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Classical Literacy
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1. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Apollo/Apollo
aqueduct
fresco
Hades/Pluto
2. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
Theseus
rara avis
Aphrodite/Venus
3. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
tempus fugit
Cerberus
ex libris
e pluribus unum
4. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
magnum opus
Achilles' heel
agora/forum
jovial
5. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
apple of discord
cave canem
D (Roman numeral)
Mt. Parnassus
6. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Hera/Juno
in loco parentis
paterfamilias
mores
7. 'per head' 'per person'
in memoriam
valedictorian
omniscient
per capita
8. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
paterfamilias
Paris
Ariadne
9. 'Work conquers all'
agenda
Sparta
quid pro quo
labor vincit omnia
10. 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
Tantalus
Hannibal
Artemis/Diana
finis
11. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
Theseus
Parthenon
ego
12. The river surrounding the Underworld
omniscient
Styx
Cerberus
Medea
13. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
semper fidelis
Medea
in toto
p.o./ per os
14. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
mea culpa
Athens/Acropolis
Cronus/Saturn
Augustus
15. 50
pax vobiscum
Hercules/Heracles
paterfamilias
L (Roman numeral)
16. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
magnum opus
Carthage
et tu & Brute?
17. Writing after the body of a letter
cave canem
P.S./post scriptum
Hades/Pluto
C (Roman numeral)
18. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
the Odyssey
Uranus
Demeter/Ceres
Caesar
19. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
post mortem
consul
Pandora
mores
20. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Chaos
Medea
papyrus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
21. 50
L (Roman numeral)
sic semper tyrannis
in toto
pax vobiscum
22. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
ego
Icarus & Daedalus
Odysseus/Ulysses
A.M./ante meridiem
23. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
atrium
ad nauseam
Hera/Juno
24. The river surrounding the Underworld
Paris
Styx
Nike/Victoria
Ariadne
25. God of war
Ares/Mars
the Odyssey
Colosseum
via
26. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Ares/Mars
Hestia/Vesta
Medea
A.D./anno Domini
27. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Minotaur
paterfamilias
Perseus & Medusa
28. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
in toto
D (Roman numeral)
labyrinth
ego
29. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
labyrinth
Demeter/Ceres
Pan
e pluribus unum
30. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
polytheism
iota
agora/forum
Hermes/Mercury
31. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
aqueduct
SPQR
Styx
Ares/Mars
32. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
pontifex maximus
D (Roman numeral)
Aegean Sea
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
33. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
papyrus
Daedalus
Troy
Penelope
34. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Medea
ex libris
Eros/Cupid
Demeter/Ceres
35. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
Golden Fleece
Circus Maximus
A.M./ante meridiem
36. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
et al./ et alii
Colosseum
C (Roman numeral)
semper fidelis
37. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
iota
Sisyphus
Demeter/Ceres
Cyclops
38. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Mt. Vesuvius
mea culpa
muses
39. Goddess of love
Golden Fleece
Aphrodite/Venus
Hera/Juno
persona non grata
40. 'note well' i.e. take note
Persephone/Proserpina
pro tempore
N.B./nota bene
etc./et cetera
41. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
X (Roman numeral)
Etruscans
Ge/Gaea
in toto
42. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
et tu & Brute?
Penelope
Uranus
fresco
43. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Hector
Paris
terra firma
et al./ et alii
44. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Troy
Pan
atrium
lapsus linguae
45. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
Carthage
cornucopia
errare humanum est
omniscient
46. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
paterfamilias
errare humanum est
C (Roman numeral)
Punic Wars
47. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Hannibal
marathon
Uranus
errare humanum est
48. 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
Hydra
finis
fasces
Sisyphus
49. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Sisyphus
the furies
Cerberus
L (Roman numeral)
50. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Eros/Cupid
terra incognita
vs./versus
Prometheus
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