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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. '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






2. 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






3. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






4. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday






5. 10






6. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






7. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






8. God of the sea






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






10. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






11. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






12. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace






13. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






14. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






15. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur






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






17. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)






18. 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






19. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






20. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






22. 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






23. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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






25. '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






26. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






27. The river surrounding the Underworld






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






29. 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






30. 'The state in which'






31. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






32. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






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






34. River that runs through the city of Rome






35. Goddess of victory






36. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






37. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






38. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






39. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






40. 'Work conquers all'






41. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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42. 'per day'






43. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife






44. 'The other way around'






45. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar






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






47. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






48. God of the sea






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






50. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it