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Classical Literacy
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'Word for word'
verbatim
mellifluous
Aegean Sea
P.S./post scriptum
2. 'The end'
magnum opus
semper fidelis
e pluribus unum
finis
3. 'The state in which'
Aphrodite/Venus
Cyclops
status quo
I (Roman numeral)
4. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
agenda
Mt. Olympus
Daedalus
tribune
5. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
A.M./ante meridiem
tribune
Artemis/Diana
6. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
Pompeii
e pluribus unum
Etruscans
7. 'A slip of the tongue'
Ariadne
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
P.M./post meridiem
lapsus linguae
8. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
atrium
X (Roman numeral)
Pegasus
ex libris
9. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Cronus/Saturn
P.S./post scriptum
Pan
Chaos
10. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
muses
Artemis/Diana
status quo
11. God of the sea
Aegean Sea
Jove
Trojan Horse
Poseidon/Neptune
12. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
polytheism
Odysseus/Ulysses
M (Roman numeral)
13. 'After death'
post mortem
Caesar
Sparta
Nike/Victoria
14. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
Tiber
mentor
veni & vidi & vici
15. 'for the time being' - temporary
per annum
pro tempore
Delphic Oracle
Hades/Pluto
16. '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
Sisyphus
et tu & Brute?
Sicily
mores
17. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
L (Roman numeral)
Hephaestus/Vulcan
rostra
veni & vidi & vici
18. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Carthage
post mortem
cornucopia
in memoriam
19. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
vice versa
P.S./post scriptum
Troy
Hades/Pluto
20. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Penelope
in memoriam
Circus Maximus
Atlas
21. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
sedentary
per diem
Charon
errare humanum est
22. 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
Orpheus & Eurydice
P.S./post scriptum
jovial
veni & vidi & vici
23. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
pontifex maximus
Aegean Sea
Demeter/Ceres
24. 1
I (Roman numeral)
ex officio
semper paratus
status quo
25. River that runs through the city of Rome
Cyclops
in memoriam
Tiber
Cronus/Saturn
26. 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)
Homer
M (Roman numeral)
Priam
mellifluous
27. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
ad nauseam
Iliad
Paris
Hestia/Vesta
28. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
sic transit gloria mundi
in loco parentis
Daedalus
Ithaca
29. 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
Pandora
Palatine Hill
jovial
Etruscans
30. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Golden Fleece
via
Daedalus
31. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
et tu & Brute?
mentor
pontifex maximus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
32. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
Daedalus
Theseus
apple of discord
per diem
33. 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
i.e./id est
epic
Aphrodite/Venus
papyrus
34. 'Word for word'
Hercules/Heracles
verbatim
in loco parentis
Zeus/Jupiter
35. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
pontifex maximus
epic
D (Roman numeral)
36. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
the furies
Trojan Horse
e pluribus unum
Iliad
37. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
plebeian
e.g./exempli gratia
laurels
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
38. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Troy
Poseidon/Neptune
Punic Wars
Charon
39. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Cerberus
e pluribus unum
Artemis/Diana
mentor
40. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
per capita
patrician
p.o./ per os
SPQR
41. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
rostra
Pegasus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Aphrodite/Venus
42. God of war
SPQR
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
fasces
Ares/Mars
43. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
pax vobiscum
Parthenon
cornucopia
44. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Pax Romana
Romulus and Remus
Tiber
N.B./nota bene
45. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
etc./et cetera
atrium
P.M./post meridiem
in toto
46. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
atrium
Circus Maximus
P.M./post meridiem
per diem
47. The male head of a Roman family
Apollo/Apollo
paterfamilias
A.M./ante meridiem
X (Roman numeral)
48. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
ex officio
mellifluous
Daedalus
Tiber
49. Goddess of wisdom
puerile
etc./et cetera
Athena/Minerva
the Odyssey
50. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
agora/forum
mea culpa
Medea