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Classical Literacy
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1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
labor vincit omnia
quid pro quo
iota
Athens/Acropolis
2. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Uranus
sub rosa
finis
Pax Romana
3. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
ad nauseam
consul
Aegean Sea
Hades/Pluto
4. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
P.M./post meridiem
pax vobiscum
mellifluous
Saturnalia
5. 'for the time being' - temporary
pro tempore
puerile
Arachne
A.D./anno Domini
6. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Tartarus
puerile
terra firma
verbatim
7. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
post mortem
quid pro quo
Cerberus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
8. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Gorgons
sub poena
Caesar
Medea
9. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
sub rosa
sine qua non
lapsus linguae
errare humanum est
10. 'After death'
plebeian
ego
post mortem
Saturnalia
11. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Saturnalia
labor vincit omnia
Hermes/Mercury
Minotaur
12. The norms or values of a society
mores
Hestia/Vesta
Ides of March
magnum opus
13. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
Delphic Oracle
Hades/Pluto
the furies
14. After midday/noon
Hector
P.M./post meridiem
Poseidon/Neptune
tempus fugit
15. 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
rostra
magnum opus
Sisyphus
Romulus and Remus
16. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
semper fidelis
rostra
Hydra
Pegasus
17. 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
magnum opus
Athens/Acropolis
Punic Wars
Palatine Hill
18. 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)
Gorgons
Sicily
Artemis/Diana
Mt. Olympus
19. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Aegean Sea
Zeus/Jupiter
quid pro quo
Penelope
20. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
SPQR
sub poena
Charon
omniscient
21. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
Augustus
Priam
Trojan Horse
22. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Pegasus
Daedalus
Hercules/Heracles
Spartacus
23. 'per head' 'per person'
Augustus
per capita
paterfamilias
lapsus linguae
24. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
veni & vidi & vici
Sisyphus
Hades/Pluto
25. The norms or values of a society
toga
mores
D (Roman numeral)
paterfamilias
26. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
iota
i.e./id est
Caesar
pontifex maximus
27. Market place/business center
Minotaur
Helen
agora/forum
D (Roman numeral)
28. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Hector
consul
sic transit gloria mundi
Pantheon
29. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Pegasus
sic semper tyrannis
Ithaca
status quo
30. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
e.g./exempli gratia
Ariadne
Aegean Sea
Cyclops
31. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Ithaca
Persephone/Proserpina
X (Roman numeral)
etc./et cetera
32. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
Pegasus
sic transit gloria mundi
atrium
33. Home of the Greek gods
finis
Mt. Olympus
per annum
ego
34. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
A.M./ante meridiem
Athena/Minerva
SPQR
cave canem
35. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Troy
ad nauseam
Delphic Oracle
Prometheus
36. 'note well' i.e. take note
tempus fugit
N.B./nota bene
Aphrodite/Venus
laurels
37. 'The end'
Hannibal
agenda
terra incognita
finis
38. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Aegean Sea
ex officio
Troy
aqueduct
39. '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
Mt. Olympus
et tu & Brute?
magnum opus
Nike/Victoria
40. 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
A.M./ante meridiem
Hermes/Mercury
Mt. Parnassus
Prometheus
41. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
X (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
Charon
Aegean Sea
42. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Augustus
Charon
Mt. Vesuvius
ego
43. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
cornucopia
sine qua non
44. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Priam
terra firma
pro tempore
per capita
45. The male head of a Roman family
Persephone/Proserpina
paterfamilias
Athens/Acropolis
per annum
46. 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
et tu & Brute?
vice versa
Hannibal
47. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
via
sine qua non
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
cave canem
48. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
mea culpa
Delphic Oracle
Hades/Pluto
cornucopia
49. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
vs./versus
Tantalus
Priam
50. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Hannibal
Romulus and Remus
puerile
Daedalus