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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
Pax Romana
V (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
2. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located
Athens/Acropolis
laurels
terra incognita
Ithaca
3. 10
magnanimous
Odysseus/Ulysses
X (Roman numeral)
sub poena
4. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
terra incognita
SPQR
summa cum laude
tempus fugit
5. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Hera/Juno
plebeian
aqueduct
magnanimous
6. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Pegasus
terra firma
in memoriam
fresco
7. The technical biological term for the human species
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8. Writing after the body of a letter
Uranus
sic semper tyrannis
P.S./post scriptum
terra firma
9. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
Saturnalia
Perseus & Medusa
e.g./exempli gratia
10. 'Always prepared'
Eros/Cupid
Odysseus/Ulysses
semper paratus
mentor
11. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
ad nauseam
agora/forum
sub poena
12. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Odysseus/Ulysses
veto
sedentary
Dionysus/Bacchus
13. 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
the Fates
semper paratus
Atlas
ambrosia and nectar
14. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
semper paratus
veto
A.D./anno Domini
cornucopia
15. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
e.g./exempli gratia
semper fidelis
Jason
magnum opus
16. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Iliad
vice versa
sub poena
per diem
17. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
e.g./exempli gratia
Sisyphus
fasces
veni & vidi & vici
18. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
cave canem
etc./et cetera
Tiber
Daedalus
19. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located
etc./et cetera
V (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
patrician
20. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Priam
Romulus and Remus
rostra
Demeter/Ceres
21. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
Spartacus
in loco parentis
Golden Fleece
22. Doctor of medicine
p.o./ per os
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
sic semper tyrannis
Augustus
23. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
Hera/Juno
in memoriam
Aegean Sea
24. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Hades/Pluto
via
errare humanum est
X (Roman numeral)
25. 'per day'
in toto
P.S./post scriptum
per diem
patrician
26. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Apollo/Apollo
magnanimous
aqueduct
toga
27. 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
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Pantheon
Eros/Cupid
Pandora
28. 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
Orpheus & Eurydice
terra firma
veni & vidi & vici
marathon
29. 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
Hercules/Heracles
Hannibal
I (Roman numeral)
lapsus linguae
30. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Gorgons
terra incognita
Troy
Odysseus/Ulysses
31. 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
Caesar
Hydra
Colosseum
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
Hestia/Vesta
I (Roman numeral)
Achilles' heel
the Fates
33. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Colosseum
Nike/Victoria
Iliad
Cronus/Saturn
34. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Icarus & Daedalus
Circus Maximus
Athens/Acropolis
veni & vidi & vici
35. 'Work conquers all'
Sisyphus
labor vincit omnia
Prometheus
Medea
36. 'After death'
agenda
post mortem
the furies
the furies
37. 'per year'
Sparta
A.D./anno Domini
Achilles' heel
per annum
38. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
laurels
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Chaos
Saturnalia
39. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
labyrinth
rostra
Parthenon
aqueduct
40. 'peace be with you'
satyr
pax vobiscum
post mortem
Medea
41. 'per head' 'per person'
vice versa
ambrosia and nectar
quid pro quo
per capita
42. 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
Demeter/Ceres
Perseus & Medusa
post mortem
43. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
L (Roman numeral)
fasces
terra firma
Sicily
44. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Penelope
Pegasus
lapsus linguae
atrium
45. Goddess of love
veto
etc./et cetera
Aphrodite/Venus
agora/forum
46. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
terra incognita
errare humanum est
agenda
via
47. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
Demeter/Ceres
Pax Romana
polytheism
48. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
D (Roman numeral)
Sparta
vs./versus
49. '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
consul
et tu & Brute?
apple of discord
Icarus & Daedalus
50. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
Tantalus
quid pro quo
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor