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Classical Literacy
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1. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
M (Roman numeral)
Medea
Homer
Demeter/Ceres
2. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
sub rosa
L (Roman numeral)
Odysseus/Ulysses
iota
3. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Uranus
Zeus/Jupiter
Colosseum
veni & vidi & vici
4. 'note well' i.e. take note
Eros/Cupid
the Fates
N.B./nota bene
Romulus and Remus
5. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Jove
P.S./post scriptum
persona non grata
Pax Romana
6. Goddess of wisdom
Artemis/Diana
Jason
Caesar
Athena/Minerva
7. 50
Tartarus
quid pro quo
sub poena
L (Roman numeral)
8. 'per year'
per annum
et tu & Brute?
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Carthage
9. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
sic semper tyrannis
Ides of March
per annum
Medea
10. 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)
Odysseus/Ulysses
terra incognita
Punic Wars
Priam
11. 'All-knowing'
papyrus
apple of discord
omniscient
in loco parentis
12. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
Mt. Olympus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
polytheism
13. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
in toto
Augustus
Sicily
post mortem
14. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
the furies
Eros/Cupid
Saturnalia
Styx
15. 'note well' i.e. take note
magnanimous
Gorgons
semper paratus
N.B./nota bene
16. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Eros/Cupid
Punic Wars
cornucopia
Hannibal
17. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
P.S./post scriptum
agenda
Ge/Gaea
Cronus/Saturn
18. The technical biological term for the human species
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19. 'The other way around'
Saturnalia
omniscient
ad nauseam
vice versa
20. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
Persephone/Proserpina
laurels
sine qua non
Arachne
21. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
I (Roman numeral)
veto
sic transit gloria mundi
pax vobiscum
22. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
polytheism
Golden Fleece
veto
epic
23. 'in memory of'
A.D./anno Domini
cornucopia
cave canem
in memoriam
24. '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
Romulus and Remus
Odysseus/Ulysses
valedictorian
magnanimous
25. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
et tu & Brute?
in memoriam
Hannibal
Spartacus
26. Goddess of victory
Poseidon/Neptune
Cerberus
veni & vidi & vici
Nike/Victoria
27. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
epic
Perseus & Medusa
Homer
Artemis/Diana
28. 'in memory of'
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
in memoriam
V (Roman numeral)
Sparta
29. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
ex libris
Hades/Pluto
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Pantheon
30. Home of the Greek gods
the Fates
e.g./exempli gratia
Mt. Olympus
sic transit gloria mundi
31. 'great-souled & high-minded'
pax vobiscum
magnanimous
Icarus & Daedalus
Carthage
32. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Hestia/Vesta
p.o./ per os
jovial
ad infinitum
33. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Hera/Juno
pro tempore
ex officio
Cronus/Saturn
34. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Homer
the Odyssey
mosaic
Pantheon
35. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Pegasus
Sparta
Golden Fleece
M (Roman numeral)
36. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Hera/Juno
Ides of March
Carthage
Nike/Victoria
37. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
Excelsior!
jovial
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
38. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
lapsus linguae
Poseidon/Neptune
Sicily
pro tempore
39. 'The state in which'
Punic Wars
mentor
status quo
magnanimous
40. 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
cornucopia
Daedalus
Demeter/Ceres
Hector
41. 'A slip of the tongue'
Daedalus
Pompeii
lapsus linguae
Nike/Victoria
42. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Hestia/Vesta
sine qua non
labyrinth
post mortem
43. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
p.o./ per os
i.e./id est
rara avis
Hector
44. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
sine qua non
Hector
Demeter/Ceres
Nike/Victoria
45. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
fresco
et al./ et alii
Tiber
A.D./anno Domini
46. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
sub poena
Colosseum
Iliad
47. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Apollo/Apollo
Ares/Mars
Chaos
tribune
48. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Perseus & Medusa
Tartarus
satyr
Saturnalia
49. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Circus Maximus
Athena/Minerva
sedentary
laurels
50. 'The other way around'
omniscient
Hercules/Heracles
Hannibal
vice versa
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