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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
ego
magnanimous
agora/forum
2. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
Hades/Pluto
sic semper tyrannis
Ge/Gaea
tribune
3. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
polytheism
atrium
et al./ et alii
i.e./id est
4. 'unknown land'
Pantheon
mores
terra incognita
veto
5. 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)
Cyclops
etc./et cetera
rostra
Gorgons
6. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Arachne
pax vobiscum
Eros/Cupid
Achilles' heel
7. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
per diem
per capita
Sicily
ad nauseam
8. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
Achilles' heel
marathon
veto
Hephaestus/Vulcan
9. 50
L (Roman numeral)
Arachne
Ares/Mars
iota
10. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
polytheism
labor vincit omnia
Hera/Juno
Pantheon
11. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Ithaca
Punic Wars
etc./et cetera
sub poena
12. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Pandora
papyrus
Arachne
Cerberus
13. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
Palatine Hill
N.B./nota bene
L (Roman numeral)
14. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Ariadne
Poseidon/Neptune
15. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
cave canem
epic
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
pax vobiscum
16. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
in toto
Chaos
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
omniscient
17. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Mt. Vesuvius
in loco parentis
A.D./anno Domini
sub rosa
18. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Romulus and Remus
p.o./ per os
Apollo/Apollo
Punic Wars
19. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
sine qua non
C (Roman numeral)
ad nauseam
Artemis/Diana
20. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Pegasus
i.e./id est
Spartacus
plebeian
21. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Mt. Parnassus
Paris
patrician
22. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
patrician
Perseus & Medusa
Cerberus
terra incognita
23. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
terra incognita
e pluribus unum
Saturnalia
in loco parentis
24. 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
marathon
Sisyphus
Pantheon
ex libris
25. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
C (Roman numeral)
etc./et cetera
aqueduct
26. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Palatine Hill
ad nauseam
Augustus
pontifex maximus
27. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Hera/Juno
N.B./nota bene
satyr
Sparta
28. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
Hera/Juno
Hermes/Mercury
consul
Hercules/Heracles
29. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Dionysus/Bacchus
Odysseus/Ulysses
Medea
Cyclops
30. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
Cyclops
patrician
per annum
31. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Carthage
Perseus & Medusa
Jason
Homer
32. 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
Circus Maximus
the Fates
labor vincit omnia
pro tempore
33. 'great work'
via
Paris
toga
magnum opus
34. 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 al./ et alii
Orpheus & Eurydice
polytheism
the Fates
35. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
et tu & Brute?
fresco
laurels
Ides of March
36. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Styx
P.S./post scriptum
37. The norms or values of a society
Caesar
mores
X (Roman numeral)
I (Roman numeral)
38. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Hera/Juno
status quo
Atlas
tempus fugit
39. '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
ex officio
Pompeii
lapsus linguae
Penelope
40. 10
X (Roman numeral)
the Odyssey
the Fates
Mt. Parnassus
41. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
X (Roman numeral)
Jason
Golden Fleece
agenda
42. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
sedentary
P.S./post scriptum
semper fidelis
agora/forum
43. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Colosseum
persona non grata
e.g./exempli gratia
Perseus & Medusa
44. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
etc./et cetera
Cyclops
atrium
45. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
Homer
pax vobiscum
sine qua non
46. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
Etruscans
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
carpe diem
47. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
sic transit gloria mundi
valedictorian
semper paratus
Sparta
48. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
sub poena
rara avis
Odysseus/Ulysses
Sparta
49. 'I'
Parthenon
aqueduct
Elysian Fields/Elysium
ego
50. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
the furies
rostra
X (Roman numeral)
Troy