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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The river surrounding the Underworld
Charon
pontifex maximus
Styx
tribune
2. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Excelsior!
iota
Hannibal
P.M./post meridiem
3. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
the furies
in toto
lapsus linguae
Caesar
4. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Ares/Mars
p.o./ per os
mores
Priam
5. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
persona non grata
Sparta
fresco
the furies
6. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Pantheon
atrium
Atlas
paterfamilias
7. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
iota
pro tempore
Hydra
ambrosia and nectar
8. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
apple of discord
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Troy
Athens/Acropolis
9. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
satyr
agenda
omniscient
valedictorian
10. 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
agenda
Demeter/Ceres
Helen
Tiber
11. The norms or values of a society
atrium
mores
semper fidelis
Troy
12. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Helen
Cerberus
labyrinth
Hermes/Mercury
13. Market place/business center
agora/forum
post mortem
vice versa
mea culpa
14. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Ithaca
Excelsior!
Troy
ambrosia and nectar
15. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
ex libris
Colosseum
the Fates
status quo
16. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing
et tu & Brute?
Perseus & Medusa
ad nauseam
tribune
17. Goddess of the hearth
sub rosa
via
in memoriam
Hestia/Vesta
18. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Hades/Pluto
jovial
Hercules/Heracles
ad infinitum
19. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Penelope
in loco parentis
muses
Pan
20. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Parthenon
Demeter/Ceres
Athens/Acropolis
21. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Sicily
Hera/Juno
Mt. Vesuvius
Demeter/Ceres
22. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
magnum opus
the furies
Ares/Mars
23. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
i.e./id est
Tartarus
Ares/Mars
Ge/Gaea
24. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
errare humanum est
consul
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
25. 500
et tu & Brute?
Ithaca
ad infinitum
D (Roman numeral)
26. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Hermes/Mercury
marathon
patrician
satyr
27. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Romulus and Remus
Palatine Hill
Punic Wars
pro tempore
28. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
pro tempore
Pantheon
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
terra incognita
29. 'beware of the dog'
Spartacus
cave canem
Ides of March
Ares/Mars
30. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Pegasus
Minotaur
Hannibal
sub rosa
31. 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
Hydra
Mt. Vesuvius
Pegasus
Icarus & Daedalus
32. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')
carpe diem
Jove
rostra
Pegasus
33. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Atlas
Minotaur
pax vobiscum
34. 'Word for word'
Jove
verbatim
Cronus/Saturn
vice versa
35. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
epic
mentor
per annum
labyrinth
36. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Cyclops
Styx
iota
A.M./ante meridiem
37. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
Hydra
fasces
Jason
38. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
p.o./ per os
Spartacus
M (Roman numeral)
39. The technical biological term for the human species
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40. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
Aegean Sea
per annum
Athena/Minerva
41. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
muses
Golden Fleece
persona non grata
42. 'in memory of'
atrium
Etruscans
Arachne
in memoriam
43. 100
Pan
sic semper tyrannis
et al./ et alii
C (Roman numeral)
44. 'I'
atrium
ego
pax vobiscum
Hera/Juno
45. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
vs./versus
Sicily
Jove
Zeus/Jupiter
46. 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
puerile
mentor
magnum opus
Orpheus & Eurydice
47. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
et al./ et alii
vice versa
aqueduct
48. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
atrium
Carthage
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
49. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
muses
via
Hercules/Heracles
Iliad
50. 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
mentor
semper paratus
Hades/Pluto
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor