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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






2. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements






3. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






4. 'unknown land'






5. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






6. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






7. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






8. 5






9. The technical biological term for the human species

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10. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






11. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus






12. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






13. 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






14. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






15. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






16. 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






17. 10






18. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






19. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






20. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






21. 'per day'






22. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.






23. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






24. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






25. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






26. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE






27. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






28. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






29. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






30. Goddess of the hearth






31. 500






32. 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






33. 1






34. 'per year'






35. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






36. 'great-souled & high-minded'






37. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






38. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE






39. 'And others'






40. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus






41. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






42. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






43. 'great work'






44. 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






45. God of the sea






46. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






47. Home of the Greek gods






48. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






49. 'Work conquers all'






50. 'seize the day'