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Classical Literacy
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1. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
rara avis
puerile
Saturnalia
Ge/Gaea
2. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hermes/Mercury
Pan
3. 50
ad nauseam
agora/forum
L (Roman numeral)
Ariadne
4. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Mt. Parnassus
terra firma
sub poena
Augustus
5. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Cerberus
Medea
et al./ et alii
Mt. Vesuvius
6. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Jove
veto
ego
labyrinth
7. 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
tempus fugit
sedentary
Sisyphus
D (Roman numeral)
8. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
N.B./nota bene
terra incognita
Augustus
Charon
9. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
ex libris
mellifluous
Atlas
pro tempore
10. 'beware of the dog'
Saturnalia
cave canem
the Odyssey
labor vincit omnia
11. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
sub poena
Uranus
Hydra
tribune
12. 'All-knowing'
plebeian
et tu & Brute?
omniscient
Hercules/Heracles
13. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
laurels
paterfamilias
terra incognita
patrician
14. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
N.B./nota bene
Gorgons
terra incognita
Jason
15. 'note well' i.e. take note
Dionysus/Bacchus
Hestia/Vesta
Sicily
N.B./nota bene
16. 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
Penelope
Mt. Olympus
papyrus
the Odyssey
17. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
Carthage
Hydra
consul
N.B./nota bene
18. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
SPQR
apple of discord
Persephone/Proserpina
19. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
plebeian
Orpheus & Eurydice
per diem
in toto
20. God of the sea
Homer
Poseidon/Neptune
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
vs./versus
21. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Caesar
Pan
finis
Tantalus
22. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
SPQR
Elysian Fields/Elysium
ex officio
Arachne
23. 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
pro tempore
Golden Fleece
Trojan Horse
V (Roman numeral)
24. Goddess of wisdom
Jove
Athena/Minerva
Priam
i.e./id est
25. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
per diem
Hestia/Vesta
vice versa
26. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
consul
Minotaur
aqueduct
27. 'firm ground/solid earth'
muses
terra firma
mosaic
sic semper tyrannis
28. 'Always prepared'
L (Roman numeral)
Parthenon
veni & vidi & vici
semper paratus
29. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
p.o./ per os
Colosseum
Perseus & Medusa
ex officio
30. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
i.e./id est
the Odyssey
Mt. Parnassus
mea culpa
31. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
lapsus linguae
paterfamilias
Golden Fleece
32. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Parthenon
Icarus & Daedalus
Hermes/Mercury
in loco parentis
33. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
cornucopia
errare humanum est
Cyclops
Theseus
34. 'The end'
sub rosa
finis
p.o./ per os
rostra
35. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
ad nauseam
Parthenon
Jason
mosaic
36. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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37. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
toga
L (Roman numeral)
lapsus linguae
mentor
38. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
sub rosa
iota
V (Roman numeral)
pro tempore
39. '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
valedictorian
Mt. Parnassus
semper paratus
Eros/Cupid
40. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
satyr
veto
A.M./ante meridiem
41. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
Eros/Cupid
Jove
apple of discord
Medea
42. 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)
persona non grata
Gorgons
terra firma
Nike/Victoria
43. 'peace be with you'
Sicily
Priam
veni & vidi & vici
pax vobiscum
44. 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
Tantalus
per diem
ego
cornucopia
45. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Ares/Mars
mores
Athena/Minerva
fasces
46. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
atrium
mentor
agenda
Mt. Vesuvius
47. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
p.o./ per os
Hydra
vs./versus
48. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Cyclops
Aegean Sea
Arachne
laurels
49. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
SPQR
Ides of March
Hydra
Parthenon
50. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Pompeii
Augustus
verbatim
Carthage