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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. Goddess of love
toga
ambrosia and nectar
Aphrodite/Venus
Helen
2. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
Homer
errare humanum est
veto
3. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Tartarus
valedictorian
sic transit gloria mundi
Delphic Oracle
4. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
toga
jovial
Circus Maximus
veni & vidi & vici
5. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
sedentary
L (Roman numeral)
in loco parentis
ad nauseam
6. The norms or values of a society
mores
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Iliad
L (Roman numeral)
7. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Tartarus
epic
mea culpa
Chaos
8. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
V (Roman numeral)
Uranus
plebeian
Pegasus
9. '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
lapsus linguae
cave canem
semper paratus
valedictorian
10. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
etc./et cetera
Excelsior!
Carthage
mosaic
11. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Sparta
the furies
magnanimous
Elysian Fields/Elysium
12. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Jove
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Circus Maximus
13. 'The other way around'
Saturnalia
Penelope
Punic Wars
vice versa
14. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Iliad
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Jove
puerile
15. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
labyrinth
Ithaca
per capita
Mt. Olympus
16. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Pax Romana
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
e pluribus unum
muses
17. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
satyr
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
sedentary
Romulus and Remus
18. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
Troy
vs./versus
Medea
19. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
jovial
valedictorian
e.g./exempli gratia
Minotaur
20. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
et tu & Brute?
Etruscans
verbatim
21. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
A.M./ante meridiem
rostra
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Romulus and Remus
22. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Demeter/Ceres
Daedalus
Prometheus
pax vobiscum
23. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
I (Roman numeral)
polytheism
plebeian
Trojan Horse
24. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
Medea
apple of discord
Hestia/Vesta
25. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
Styx
summa cum laude
mentor
Hermes/Mercury
26. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Hydra
Iliad
Penelope
Arachne
27. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Theseus
vs./versus
ambrosia and nectar
cornucopia
28. 'The state in which'
ego
rara avis
Pandora
status quo
29. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
sic transit gloria mundi
e.g./exempli gratia
Tiber
Etruscans
30. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
vice versa
Excelsior!
Pandora
V (Roman numeral)
31. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
sic semper tyrannis
mosaic
Colosseum
32. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
papyrus
in toto
agenda
Mt. Vesuvius
33. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
satyr
agenda
Mt. Vesuvius
34. 'After death'
semper paratus
Pan
Pax Romana
post mortem
35. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
polytheism
Charon
sine qua non
Cerberus
36. 'I'
per annum
Cronus/Saturn
ego
Atlas
37. The river surrounding the Underworld
mentor
patrician
Styx
rostra
38. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
Dionysus/Bacchus
I (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
in toto
39. 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
tribune
jovial
Ides of March
Paris
40. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
ad infinitum
jovial
41. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
P.S./post scriptum
Hephaestus/Vulcan
patrician
Sicily
42. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Hestia/Vesta
iota
rara avis
Medea
43. 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
satyr
cornucopia
Icarus & Daedalus
errare humanum est
44. 'note well' i.e. take note
satyr
laurels
N.B./nota bene
valedictorian
45. Goddess of wisdom
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Athena/Minerva
D (Roman numeral)
per diem
46. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Styx
I (Roman numeral)
Aphrodite/Venus
patrician
47. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
Jason
persona non grata
the Odyssey
Sisyphus
48. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
sub rosa
Spartacus
Eros/Cupid
plebeian
49. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
ad infinitum
sic transit gloria mundi
Punic Wars
persona non grata
50. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
Uranus
Jason
Golden Fleece