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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






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






3. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






4. 'note well' i.e. take note






5. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus






6. Goddess of wisdom






7. 50






8. 'per year'






9. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






10. 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)






11. 'All-knowing'






12. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






13. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






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






15. 'note well' i.e. take note






16. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






17. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






18. The technical biological term for the human species

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19. 'The other way around'






20. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






21. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






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






23. 'in memory of'






24. '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






25. 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






26. Goddess of victory






27. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






28. 'in memory of'






29. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






30. Home of the Greek gods






31. 'great-souled & high-minded'






32. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






33. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






34. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






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






36. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






37. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






38. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






39. 'The state in which'






40. 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






41. 'A slip of the tongue'






42. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






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






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






45. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






46. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






47. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






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






49. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






50. 'The other way around'






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