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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Minotaur
V (Roman numeral)
Parthenon
Carthage
2. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
Uranus
Chaos
iota
veto
3. River that runs through the city of Rome
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Tiber
Nike/Victoria
sine qua non
4. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
in loco parentis
persona non grata
plebeian
5. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Trojan Horse
A.D./anno Domini
epic
Mt. Vesuvius
6. 'unknown land'
errare humanum est
tribune
terra incognita
Achilles' heel
7. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Tantalus
muses
Orpheus & Eurydice
summa cum laude
8. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Aegean Sea
the furies
Ares/Mars
epic
9. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Poseidon/Neptune
Prometheus
Zeus/Jupiter
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
10. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
ad infinitum
Mt. Parnassus
etc./et cetera
Carthage
11. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
epic
Medea
persona non grata
pax vobiscum
12. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')
cornucopia
ambrosia and nectar
Zeus/Jupiter
rostra
13. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
I (Roman numeral)
Priam
Punic Wars
Pompeii
14. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Iliad
Priam
magnanimous
atrium
15. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
ad infinitum
N.B./nota bene
plebeian
16. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
toga
omniscient
C (Roman numeral)
valedictorian
17. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
patrician
cave canem
puerile
rostra
18. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
Hannibal
cornucopia
Orpheus & Eurydice
19. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
pro tempore
Icarus & Daedalus
Parthenon
Iliad
20. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Apollo/Apollo
Colosseum
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
marathon
21. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
labor vincit omnia
Romulus and Remus
Pantheon
Delphic Oracle
22. 'And others'
Daedalus
et al./ et alii
persona non grata
Augustus
23. 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
Ithaca
mosaic
etc./et cetera
Pandora
24. 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.
sub rosa
per annum
Perseus & Medusa
muses
25. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Helen
mosaic
agenda
Pegasus
26. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
Hestia/Vesta
Delphic Oracle
Aegean Sea
27. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
sic transit gloria mundi
persona non grata
via
Ides of March
28. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Palatine Hill
Apollo/Apollo
veni & vidi & vici
errare humanum est
29. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
P.S./post scriptum
Augustus
rara avis
Hades/Pluto
30. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
Hermes/Mercury
Nike/Victoria
fasces
31. 'seize the day'
p.o./ per os
semper paratus
semper fidelis
carpe diem
32. 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
papyrus
mellifluous
agenda
ad infinitum
33. Market place/business center
agora/forum
Hercules/Heracles
errare humanum est
Aegean Sea
34. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
tribune
rara avis
Colosseum
Theseus
35. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
polytheism
Trojan Horse
Saturnalia
N.B./nota bene
36. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War
puerile
mosaic
Sparta
Helen
37. 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
finis
Cronus/Saturn
Tiber
Hydra
38. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
p.o./ per os
Jove
e pluribus unum
tribune
39. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
ambrosia and nectar
post mortem
fasces
muses
40. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Poseidon/Neptune
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Perseus & Medusa
Tartarus
41. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
P.S./post scriptum
Hannibal
rostra
42. 'The state in which'
Prometheus
status quo
Jove
Ge/Gaea
43. 'per year'
etc./et cetera
tribune
per annum
Pandora
44. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
epic
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Artemis/Diana
Iliad
45. 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
tempus fugit
Orpheus & Eurydice
Chaos
laurels
46. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
veni & vidi & vici
omniscient
p.o./ per os
47. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Mt. Olympus
Excelsior!
rara avis
atrium
48. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
Demeter/Ceres
Paris
Hestia/Vesta
49. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
N.B./nota bene
mellifluous
Hades/Pluto
Homer
50. '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
Jove
summa cum laude
Hector
et tu & Brute?