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Classical Literacy
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1. 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
Daedalus
tribune
Hannibal
i.e./id est
2. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
epic
in memoriam
Ge/Gaea
Hydra
3. Doctor of medicine
Odysseus/Ulysses
semper fidelis
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Aegean Sea
4. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
sub poena
Minotaur
Arachne
Dionysus/Bacchus
5. 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
laurels
Sicily
ego
consul
6. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
pro tempore
sic transit gloria mundi
Hestia/Vesta
marathon
7. 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.
errare humanum est
sub poena
sub rosa
pontifex maximus
8. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
summa cum laude
atrium
Ares/Mars
paterfamilias
9. 1
Etruscans
magnanimous
I (Roman numeral)
Cyclops
10. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Chaos
rostra
Perseus & Medusa
consul
11. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Caesar
Artemis/Diana
Hercules/Heracles
ad nauseam
12. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Ariadne
per annum
i.e./id est
Aegean Sea
13. 'The end'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Gorgons
Parthenon
finis
14. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Apollo/Apollo
polytheism
sub rosa
plebeian
15. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
verbatim
ad nauseam
ex officio
Pantheon
16. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
X (Roman numeral)
sic transit gloria mundi
Mt. Olympus
Parthenon
17. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
Theseus
per annum
Trojan Horse
aqueduct
18. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
cornucopia
agenda
Hephaestus/Vulcan
e pluribus unum
19. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
fresco
N.B./nota bene
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Minotaur
20. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Aegean Sea
e.g./exempli gratia
sine qua non
patrician
21. Goddess of the hearth
Mt. Olympus
Prometheus
Hestia/Vesta
A.D./anno Domini
22. Doctor of medicine
the furies
pro tempore
vs./versus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
23. River that runs through the city of Rome
Tiber
Jove
labor vincit omnia
et al./ et alii
24. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
mentor
Dionysus/Bacchus
Ides of March
e pluribus unum
25. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
Cerberus
Pax Romana
omniscient
26. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Ithaca
cornucopia
Circus Maximus
satyr
27. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
L (Roman numeral)
Gorgons
Demeter/Ceres
Perseus & Medusa
28. Writing after the body of a letter
vice versa
P.S./post scriptum
Parthenon
Eros/Cupid
29. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
magnum opus
ambrosia and nectar
Persephone/Proserpina
30. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
iota
Trojan Horse
I (Roman numeral)
the furies
31. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
ad infinitum
rara avis
satyr
Carthage
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
muses
sine qua non
Apollo/Apollo
Tantalus
33. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
Sisyphus
P.S./post scriptum
quid pro quo
34. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
labor vincit omnia
C (Roman numeral)
Hydra
35. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
puerile
Palatine Hill
pax vobiscum
36. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Caesar
rara avis
iota
Parthenon
37. 'Time flies/flees'
Prometheus
semper paratus
tempus fugit
Palatine Hill
38. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
patrician
Cerberus
papyrus
labor vincit omnia
39. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
ad nauseam
Sparta
e pluribus unum
tempus fugit
40. 'great work'
Cronus/Saturn
magnum opus
veni & vidi & vici
Homer
41. 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
Apollo/Apollo
Pantheon
Hydra
42. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
toga
cave canem
omniscient
Ge/Gaea
43. 'And others'
pro tempore
Eros/Cupid
et al./ et alii
Carthage
44. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
mea culpa
Cerberus
atrium
laurels
45. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
lapsus linguae
Mt. Vesuvius
N.B./nota bene
Atlas
46. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
Iliad
P.S./post scriptum
Cronus/Saturn
47. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Saturnalia
agenda
A.D./anno Domini
Mt. Olympus
48. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Orpheus & Eurydice
P.S./post scriptum
labor vincit omnia
Parthenon
49. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
e.g./exempli gratia
epic
papyrus
magnanimous
50. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
papyrus
Jason
labor vincit omnia
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
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