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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






2. 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)






3. 'I'






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






5. Goddess of the hunt






6. 500






7. 'After death'






8. 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')






9. 'All-knowing'






10. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






11. 'firm ground/solid earth'






12. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






13. God of war






14. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






15. The technical biological term for the human species

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16. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






17. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






18. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






19. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






20. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






21. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






22. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






23. 'for the time being' - temporary






24. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






25. 'This for that &' a fair trade






26. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






27. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






28. 'great-souled & high-minded'






29. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






30. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






31. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






32. River that runs through the city of Rome






33. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






34. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






35. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing






36. 1000






37. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'






38. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






39. 10






40. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






41. 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






42. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship






43. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






44. 'The other way around'






45. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






46. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






47. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






48. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






49. 1






50. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus