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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. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Sicily
Pantheon
Cerberus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
2. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
V (Roman numeral)
jovial
rara avis
cave canem
3. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
Sicily
the Fates
Apollo/Apollo
4. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
laurels
in toto
Pan
via
5. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Mt. Parnassus
Hector
ex libris
mosaic
6. God of war
Gorgons
labyrinth
ego
Ares/Mars
7. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
magnum opus
Ares/Mars
Jove
valedictorian
8. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Spartacus
vice versa
Cronus/Saturn
Pantheon
9. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
pontifex maximus
Ithaca
ex officio
Uranus
10. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
Delphic Oracle
L (Roman numeral)
Hector
11. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Prometheus
errare humanum est
Aegean Sea
cornucopia
12. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
sub rosa
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
lapsus linguae
errare humanum est
13. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Daedalus
Zeus/Jupiter
Artemis/Diana
Saturnalia
14. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
Hannibal
sub rosa
marathon
Elysian Fields/Elysium
15. 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.
Mt. Parnassus
Atlas
marathon
Pan
16. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
in memoriam
consul
ex officio
in toto
17. '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
mea culpa
Spartacus
Odysseus/Ulysses
18. 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
Cyclops
status quo
sedentary
marathon
19. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Caesar
L (Roman numeral)
ad nauseam
Tartarus
20. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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21. 'After death'
Circus Maximus
post mortem
tribune
Ge/Gaea
22. 50
L (Roman numeral)
P.S./post scriptum
Palatine Hill
sedentary
23. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again
Sisyphus
Romulus and Remus
V (Roman numeral)
Helen
24. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
per diem
ambrosia and nectar
Cronus/Saturn
Parthenon
25. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
semper fidelis
status quo
N.B./nota bene
Delphic Oracle
26. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Mt. Vesuvius
Ithaca
Golden Fleece
Artemis/Diana
27. 100
C (Roman numeral)
fresco
fasces
ego
28. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Caesar
pro tempore
muses
polytheism
29. 10
Excelsior!
X (Roman numeral)
Zeus/Jupiter
summa cum laude
30. God of the sea
omniscient
iota
sic semper tyrannis
Poseidon/Neptune
31. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Ge/Gaea
Eros/Cupid
p.o./ per os
in toto
32. 'After death'
Theseus
epic
post mortem
in memoriam
33. 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
D (Roman numeral)
Cyclops
sub rosa
34. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Ares/Mars
mea culpa
per capita
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
35. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
mea culpa
Delphic Oracle
in memoriam
36. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
per capita
Zeus/Jupiter
Carthage
Elysian Fields/Elysium
37. 'The state in which'
status quo
Mt. Vesuvius
Styx
Mt. Olympus
38. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
ex libris
veni & vidi & vici
Arachne
Delphic Oracle
39. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
aqueduct
cornucopia
carpe diem
sic transit gloria mundi
40. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
polytheism
Sparta
M (Roman numeral)
e pluribus unum
41. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
plebeian
Delphic Oracle
Romulus and Remus
Aegean Sea
42. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
Pompeii
apple of discord
aqueduct
43. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
iota
Cerberus
P.M./post meridiem
fresco
44. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
quid pro quo
sub rosa
Sicily
mea culpa
45. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Sicily
Mt. Vesuvius
sine qua non
Aphrodite/Venus
46. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
paterfamilias
finis
Athena/Minerva
47. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
jovial
Pegasus
per capita
Carthage
48. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
sub rosa
epic
the furies
sine qua non
49. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Dionysus/Bacchus
etc./et cetera
I (Roman numeral)
Mt. Olympus
50. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
paterfamilias
Pax Romana
A.M./ante meridiem