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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 1
per capita
Uranus
papyrus
I (Roman numeral)
2. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
labyrinth
Cerberus
ex officio
N.B./nota bene
3. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Penelope
the furies
I (Roman numeral)
Minotaur
4. 'A slip of the tongue'
errare humanum est
jovial
lapsus linguae
semper fidelis
5. 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
Pax Romana
Athens/Acropolis
labor vincit omnia
Hercules/Heracles
6. 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
Prometheus
carpe diem
in loco parentis
ad infinitum
7. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Hydra
epic
Medea
Dionysus/Bacchus
8. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
mea culpa
Helen
Aegean Sea
X (Roman numeral)
9. 'The state in which'
Ge/Gaea
M (Roman numeral)
Hannibal
status quo
10. 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
Excelsior!
Hector
Atlas
papyrus
11. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
P.M./post meridiem
Athena/Minerva
etc./et cetera
labor vincit omnia
12. Goddess of victory
Achilles' heel
Nike/Victoria
Hephaestus/Vulcan
iota
13. 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
consul
Athens/Acropolis
the furies
Jove
14. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
C (Roman numeral)
rara avis
finis
mosaic
15. River that runs through the city of Rome
Sisyphus
sic transit gloria mundi
Parthenon
Tiber
16. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Dionysus/Bacchus
V (Roman numeral)
etc./et cetera
apple of discord
17. 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
Cyclops
Pegasus
mentor
papyrus
18. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
etc./et cetera
Arachne
veto
Parthenon
19. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
Romulus and Remus
Atlas
Hercules/Heracles
20. Goddess of the hearth
summa cum laude
verbatim
pax vobiscum
Hestia/Vesta
21. 'I'
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
ego
I (Roman numeral)
quid pro quo
22. 1
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Parthenon
Cerberus
I (Roman numeral)
23. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
ego
Tartarus
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
24. 'beware of the dog'
atrium
V (Roman numeral)
cave canem
puerile
25. 'All-knowing'
ego
Paris
omniscient
aqueduct
26. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Zeus/Jupiter
Nike/Victoria
Hades/Pluto
finis
27. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Sicily
the furies
Colosseum
ex officio
28. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Chaos
Parthenon
the Fates
Mt. Olympus
29. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
muses
Charon
Saturnalia
30. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Orpheus & Eurydice
Spartacus
Saturnalia
Charon
31. 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')
et tu & Brute?
agora/forum
marathon
rostra
32. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Carthage
I (Roman numeral)
A.D./anno Domini
marathon
33. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
carpe diem
per capita
Carthage
A.D./anno Domini
34. Market place/business center
Pompeii
agora/forum
pax vobiscum
ad infinitum
35. '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
et tu & Brute?
vice versa
mentor
Sisyphus
36. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
sic semper tyrannis
valedictorian
C (Roman numeral)
Ge/Gaea
37. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
Zeus/Jupiter
Aegean Sea
Caesar
38. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Theseus
toga
Excelsior!
sedentary
39. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Orpheus & Eurydice
Odysseus/Ulysses
Demeter/Ceres
jovial
40. 'Work conquers all'
Hector
labor vincit omnia
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
41. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
status quo
consul
Etruscans
rostra
42. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
the furies
Penelope
laurels
Augustus
43. 'great work'
magnum opus
pax vobiscum
sine qua non
N.B./nota bene
44. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Dionysus/Bacchus
Pompeii
mosaic
Prometheus
45. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
in toto
Chaos
Jove
tempus fugit
46. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
Cerberus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Etruscans
47. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
aqueduct
Hermes/Mercury
post mortem
quid pro quo
48. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
apple of discord
Carthage
persona non grata
Demeter/Ceres
49. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
mores
Parthenon
Perseus & Medusa
Mt. Parnassus
50. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
tribune
carpe diem
Arachne
Cronus/Saturn