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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
Mt. Parnassus
Daedalus
Achilles' heel
2. Goddess of the hunt
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Artemis/Diana
sic transit gloria mundi
Priam
3. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Trojan Horse
Eros/Cupid
consul
magnum opus
4. Home of the Greek gods
mores
mellifluous
Mt. Olympus
tribune
5. 1
Cronus/Saturn
I (Roman numeral)
summa cum laude
Chaos
6. 'great work'
Athens/Acropolis
magnum opus
status quo
Etruscans
7. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Saturnalia
the Fates
apple of discord
mellifluous
8. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
A.M./ante meridiem
I (Roman numeral)
Eros/Cupid
Ithaca
9. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
jovial
SPQR
in memoriam
apple of discord
10. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Pegasus
Poseidon/Neptune
Tantalus
Hector
11. 'great work'
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
sedentary
magnum opus
Artemis/Diana
12. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
et tu & Brute?
Palatine Hill
Orpheus & Eurydice
Medea
13. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
pax vobiscum
mosaic
SPQR
14. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
the Fates
etc./et cetera
etc./et cetera
15. Doctor of medicine
C (Roman numeral)
mores
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
pax vobiscum
16. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Gorgons
verbatim
Carthage
17. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
V (Roman numeral)
Hannibal
Ides of March
omniscient
18. 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
Zeus/Jupiter
Minotaur
terra firma
papyrus
19. 'After death'
Eros/Cupid
post mortem
sub poena
Iliad
20. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
atrium
Gorgons
Etruscans
Perseus & Medusa
21. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Troy
satyr
Sicily
Styx
22. Writing after the body of a letter
Saturnalia
P.S./post scriptum
e.g./exempli gratia
Hermes/Mercury
23. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
mea culpa
Athens/Acropolis
Ithaca
the furies
24. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Athena/Minerva
et al./ et alii
Nike/Victoria
25. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
persona non grata
Colosseum
sub rosa
Pompeii
26. River that runs through the city of Rome
Colosseum
Troy
Tiber
Daedalus
27. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
Palatine Hill
Iliad
Cerberus
28. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
Spartacus
Cyclops
Achilles' heel
per capita
29. Market place/business center
agora/forum
Athens/Acropolis
epic
V (Roman numeral)
30. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
in toto
Apollo/Apollo
Daedalus
summa cum laude
31. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
ambrosia and nectar
Cronus/Saturn
Cerberus
the Fates
32. 'The state in which'
status quo
X (Roman numeral)
Saturnalia
Hephaestus/Vulcan
33. Goddess of love
Carthage
Cyclops
Ides of March
Aphrodite/Venus
34. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Apollo/Apollo
ex libris
labor vincit omnia
terra incognita
35. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Theseus
Aegean Sea
C (Roman numeral)
lapsus linguae
36. The river surrounding the Underworld
Mt. Parnassus
M (Roman numeral)
Styx
in toto
37. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
pro tempore
sine qua non
semper fidelis
Apollo/Apollo
38. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Achilles' heel
Jason
post mortem
Uranus
39. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
ex officio
Etruscans
p.o./ per os
Uranus
40. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
ad nauseam
Dionysus/Bacchus
Carthage
Ares/Mars
41. 'Time flies/flees'
errare humanum est
finis
e pluribus unum
tempus fugit
42. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
A.D./anno Domini
ego
Zeus/Jupiter
muses
43. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Hydra
plebeian
tribune
fresco
44. 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
marathon
Cyclops
sub rosa
45. 'Word for word'
verbatim
vice versa
ambrosia and nectar
vice versa
46. 'peace be with you'
pax vobiscum
Golden Fleece
Pegasus
Hera/Juno
47. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
polytheism
Homer
Jove
48. 'beware of the dog'
Demeter/Ceres
Aegean Sea
Delphic Oracle
cave canem
49. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Helen
e.g./exempli gratia
etc./et cetera
X (Roman numeral)
50. 'Work conquers all'
epic
the Fates
A.M./ante meridiem
labor vincit omnia