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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
satyr
e pluribus unum
Artemis/Diana
Colosseum
2. 'firm ground/solid earth'
mores
terra firma
Hestia/Vesta
Penelope
3. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
P.S./post scriptum
satyr
plebeian
Carthage
4. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
pax vobiscum
Athens/Acropolis
Caesar
mea culpa
5. 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
Persephone/Proserpina
laurels
Mt. Parnassus
Paris
6. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
Pompeii
Golden Fleece
fasces
7. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
sub poena
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Dionysus/Bacchus
quid pro quo
8. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
et tu & Brute?
Elysian Fields/Elysium
D (Roman numeral)
Jove
9. The male head of a Roman family
Minotaur
Delphic Oracle
patrician
paterfamilias
10. God of the sea
Athens/Acropolis
Sicily
paterfamilias
Poseidon/Neptune
11. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
Perseus & Medusa
veto
tribune
12. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hermes/Mercury
Minotaur
vice versa
Hades/Pluto
13. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
patrician
Hector
Golden Fleece
aqueduct
14. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Sicily
Saturnalia
Homer
fresco
15. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
via
Cerberus
Troy
X (Roman numeral)
16. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
terra firma
Artemis/Diana
Hannibal
i.e./id est
17. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Aegean Sea
Eros/Cupid
Romulus and Remus
Athena/Minerva
18. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Mt. Parnassus
epic
Ariadne
Arachne
19. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
terra firma
labyrinth
magnanimous
pontifex maximus
20. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
marathon
Eros/Cupid
Punic Wars
21. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
sedentary
ad infinitum
Pompeii
muses
22. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
polytheism
mores
Ge/Gaea
Hydra
23. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Augustus
Nike/Victoria
Hercules/Heracles
Gorgons
24. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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25. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Daedalus
Colosseum
Mt. Olympus
Spartacus
26. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Athena/Minerva
Apollo/Apollo
Tartarus
Orpheus & Eurydice
27. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Tartarus
Spartacus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
magnum opus
28. 500
labor vincit omnia
D (Roman numeral)
N.B./nota bene
labor vincit omnia
29. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
per annum
mosaic
Ariadne
30. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
Nike/Victoria
quid pro quo
cornucopia
31. After midday/noon
Trojan Horse
P.M./post meridiem
et tu & Brute?
Elysian Fields/Elysium
32. 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')
Pegasus
rostra
Delphic Oracle
atrium
33. 'beware of the dog'
Daedalus
et al./ et alii
pontifex maximus
cave canem
34. 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
Iliad
the furies
L (Roman numeral)
Prometheus
35. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
Saturnalia
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
L (Roman numeral)
36. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
tempus fugit
tribune
Chaos
fresco
37. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
ex officio
Sparta
the Fates
38. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
Tiber
Excelsior!
I (Roman numeral)
39. Goddess of the hearth
toga
Homer
Hercules/Heracles
Hestia/Vesta
40. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
lapsus linguae
polytheism
rostra
41. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
labor vincit omnia
per diem
ad nauseam
ad infinitum
42. 'per year'
per annum
Uranus
Hera/Juno
vice versa
43. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Spartacus
agenda
Ariadne
Prometheus
44. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
ambrosia and nectar
fresco
per capita
labor vincit omnia
45. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Gorgons
Penelope
Daedalus
plebeian
46. Home of the Greek gods
mosaic
pro tempore
Mt. Olympus
sub poena
47. 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
ad nauseam
veto
Cronus/Saturn
48. 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
Hephaestus/Vulcan
magnum opus
Tantalus
fasces
49. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Aphrodite/Venus
fresco
X (Roman numeral)
Pompeii
50. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Etruscans
pontifex maximus
epic
ego