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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. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
toga
e pluribus unum
Jason
polytheism
2. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
semper fidelis
Hannibal
labor vincit omnia
3. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
mellifluous
Mt. Parnassus
Achilles' heel
mosaic
4. 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
Hannibal
Spartacus
Hermes/Mercury
rostra
5. 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
Romulus and Remus
Cyclops
puerile
Ariadne
6. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
agenda
e pluribus unum
vs./versus
veto
7. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
L (Roman numeral)
A.M./ante meridiem
Pegasus
Iliad
8. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
N.B./nota bene
Tartarus
terra firma
Trojan Horse
9. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
Hephaestus/Vulcan
ambrosia and nectar
toga
Hannibal
10. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
D (Roman numeral)
the furies
magnum opus
Carthage
11. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
sub poena
Parthenon
Hephaestus/Vulcan
vice versa
12. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
semper fidelis
paterfamilias
rara avis
13. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Pompeii
Ariadne
14. 500
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
D (Roman numeral)
Punic Wars
in memoriam
15. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
agenda
sine qua non
ad nauseam
toga
16. 100
mentor
semper paratus
C (Roman numeral)
errare humanum est
17. The male head of a Roman family
sic transit gloria mundi
mosaic
pax vobiscum
paterfamilias
18. God of the sea
et tu & Brute?
agora/forum
Perseus & Medusa
Poseidon/Neptune
19. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Cyclops
terra firma
magnum opus
Aphrodite/Venus
20. 'Always prepared'
sic semper tyrannis
vs./versus
semper paratus
magnanimous
21. Doctor of medicine
magnanimous
Trojan Horse
Iliad
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
22. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Ithaca
Odysseus/Ulysses
Theseus
Augustus
23. 'After death'
Sicily
the Odyssey
Punic Wars
post mortem
24. 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
Orpheus & Eurydice
Ides of March
Golden Fleece
Paris
25. 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)
papyrus
Dionysus/Bacchus
e pluribus unum
Priam
26. 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
N.B./nota bene
Sparta
pontifex maximus
Golden Fleece
27. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
omniscient
finis
Cronus/Saturn
veto
28. 'beware of the dog'
Hades/Pluto
Daedalus
Troy
cave canem
29. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Charon
tribune
Cyclops
satyr
30. Goddess of wisdom
Etruscans
labor vincit omnia
atrium
Athena/Minerva
31. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
et al./ et alii
ambrosia and nectar
labyrinth
32. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Persephone/Proserpina
Sparta
i.e./id est
Priam
33. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
Athena/Minerva
Artemis/Diana
Medea
34. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
sine qua non
valedictorian
Etruscans
tribune
35. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Cronus/Saturn
etc./et cetera
Sparta
Punic Wars
36. 100
Atlas
C (Roman numeral)
Poseidon/Neptune
Excelsior!
37. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
M (Roman numeral)
Circus Maximus
lapsus linguae
38. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Perseus & Medusa
Athena/Minerva
Hephaestus/Vulcan
epic
39. 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
Sisyphus
Saturnalia
Eros/Cupid
summa cum laude
40. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Daedalus
M (Roman numeral)
D (Roman numeral)
Uranus
41. '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
lapsus linguae
ex officio
vs./versus
Excelsior!
42. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
per annum
cornucopia
Pandora
Hermes/Mercury
43. God of the sea
Pan
post mortem
errare humanum est
Poseidon/Neptune
44. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
sic transit gloria mundi
Medea
Ides of March
vs./versus
45. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Perseus & Medusa
persona non grata
ambrosia and nectar
Ariadne
46. The male head of a Roman family
via
paterfamilias
L (Roman numeral)
ex officio
47. 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
the Odyssey
Pan
Sisyphus
Circus Maximus
48. 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)
etc./et cetera
per capita
Poseidon/Neptune
Gorgons
49. 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
N.B./nota bene
Uranus
Athena/Minerva
Hector
50. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
et al./ et alii
semper fidelis
post mortem
Dionysus/Bacchus