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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. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
magnum opus
epic
Ithaca
Perseus & Medusa
2. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
A.M./ante meridiem
pax vobiscum
agenda
magnum opus
3. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Carthage
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
P.S./post scriptum
4. 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)
Priam
sub poena
p.o./ per os
Caesar
5. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday
Prometheus
mores
Hermes/Mercury
Penelope
6. 'great-souled & high-minded'
magnanimous
Athena/Minerva
satyr
Priam
7. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
in toto
Sisyphus
Helen
8. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Icarus & Daedalus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Theseus
A.M./ante meridiem
9. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
via
cornucopia
rara avis
M (Roman numeral)
10. 'in memory of'
Nike/Victoria
in loco parentis
terra incognita
in memoriam
11. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
Styx
Spartacus
D (Roman numeral)
12. 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
D (Roman numeral)
Uranus
aqueduct
pontifex maximus
13. Market place/business center
agora/forum
e.g./exempli gratia
Parthenon
tribune
14. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Hestia/Vesta
carpe diem
the furies
Hephaestus/Vulcan
15. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Cerberus
Hannibal
Nike/Victoria
16. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
jovial
rostra
etc./et cetera
iota
17. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
Hydra
carpe diem
Hermes/Mercury
Eros/Cupid
18. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
the Fates
post mortem
Delphic Oracle
Hannibal
19. River that runs through the city of Rome
Tiber
labyrinth
sub rosa
aqueduct
20. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Etruscans
tempus fugit
Homer
Paris
21. 'After death'
etc./et cetera
Ares/Mars
Jove
post mortem
22. 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
Pandora
Achilles' heel
Poseidon/Neptune
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
23. Doctor of medicine
L (Roman numeral)
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Demeter/Ceres
Apollo/Apollo
24. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
i.e./id est
labyrinth
Tartarus
papyrus
25. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Medea
Excelsior!
Ariadne
Mt. Olympus
26. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Hera/Juno
etc./et cetera
Hephaestus/Vulcan
atrium
27. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
ex libris
et tu & Brute?
Ithaca
28. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
labyrinth
semper fidelis
Athena/Minerva
29. 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
puerile
in loco parentis
Cyclops
Troy
30. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Apollo/Apollo
Minotaur
labyrinth
Cronus/Saturn
31. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Punic Wars
sub poena
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Pegasus
32. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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33. God of the sea
p.o./ per os
via
persona non grata
Poseidon/Neptune
34. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
consul
via
Mt. Parnassus
the furies
35. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
apple of discord
Aegean Sea
Spartacus
Persephone/Proserpina
36. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Jason
C (Roman numeral)
the furies
atrium
37. 'The other way around'
vice versa
paterfamilias
Hannibal
labor vincit omnia
38. 10
omniscient
sub rosa
papyrus
X (Roman numeral)
39. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
toga
etc./et cetera
jovial
Hydra
40. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
Hercules/Heracles
p.o./ per os
sub poena
41. '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
Atlas
Dionysus/Bacchus
fresco
et tu & Brute?
42. 1
etc./et cetera
I (Roman numeral)
ex libris
V (Roman numeral)
43. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
M (Roman numeral)
vs./versus
Achilles' heel
Pan
44. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
Etruscans
Achilles' heel
aqueduct
45. The norms or values of a society
Aphrodite/Venus
mores
muses
Cyclops
46. 500
Prometheus
D (Roman numeral)
magnanimous
cave canem
47. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
in toto
Demeter/Ceres
Perseus & Medusa
summa cum laude
48. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
I (Roman numeral)
Achilles' heel
Parthenon
e pluribus unum
49. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
X (Roman numeral)
puerile
per capita
Trojan Horse
50. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
et tu & Brute?
i.e./id est
post mortem
fresco