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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
jovial
mentor
etc./et cetera
mosaic
2. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
Dionysus/Bacchus
the furies
Hector
3. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Hephaestus/Vulcan
sedentary
Trojan Horse
Punic Wars
4. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
Trojan Horse
terra firma
Styx
5. 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
Icarus & Daedalus
Aegean Sea
labyrinth
papyrus
6. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Athens/Acropolis
in loco parentis
ex libris
Troy
7. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Zeus/Jupiter
per annum
Parthenon
Perseus & Medusa
8. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
carpe diem
per capita
aqueduct
9. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
A.D./anno Domini
satyr
errare humanum est
in toto
10. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Jason
Hydra
agenda
summa cum laude
11. 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
per annum
pro tempore
pax vobiscum
12. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
ex libris
ex officio
ambrosia and nectar
Spartacus
13. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
omniscient
aqueduct
rara avis
Perseus & Medusa
14. 1000
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Ithaca
M (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
15. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Troy
satyr
Hera/Juno
e pluribus unum
16. 'per head' 'per person'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Orpheus & Eurydice
Eros/Cupid
per capita
17. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday
L (Roman numeral)
Eros/Cupid
Theseus
Prometheus
18. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
the furies
Saturnalia
Hera/Juno
Demeter/Ceres
19. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
quid pro quo
Delphic Oracle
Uranus
the Odyssey
20. After midday/noon
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
P.M./post meridiem
magnanimous
terra incognita
21. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Iliad
e.g./exempli gratia
in memoriam
Saturnalia
22. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Zeus/Jupiter
via
Iliad
Daedalus
23. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
ego
patrician
Sisyphus
Tantalus
24. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
finis
sic transit gloria mundi
iota
25. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
puerile
et tu & Brute?
verbatim
Prometheus
26. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Augustus
Romulus and Remus
Delphic Oracle
labor vincit omnia
27. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Persephone/Proserpina
Ithaca
per capita
the furies
28. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
etc./et cetera
Ares/Mars
sub rosa
29. 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
M (Roman numeral)
Hector
post mortem
Aegean Sea
30. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
toga
Zeus/Jupiter
valedictorian
Charon
31. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
Persephone/Proserpina
Excelsior!
Ides of March
veto
32. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
V (Roman numeral)
Mt. Parnassus
sub rosa
magnanimous
33. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
vice versa
A.D./anno Domini
status quo
34. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Dionysus/Bacchus
Carthage
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
e.g./exempli gratia
35. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Jason
Parthenon
magnanimous
Demeter/Ceres
36. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
consul
Arachne
Minotaur
Sicily
37. 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
et tu & Brute?
Hades/Pluto
Troy
Cyclops
38. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
Artemis/Diana
in toto
e.g./exempli gratia
39. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
aqueduct
paterfamilias
laurels
Zeus/Jupiter
40. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
mosaic
in loco parentis
vice versa
Excelsior!
41. 1
Zeus/Jupiter
papyrus
ad infinitum
I (Roman numeral)
42. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
the Odyssey
Aegean Sea
semper paratus
laurels
43. 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)
iota
laurels
Pantheon
Priam
44. Doctor of medicine
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Achilles' heel
valedictorian
V (Roman numeral)
45. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Chaos
in loco parentis
agora/forum
Penelope
46. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Cerberus
rostra
Mt. Olympus
in memoriam
47. 'And others'
status quo
Gorgons
et al./ et alii
Perseus & Medusa
48. 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')
Ides of March
Icarus & Daedalus
sic transit gloria mundi
rostra
49. 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
Cyclops
persona non grata
Delphic Oracle
p.o./ per os
50. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Circus Maximus
veni & vidi & vici
verbatim
atrium