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Classical Literacy
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1. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
valedictorian
ex libris
Zeus/Jupiter
Troy
2. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Hera/Juno
ex libris
Demeter/Ceres
L (Roman numeral)
3. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
veni & vidi & vici
e.g./exempli gratia
Ides of March
4. 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
Aegean Sea
vs./versus
Prometheus
labyrinth
5. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
muses
polytheism
Carthage
Hera/Juno
6. 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
Chaos
cave canem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
mentor
7. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Poseidon/Neptune
via
P.S./post scriptum
Charon
8. 'beware of the dog'
Theseus
apple of discord
terra firma
cave canem
9. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Hydra
Mt. Vesuvius
Homer
P.M./post meridiem
10. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Delphic Oracle
Trojan Horse
Carthage
agenda
11. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
cornucopia
e pluribus unum
vs./versus
Charon
12. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
polytheism
rara avis
Paris
Daedalus
13. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
Theseus
Cerberus
tribune
14. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
epic
semper fidelis
magnum opus
Ides of March
15. '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
rostra
valedictorian
in toto
mores
16. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
Charon
labor vincit omnia
Troy
17. 'for the time being' - temporary
Poseidon/Neptune
Paris
pro tempore
polytheism
18. 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.
pax vobiscum
sub poena
Pompeii
marathon
19. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Orpheus & Eurydice
Mt. Vesuvius
quid pro quo
cornucopia
20. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing
et tu & Brute?
semper fidelis
Zeus/Jupiter
Orpheus & Eurydice
21. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
per diem
Spartacus
magnanimous
Arachne
22. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
pax vobiscum
veto
Ides of March
vs./versus
23. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
pro tempore
Jove
Pax Romana
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
24. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Mt. Olympus
the Odyssey
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Romulus and Remus
25. 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
etc./et cetera
Prometheus
apple of discord
Palatine Hill
26. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
X (Roman numeral)
p.o./ per os
Ge/Gaea
27. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Troy
sub poena
Icarus & Daedalus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
28. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
Iliad
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Saturnalia
29. 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)
plebeian
Jason
Colosseum
Priam
30. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
sic semper tyrannis
Perseus & Medusa
Jove
toga
31. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
veto
Gorgons
Theseus
polytheism
32. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
the Fates
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Ariadne
Artemis/Diana
33. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
Paris
Trojan Horse
Medea
34. 100
C (Roman numeral)
the Fates
Ge/Gaea
tribune
35. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
summa cum laude
Prometheus
P.M./post meridiem
sub poena
36. Writing after the body of a letter
persona non grata
cornucopia
in loco parentis
P.S./post scriptum
37. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
in toto
summa cum laude
Mt. Vesuvius
plebeian
38. 'seize the day'
Athena/Minerva
Aphrodite/Venus
carpe diem
epic
39. 'After death'
Ithaca
Apollo/Apollo
post mortem
veto
40. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Cyclops
Tantalus
pontifex maximus
fasces
41. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Circus Maximus
agora/forum
Styx
Etruscans
42. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
ambrosia and nectar
errare humanum est
per annum
43. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
persona non grata
V (Roman numeral)
pax vobiscum
Apollo/Apollo
44. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
Orpheus & Eurydice
agora/forum
mentor
Chaos
45. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
Medea
Priam
apple of discord
46. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Parthenon
Hades/Pluto
I (Roman numeral)
ex officio
47. 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')
rostra
sic transit gloria mundi
e.g./exempli gratia
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
48. God of the sea
Daedalus
Poseidon/Neptune
vs./versus
paterfamilias
49. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Parthenon
Pantheon
Jove
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
50. 'Word for word'
Pegasus
verbatim
Priam
the furies
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