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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Etruscans
Carthage
Circus Maximus
Jason
2. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Medea
Ariadne
M (Roman numeral)
iota
3. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
4. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Excelsior!
Sicily
Pax Romana
Colosseum
5. 100
tribune
C (Roman numeral)
Medea
consul
6. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
papyrus
sine qua non
Persephone/Proserpina
7. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Ithaca
Dionysus/Bacchus
valedictorian
8. 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)
rostra
sub poena
agenda
Priam
9. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
agenda
Tantalus
in loco parentis
10. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Etruscans
A.M./ante meridiem
Trojan Horse
Delphic Oracle
11. 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
Mt. Parnassus
Pantheon
Athens/Acropolis
Spartacus
12. 'seize the day'
Troy
persona non grata
iota
carpe diem
13. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
toga
terra firma
L (Roman numeral)
14. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
Troy
mentor
status quo
15. Goddess of victory
Elysian Fields/Elysium
C (Roman numeral)
Nike/Victoria
Paris
16. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
per diem
Troy
Pantheon
Zeus/Jupiter
17. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
muses
e pluribus unum
sine qua non
in loco parentis
18. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
A.D./anno Domini
Uranus
atrium
P.M./post meridiem
19. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Cyclops
Mt. Vesuvius
in loco parentis
omniscient
20. 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
Saturnalia
vice versa
omniscient
21. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Apollo/Apollo
A.M./ante meridiem
per capita
pax vobiscum
22. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
mea culpa
L (Roman numeral)
the Odyssey
per annum
23. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Atlas
patrician
Charon
Mt. Vesuvius
24. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
Ariadne
semper fidelis
paterfamilias
25. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
Carthage
Aegean Sea
C (Roman numeral)
26. God of war
Ares/Mars
ex libris
Hannibal
M (Roman numeral)
27. 'I'
ego
Hercules/Heracles
Sparta
Uranus
28. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
marathon
iota
papyrus
Mt. Parnassus
29. 10
carpe diem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
tempus fugit
X (Roman numeral)
30. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
magnum opus
Hydra
the furies
31. 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
Hector
pontifex maximus
Poseidon/Neptune
sic transit gloria mundi
32. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
Ares/Mars
Pompeii
Aegean Sea
33. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
cornucopia
labyrinth
Chaos
tribune
34. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Styx
tempus fugit
muses
I (Roman numeral)
35. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
per capita
A.D./anno Domini
Carthage
magnum opus
36. 1
omniscient
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
I (Roman numeral)
papyrus
37. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Athena/Minerva
Persephone/Proserpina
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
38. 5
e.g./exempli gratia
V (Roman numeral)
jovial
marathon
39. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Circus Maximus
Arachne
et al./ et alii
Persephone/Proserpina
40. 'I'
persona non grata
Mt. Parnassus
ego
Nike/Victoria
41. Goddess of love
lapsus linguae
Ithaca
iota
Aphrodite/Venus
42. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Spartacus
Achilles' heel
Ariadne
sic semper tyrannis
43. 'All-knowing'
A.D./anno Domini
omniscient
Pax Romana
ambrosia and nectar
44. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Hydra
Atlas
veto
mea culpa
45. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Augustus
SPQR
p.o./ per os
Perseus & Medusa
46. 'All-knowing'
puerile
Pantheon
omniscient
post mortem
47. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
Spartacus
Daedalus
Mt. Vesuvius
48. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
Ithaca
Mt. Parnassus
p.o./ per os
49. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
Palatine Hill
Tartarus
Prometheus
50. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
rostra
veni & vidi & vici
Ge/Gaea
etc./et cetera