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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






2. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')






3. Doctor of medicine






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






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






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






7. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






8. The male head of a Roman family






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






10. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






11. 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






12. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






13. 'The state in which'






14. 'for the time being' - temporary






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






16. Goddess of wisdom






17. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






18. 'great work'






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






20. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






21. 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






22. Market place/business center






23. '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






24. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York






25. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal






26. 'firm ground/solid earth'






27. Goddess of the hunt






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






29. 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






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






31. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






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






33. 'per day'






34. 'A slip of the tongue'






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






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






37. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






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






39. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






40. 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')






41. 100






42. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






43. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






44. 'beware of the dog'






45. 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






46. River that runs through the city of Rome






47. The river surrounding the Underworld






48. 'beware of the dog'






49. 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






50. God of war