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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
P.S./post scriptum
Colosseum
quid pro quo
2. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
quid pro quo
Arachne
Pantheon
Cyclops
3. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Hercules/Heracles
Iliad
Jove
sub poena
4. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
ad nauseam
Saturnalia
Ides of March
Medea
5. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
Punic Wars
Poseidon/Neptune
sedentary
Trojan Horse
6. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
terra incognita
Excelsior!
i.e./id est
Aegean Sea
7. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Artemis/Diana
in toto
sic transit gloria mundi
Hercules/Heracles
8. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Sparta
Palatine Hill
Carthage
et tu & Brute?
9. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Artemis/Diana
fasces
labyrinth
ad nauseam
10. Doctor of medicine
Hades/Pluto
Elysian Fields/Elysium
tempus fugit
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
11. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
Athens/Acropolis
in memoriam
Charon
12. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
C (Roman numeral)
Delphic Oracle
e.g./exempli gratia
Circus Maximus
13. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
lapsus linguae
Zeus/Jupiter
paterfamilias
14. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
Achilles' heel
A.D./anno Domini
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
15. 'per head' 'per person'
Perseus & Medusa
consul
Punic Wars
per capita
16. 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)
Priam
et al./ et alii
labor vincit omnia
Trojan Horse
17. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
I (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
Homer
Mt. Vesuvius
18. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Mt. Vesuvius
P.S./post scriptum
Demeter/Ceres
mosaic
19. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
puerile
i.e./id est
tribune
plebeian
20. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Perseus & Medusa
pontifex maximus
mosaic
Medea
21. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Cerberus
Nike/Victoria
Hades/Pluto
Ge/Gaea
22. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Dionysus/Bacchus
Pegasus
Helen
magnanimous
23. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
patrician
veto
post mortem
Orpheus & Eurydice
24. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
i.e./id est
fasces
Romulus and Remus
mores
25. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
the furies
Augustus
Hydra
patrician
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
ambrosia and nectar
mentor
M (Roman numeral)
Romulus and Remus
27. Market place/business center
pontifex maximus
agora/forum
Carthage
Pantheon
28. 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
ad infinitum
Hector
ad infinitum
Troy
29. 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
Paris
Spartacus
veni & vidi & vici
consul
30. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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31. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
atrium
Trojan Horse
A.M./ante meridiem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
32. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
sub rosa
ad infinitum
Hermes/Mercury
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
33. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
the Odyssey
sic semper tyrannis
Chaos
Etruscans
34. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Hector
mentor
Pan
A.M./ante meridiem
35. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
errare humanum est
Ariadne
e.g./exempli gratia
36. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Aegean Sea
Minotaur
semper paratus
Dionysus/Bacchus
37. 'Work conquers all'
Ithaca
Homer
Parthenon
labor vincit omnia
38. 5
Augustus
Hades/Pluto
iota
V (Roman numeral)
39. 'The end'
finis
magnum opus
patrician
Eros/Cupid
40. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Cyclops
muses
polytheism
Zeus/Jupiter
41. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
X (Roman numeral)
C (Roman numeral)
epic
Mt. Parnassus
42. '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
mentor
Homer
Prometheus
ex officio
43. The technical biological term for the human species
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44. 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
ad nauseam
Sisyphus
mosaic
finis
45. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
in loco parentis
Nike/Victoria
ambrosia and nectar
46. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
marathon
p.o./ per os
mores
polytheism
47. 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
veni & vidi & vici
patrician
Caesar
papyrus
48. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Cyclops
A.M./ante meridiem
X (Roman numeral)
Ares/Mars
49. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
A.D./anno Domini
mentor
Pax Romana
Priam
50. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
iota
Nike/Victoria
Arachne
consul