydra
Perseus & Medusa
per diem
in memoriam
7. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
valedictorian
Cerberus
mosaic
Cronus/Saturn
8. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Charon
sic transit gloria mundi
Priam
Ariadne
9. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
valedictorian
Pax Romana
magnanimous
A.D./anno Domini
10. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
Pompeii
i.e./id est
post mortem
Priam
11. 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
C (Roman numeral)
Mt. Olympus
Hera/Juno
Sisyphus
12. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
labyrinth
Colosseum
Tiber
Pandora
13. 'I'
iota
ego
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Excelsior!
14. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
status quo
laurels
P.M./post meridiem
15. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
per diem
atrium
the Odyssey
via
16. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Parthenon
polytheism
Minotaur
Demeter/Ceres
17. 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
patrician
per diem
Prometheus
C (Roman numeral)
18. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Icarus & Daedalus
Romulus and Remus
e.g./exempli gratia
pontifex maximus
19. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
per diem
Hercules/Heracles
etc./et cetera
Delphic Oracle
20. 'for the time being' - temporary
verbatim
et tu & Brute?
pro tempore
Persephone/Proserpina
21. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
N.B./nota bene
D (Roman numeral)
Romulus and Remus
22. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Cerberus
the Fates
Palatine Hill
Paris
23. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
A.M./ante meridiem
post mortem
pro tempore
Ares/Mars
24. The male head of a Roman family
Medea
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Olympus
paterfamilias
25. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Sisyphus
etc./et cetera
Minotaur
Carthage
26. 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
in loco parentis
Parthenon
Icarus & Daedalus
Mt. Vesuvius
27. 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)
Aphrodite/Venus
mosaic
Priam
sub rosa
28. '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
Ares/Mars
rostra
et tu & Brute?
29. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
the Fates
cave canem
Apollo/Apollo
Elysian Fields/Elysium
30. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Artemis/Diana
Jason
e pluribus unum
Orpheus & Eurydice
31. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Hannibal
Hera/Juno
A.M./ante meridiem
Apollo/Apollo
32. Goddess of love
Arachne
consul
pax vobiscum
Aphrodite/Venus
33. 'Work conquers all'
atrium
Uranus
labor vincit omnia
Trojan Horse
34. 'After death'
post mortem
Zeus/Jupiter
ad infinitum
Nike/Victoria
35. 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
jovial
Prometheus
P.M./post meridiem
mores
36. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
C (Roman numeral)
ambrosia and nectar
Palatine Hill
patrician
37. 'in memory of'
paterfamilias
Prometheus
in memoriam
Augustus
38. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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39. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
sedentary
Eros/Cupid
pax vobiscum
Delphic Oracle
40. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
the furies
Pompeii
semper fidelis
sedentary
41. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Artemis/Diana
Sparta
rostra
Pan
42. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
Orpheus & Eurydice
Medea
the Odyssey
plebeian
43. 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
Achilles' heel
Dionysus/Bacchus
in loco parentis
apple of discord
44. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
per annum
e.g./exempli gratia
Punic Wars
magnum opus
45. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Mt. Vesuvius
vs./versus
Odysseus/Ulysses
Daedalus
46. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
sub rosa
Carthage
Augustus
47. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Aphrodite/Venus
e.g./exempli gratia
Charon
Ares/Mars
48. 'unknown land'
Pandora
Priam
terra incognita
Chaos
49. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Artemis/Diana
Ides of March
vice versa
Iliad
50. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
labyrinth
p.o./ per os
A.D./anno Domini
sub poena