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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






2. 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






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






4. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






5. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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6. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






7. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






8. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's






9. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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10. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






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






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






13. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






14. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)






15. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






16. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






17. After midday/noon






18. 'seize the day'






19. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






20. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






21. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






22. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






23. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






24. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






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26. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






27. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship






28. 500






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






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






31. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






32. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'






33. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife






34. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






35. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






36. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






37. Goddess of the hearth






38. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War






39. Goddess of love






40. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






41. The male head of a Roman family






42. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






43. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






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






45. 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






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






47. 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)






48. 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






49. 'Always prepared'






50. 'The state in which'