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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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2. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






3. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






4. 'A slip of the tongue'






5. 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






6. 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






7. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






8. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






9. 'The state in which'






10. 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






11. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






12. Goddess of victory






13. 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






14. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






15. River that runs through the city of Rome






16. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






17. 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






18. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






19. 'And others'






20. Goddess of the hearth






21. 'I'






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23. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






24. 'beware of the dog'






25. 'All-knowing'






26. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






27. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






28. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






29. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






30. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)






31. 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')






32. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






33. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






34. Market place/business center






35. '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






36. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






37. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






38. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York






39. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






40. 'Work conquers all'






41. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






42. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






43. 'great work'






44. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






45. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






46. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






47. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






48. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






49. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






50. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them