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Classical Literacy
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
Augustus
Atlas
Aegean Sea
mentor
2. Writing after the body of a letter
vs./versus
Pegasus
Pompeii
P.S./post scriptum
3. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
Mt. Olympus
polytheism
Trojan Horse
veni & vidi & vici
4. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
satyr
magnanimous
V (Roman numeral)
Golden Fleece
5. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
post mortem
Cerberus
Icarus & Daedalus
6. 'Time flies/flees'
magnanimous
vice versa
tempus fugit
Golden Fleece
7. 100
Zeus/Jupiter
C (Roman numeral)
verbatim
Gorgons
8. 'This for that &' a fair trade
per capita
ad nauseam
Carthage
quid pro quo
9. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
marathon
pro tempore
Golden Fleece
Augustus
10. 500
Romulus and Remus
Pegasus
D (Roman numeral)
cave canem
11. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
Aegean Sea
carpe diem
vs./versus
mea culpa
12. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Etruscans
pro tempore
e pluribus unum
Cerberus
13. 'peace be with you'
Ares/Mars
pax vobiscum
Mt. Olympus
sub rosa
14. 'in memory of'
mentor
in memoriam
polytheism
pro tempore
15. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Saturnalia
quid pro quo
D (Roman numeral)
Cerberus
16. 'seize the day'
Theseus
Ares/Mars
carpe diem
Paris
17. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
Demeter/Ceres
terra firma
SPQR
18. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Daedalus
in loco parentis
Nike/Victoria
plebeian
19. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
ego
Pompeii
Dionysus/Bacchus
ad infinitum
20. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
muses
ex officio
A.M./ante meridiem
ex libris
21. 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
Hector
sub poena
puerile
papyrus
22. 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
X (Roman numeral)
verbatim
Hydra
Delphic Oracle
23. 10
Dionysus/Bacchus
persona non grata
Poseidon/Neptune
X (Roman numeral)
24. Doctor of medicine
sub poena
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Sisyphus
errare humanum est
25. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Aegean Sea
V (Roman numeral)
via
Chaos
26. 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
Chaos
Tantalus
mentor
Hermes/Mercury
27. Goddess of wisdom
errare humanum est
Athena/Minerva
Aphrodite/Venus
Sicily
28. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
in toto
Demeter/Ceres
omniscient
Pax Romana
29. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
via
iota
Hector
P.S./post scriptum
30. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
sub poena
sic transit gloria mundi
Delphic Oracle
Cronus/Saturn
31. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
sic semper tyrannis
sine qua non
Demeter/Ceres
Theseus
32. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
vs./versus
ex libris
consul
Jason
33. 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.
rara avis
paterfamilias
sub rosa
mellifluous
34. 'per day'
pontifex maximus
per diem
Hannibal
magnum opus
35. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
apple of discord
Achilles' heel
Trojan Horse
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
36. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
jovial
Orpheus & Eurydice
Hestia/Vesta
laurels
37. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Ithaca
fasces
etc./et cetera
mea culpa
38. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
Charon
the Odyssey
sic transit gloria mundi
Excelsior!
39. The norms or values of a society
magnum opus
Uranus
mores
Hestia/Vesta
40. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Perseus & Medusa
Prometheus
Aegean Sea
41. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
the Fates
via
Hercules/Heracles
Troy
42. 'The end'
Trojan Horse
Helen
mosaic
finis
43. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
mores
semper paratus
ad nauseam
44. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
ex libris
ex officio
Cyclops
Parthenon
45. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
pax vobiscum
polytheism
Ares/Mars
Paris
46. The river surrounding the Underworld
post mortem
Styx
Punic Wars
Persephone/Proserpina
47. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
sedentary
Orpheus & Eurydice
Dionysus/Bacchus
48. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
Atlas
terra firma
plebeian
49. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Theseus
Homer
Penelope
Odysseus/Ulysses
50. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
persona non grata
magnum opus
terra incognita
Hades/Pluto