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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






2. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






3. Market place/business center






4. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






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






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






7. 'The state in which'






8. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






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






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






11. 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)






12. 'All-knowing'






13. River that runs through the city of Rome






14. 'The other way around'






15. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






16. Home of the Greek gods






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






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






19. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






20. God of the sea






21. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






22. 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






23. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






24. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace






25. 'beware of the dog'






26. Goddess of victory






27. 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






28. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






29. 'firm ground/solid earth'






30. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






31. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'






32. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






33. 100






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






35. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






36. 10






37. 'This for that &' a fair trade






38. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar






39. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






40. 'Always prepared'






41. 'firm ground/solid earth'






42. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






43. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






44. Goddess of the hearth






45. 'note well' i.e. take note






46. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






47. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






48. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






49. 100






50. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')