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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
toga
A.M./ante meridiem
Apollo/Apollo
2. The norms or values of a society
Trojan Horse
magnanimous
mores
Aphrodite/Venus
3. 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
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
sic semper tyrannis
Parthenon
apple of discord
4. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Arachne
Carthage
Caesar
Orpheus & Eurydice
5. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
C (Roman numeral)
Mt. Parnassus
6. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
pontifex maximus
via
Delphic Oracle
Elysian Fields/Elysium
7. After midday/noon
P.M./post meridiem
post mortem
Athens/Acropolis
epic
8. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Colosseum
Prometheus
Hera/Juno
Elysian Fields/Elysium
9. Goddess of victory
per annum
Nike/Victoria
Spartacus
ex libris
10. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
Pan
Elysian Fields/Elysium
in toto
sic semper tyrannis
11. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Pax Romana
Mt. Olympus
sic transit gloria mundi
Saturnalia
12. Goddess of victory
SPQR
Trojan Horse
patrician
Nike/Victoria
13. 'The other way around'
vice versa
Atlas
X (Roman numeral)
Delphic Oracle
14. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
ambrosia and nectar
quid pro quo
Homer
veto
15. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
epic
Hades/Pluto
mea culpa
etc./et cetera
16. 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
apple of discord
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Spartacus
Icarus & Daedalus
17. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Medea
pro tempore
Trojan Horse
18. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
the Odyssey
rostra
Athena/Minerva
Charon
19. 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
Hector
Aegean Sea
sub poena
Minotaur
20. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
L (Roman numeral)
tempus fugit
Sicily
Tantalus
21. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
X (Roman numeral)
Cyclops
Spartacus
22. 'And others'
Pantheon
SPQR
et al./ et alii
Aphrodite/Venus
23. 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
e.g./exempli gratia
Hannibal
Minotaur
Cerberus
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
Demeter/Ceres
Tartarus
Ares/Mars
Orpheus & Eurydice
25. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
C (Roman numeral)
M (Roman numeral)
Elysian Fields/Elysium
mores
26. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
per diem
Prometheus
Pantheon
Zeus/Jupiter
27. 'All-knowing'
Dionysus/Bacchus
omniscient
the furies
P.M./post meridiem
28. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Elysian Fields/Elysium
magnanimous
Chaos
Mt. Olympus
29. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Elysian Fields/Elysium
sic semper tyrannis
muses
epic
30. 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
Helen
Hercules/Heracles
Eros/Cupid
sub rosa
31. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Colosseum
Theseus
persona non grata
M (Roman numeral)
32. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
veto
Etruscans
Hades/Pluto
Pantheon
33. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Pax Romana
Artemis/Diana
Iliad
Etruscans
34. 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
pontifex maximus
veto
in toto
the Fates
35. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
via
Styx
Icarus & Daedalus
consul
36. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
magnum opus
Styx
Ides of March
37. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
M (Roman numeral)
vs./versus
Parthenon
38. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
satyr
veto
ad infinitum
39. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Eros/Cupid
Troy
ex libris
agenda
40. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
sine qua non
pro tempore
Helen
Atlas
41. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Excelsior!
summa cum laude
A.D./anno Domini
in loco parentis
42. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
sine qua non
Cerberus
Sisyphus
Pegasus
43. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
lapsus linguae
rostra
A.D./anno Domini
etc./et cetera
44. 'unknown land'
Uranus
valedictorian
terra incognita
Priam
45. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Arachne
Pegasus
errare humanum est
fasces
46. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
per annum
et tu & Brute?
SPQR
sub rosa
47. The technical biological term for the human species
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48. The technical biological term for the human species
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49. 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
Hera/Juno
ad nauseam
Dionysus/Bacchus
Paris
50. '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
valedictorian
sedentary
Caesar
Poseidon/Neptune