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Classical Literacy

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






2. 'beware of the dog'






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






4. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






5. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






6. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






7. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






8. 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






9. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






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






11. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






12. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






13. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






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






15. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






16. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






17. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.






18. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






19. 'peace be with you'






20. 'Work conquers all'






21. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






22. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






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






24. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






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. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






27. 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)






28. 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






29. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements






30. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






31. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






32. 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






33. Home of the Greek gods






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






35. God of the sea






36. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






37. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






38. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon






39. 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.






40. 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






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






42. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






43. 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






44. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'






45. 'The other way around'






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






47. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)






48. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






49. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






50. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter