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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
papyrus
Circus Maximus
Delphic Oracle
Daedalus
2. 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)
sine qua non
Gorgons
Poseidon/Neptune
Sisyphus
3. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
ex libris
et al./ et alii
Mt. Vesuvius
4. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
D (Roman numeral)
semper fidelis
Jason
sic transit gloria mundi
5. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
Helen
marathon
Mt. Vesuvius
mellifluous
6. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
ex officio
atrium
Saturnalia
sub rosa
7. 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.
Artemis/Diana
Mt. Vesuvius
plebeian
marathon
8. 'per head' 'per person'
agora/forum
Gorgons
per capita
per diem
9. '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.
terra incognita
per annum
Mt. Olympus
sic semper tyrannis
10. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
pax vobiscum
Palatine Hill
Tartarus
Mt. Vesuvius
11. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
A.M./ante meridiem
veni & vidi & vici
errare humanum est
per diem
12. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
Uranus
labor vincit omnia
Colosseum
13. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
aqueduct
Hermes/Mercury
post mortem
Eros/Cupid
14. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
Hannibal
Athena/Minerva
Pompeii
15. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
aqueduct
Daedalus
Achilles' heel
tribune
16. Market place/business center
satyr
omniscient
agora/forum
etc./et cetera
17. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Theseus
Pompeii
Pax Romana
Chaos
18. 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
Hannibal
finis
Uranus
19. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
sic semper tyrannis
paterfamilias
sub poena
Circus Maximus
20. 'The end'
sedentary
P.S./post scriptum
finis
Parthenon
21. The male head of a Roman family
Sicily
Sisyphus
paterfamilias
Etruscans
22. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Augustus
Medea
Medea
via
23. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
in memoriam
Athens/Acropolis
magnanimous
Sparta
24. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
toga
agenda
veto
Poseidon/Neptune
25. 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
Ides of March
in loco parentis
Hector
laurels
26. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Gorgons
Cronus/Saturn
Odysseus/Ulysses
satyr
27. 'firm ground/solid earth'
per annum
terra firma
Achilles' heel
puerile
28. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
mea culpa
agora/forum
rostra
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
Hector
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hercules/Heracles
et tu & Brute?
30. '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
semper paratus
Hydra
Persephone/Proserpina
valedictorian
31. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Carthage
Helen
Colosseum
sub rosa
32. 'Always prepared'
veni & vidi & vici
Athens/Acropolis
A.M./ante meridiem
semper paratus
33. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
sub poena
Gorgons
A.M./ante meridiem
Carthage
34. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
apple of discord
status quo
Hestia/Vesta
35. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Romulus and Remus
ad nauseam
36. Market place/business center
Ithaca
Carthage
agora/forum
Etruscans
37. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
vice versa
Jason
Carthage
carpe diem
38. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
i.e./id est
rostra
Parthenon
sic transit gloria mundi
39. 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
ad infinitum
papyrus
Pax Romana
Paris
40. 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
veni & vidi & vici
Hermes/Mercury
Pegasus
Trojan Horse
41. 'A slip of the tongue'
et tu & Brute?
Ge/Gaea
lapsus linguae
Helen
42. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
P.S./post scriptum
mellifluous
summa cum laude
43. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Homer
veni & vidi & vici
Prometheus
44. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Achilles' heel
Eros/Cupid
45. 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
apple of discord
sic semper tyrannis
laurels
Prometheus
46. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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47. 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
sic transit gloria mundi
sub poena
Prometheus
per diem
48. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
terra incognita
papyrus
satyr
Mt. Parnassus
49. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
lapsus linguae
Persephone/Proserpina
Hestia/Vesta
Hephaestus/Vulcan
50. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
laurels
Trojan Horse
Achilles' heel
the Odyssey