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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
carpe diem
the furies
P.S./post scriptum
I (Roman numeral)
2. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
quid pro quo
atrium
Icarus & Daedalus
toga
3. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Achilles' heel
veni & vidi & vici
L (Roman numeral)
terra firma
4. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
Jove
Trojan Horse
jovial
quid pro quo
5. 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
apple of discord
Colosseum
i.e./id est
Elysian Fields/Elysium
6. 'peace be with you'
Colosseum
Cerberus
pax vobiscum
sic transit gloria mundi
7. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
puerile
N.B./nota bene
Caesar
patrician
8. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Nike/Victoria
Chaos
Pan
Eros/Cupid
9. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
agora/forum
Spartacus
satyr
10. 'The state in which'
status quo
Ides of March
labor vincit omnia
quid pro quo
11. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
lapsus linguae
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Paris
tribune
12. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
Pompeii
tribune
laurels
13. 'A slip of the tongue'
Hannibal
Hades/Pluto
lapsus linguae
Paris
14. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
Spartacus
C (Roman numeral)
vice versa
15. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
post mortem
sub poena
Odysseus/Ulysses
ego
16. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
sedentary
Ge/Gaea
Aegean Sea
the Fates
17. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
Carthage
Jove
per diem
18. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
Daedalus
Hydra
Styx
19. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Poseidon/Neptune
Homer
Chaos
in loco parentis
20. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located
D (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
Perseus & Medusa
Punic Wars
21. The male head of a Roman family
magnanimous
puerile
Zeus/Jupiter
paterfamilias
22. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Minotaur
errare humanum est
Pax Romana
Athena/Minerva
23. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
e.g./exempli gratia
mellifluous
per capita
24. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Helen
labyrinth
omniscient
Ithaca
25. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
Ares/Mars
Prometheus
Augustus
26. Doctor of medicine
e pluribus unum
Sparta
consul
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
27. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
laurels
rara avis
paterfamilias
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
plebeian
Sisyphus
Arachne
Hector
29. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
e.g./exempli gratia
fasces
in toto
i.e./id est
30. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
magnanimous
pontifex maximus
mentor
Demeter/Ceres
31. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Eros/Cupid
Sparta
Mt. Olympus
fresco
32. Home of the Greek gods
ad nauseam
Mt. Olympus
atrium
Augustus
33. God of the sea
Tartarus
Poseidon/Neptune
Tantalus
Golden Fleece
34. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
marathon
C (Roman numeral)
vs./versus
errare humanum est
35. 5
Charon
Tartarus
V (Roman numeral)
Tiber
36. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Colosseum
jovial
satyr
Arachne
37. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
L (Roman numeral)
sic semper tyrannis
patrician
Iliad
38. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
rara avis
labyrinth
atrium
Tartarus
39. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
persona non grata
e pluribus unum
Excelsior!
Persephone/Proserpina
40. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
the Odyssey
iota
per diem
41. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Hydra
Priam
mentor
Jove
42. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
Tartarus
toga
ego
Persephone/Proserpina
43. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
marathon
Tartarus
Gorgons
Tiber
44. 'After death'
SPQR
tempus fugit
M (Roman numeral)
post mortem
45. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Dionysus/Bacchus
Demeter/Ceres
the furies
summa cum laude
46. 'in memory of'
Mt. Parnassus
in memoriam
lapsus linguae
Cronus/Saturn
47. Writing after the body of a letter
tempus fugit
P.S./post scriptum
Athens/Acropolis
Hera/Juno
48. 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.
sub rosa
Hades/Pluto
in memoriam
Daedalus
49. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
Poseidon/Neptune
Parthenon
satyr
valedictorian
50. 'After death'
Homer
plebeian
veni & vidi & vici
post mortem