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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. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Hestia/Vesta
Pegasus
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
aqueduct
2. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
in memoriam
Pantheon
3. '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
veto
ex officio
Paris
Punic Wars
4. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Troy
Ithaca
Hades/Pluto
N.B./nota bene
5. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
in loco parentis
Minotaur
labyrinth
Carthage
6. 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
Sisyphus
aqueduct
papyrus
Trojan Horse
7. 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)
P.S./post scriptum
iota
Gorgons
Excelsior!
8. God of war
A.M./ante meridiem
mellifluous
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Ares/Mars
9. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
ad infinitum
Elysian Fields/Elysium
ego
10. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
labor vincit omnia
Orpheus & Eurydice
Arachne
11. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
agenda
polytheism
Hestia/Vesta
12. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
Nike/Victoria
sic semper tyrannis
A.D./anno Domini
Pantheon
13. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
carpe diem
sub rosa
vs./versus
veto
14. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Gorgons
lapsus linguae
Hercules/Heracles
fresco
15. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
D (Roman numeral)
Apollo/Apollo
Troy
ego
16. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
Colosseum
the Fates
I (Roman numeral)
17. 'unknown land'
Punic Wars
terra incognita
per diem
Helen
18. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
terra firma
Colosseum
Hades/Pluto
toga
19. 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
mentor
toga
Ariadne
veto
20. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
A.M./ante meridiem
Punic Wars
post mortem
semper fidelis
21. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
vs./versus
lapsus linguae
carpe diem
22. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
mentor
Charon
magnanimous
X (Roman numeral)
23. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
papyrus
labor vincit omnia
P.S./post scriptum
Etruscans
24. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Cronus/Saturn
agora/forum
ad nauseam
Elysian Fields/Elysium
25. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
SPQR
sub rosa
Aegean Sea
I (Roman numeral)
26. Goddess of the hunt
Theseus
Artemis/Diana
mentor
Sparta
27. 'Work conquers all'
ego
Tartarus
polytheism
labor vincit omnia
28. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
SPQR
Sicily
the Fates
Hermes/Mercury
29. 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
Sisyphus
C (Roman numeral)
sedentary
cave canem
30. 'per head' 'per person'
ad infinitum
per capita
Paris
the furies
31. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
ad infinitum
puerile
Eros/Cupid
Apollo/Apollo
32. Market place/business center
iota
i.e./id est
agora/forum
agenda
33. 1000
Pompeii
iota
M (Roman numeral)
errare humanum est
34. 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
Ares/Mars
Icarus & Daedalus
marathon
per annum
35. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
Uranus
omniscient
Prometheus
36. 'in memory of'
jovial
in memoriam
toga
Hercules/Heracles
37. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
the Fates
Tantalus
vs./versus
persona non grata
38. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
aqueduct
Ithaca
post mortem
Chaos
39. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
Charon
epic
semper fidelis
Odysseus/Ulysses
40. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
tribune
per annum
Spartacus
Hermes/Mercury
41. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hannibal
consul
Etruscans
42. 'The end'
aqueduct
Persephone/Proserpina
marathon
finis
43. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
in toto
Pax Romana
Prometheus
Mt. Parnassus
44. River that runs through the city of Rome
Perseus & Medusa
mentor
Tiber
L (Roman numeral)
45. Goddess of the hearth
Excelsior!
tempus fugit
Augustus
Hestia/Vesta
46. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Delphic Oracle
Homer
Chaos
47. Goddess of the hearth
Minotaur
Etruscans
Hestia/Vesta
papyrus
48. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Augustus
Golden Fleece
tribune
Persephone/Proserpina
49. 10
Excelsior!
Elysian Fields/Elysium
the furies
X (Roman numeral)
50. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
persona non grata
Carthage
Hades/Pluto
Ge/Gaea