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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. River that runs through the city of Rome
Pegasus
Tiber
et tu & Brute?
verbatim
2. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
veto
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
laurels
Hades/Pluto
3. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
ex officio
Golden Fleece
Pax Romana
mellifluous
4. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Icarus & Daedalus
papyrus
Prometheus
Charon
5. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
ad infinitum
apple of discord
P.S./post scriptum
Pegasus
6. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
per capita
vs./versus
Arachne
Cerberus
7. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
persona non grata
marathon
the furies
muses
8. 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
Prometheus
Helen
sub poena
muses
9. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
per capita
in loco parentis
Apollo/Apollo
Trojan Horse
10. 'The other way around'
vice versa
pax vobiscum
Augustus
vs./versus
11. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
Jove
aqueduct
Minotaur
mellifluous
12. 'in memory of'
persona non grata
in memoriam
Daedalus
pro tempore
13. After midday/noon
Theseus
status quo
P.M./post meridiem
sine qua non
14. '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.
post mortem
etc./et cetera
sic semper tyrannis
in memoriam
15. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
sub rosa
Etruscans
Hermes/Mercury
Hydra
16. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Ge/Gaea
Romulus and Remus
Daedalus
errare humanum est
17. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
the Odyssey
Athena/Minerva
p.o./ per os
18. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Saturnalia
fresco
Helen
Delphic Oracle
19. God of the sea
X (Roman numeral)
Poseidon/Neptune
Palatine Hill
Parthenon
20. 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
apple of discord
P.S./post scriptum
labyrinth
Mt. Vesuvius
21. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
patrician
Homer
Eros/Cupid
Excelsior!
22. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Aphrodite/Venus
magnum opus
Tartarus
the Fates
23. 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')
mores
rostra
atrium
tribune
24. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Atlas
fresco
Ares/Mars
Caesar
25. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
X (Roman numeral)
in toto
Pantheon
26. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
in memoriam
iota
Artemis/Diana
Tiber
27. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Circus Maximus
Hera/Juno
Excelsior!
Hephaestus/Vulcan
28. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
Tiber
Cyclops
rostra
29. 'peace be with you'
ad nauseam
Medea
P.M./post meridiem
pax vobiscum
30. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
status quo
Excelsior!
mores
summa cum laude
31. God of war
status quo
sic semper tyrannis
fresco
Ares/Mars
32. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Penelope
Athens/Acropolis
Pan
Persephone/Proserpina
33. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Aegean Sea
Eros/Cupid
34. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Styx
Uranus
Saturnalia
via
35. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
V (Roman numeral)
Elysian Fields/Elysium
jovial
consul
36. 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)
Colosseum
Golden Fleece
Sicily
Priam
37. 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
Romulus and Remus
Tantalus
agenda
A.D./anno Domini
38. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
epic
patrician
ad nauseam
p.o./ per os
39. '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
the furies
et tu & Brute?
Mt. Parnassus
Uranus
40. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
Chaos
Perseus & Medusa
jovial
41. The norms or values of a society
mores
N.B./nota bene
laurels
Styx
42. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
SPQR
Perseus & Medusa
Persephone/Proserpina
Ithaca
43. 'great-souled & high-minded'
P.M./post meridiem
rostra
cornucopia
magnanimous
44. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Hercules/Heracles
Zeus/Jupiter
L (Roman numeral)
epic
45. The male head of a Roman family
Medea
Paris
Athens/Acropolis
paterfamilias
46. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Circus Maximus
Eros/Cupid
epic
Sicily
47. 'note well' i.e. take note
agora/forum
N.B./nota bene
Chaos
C (Roman numeral)
48. 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
pro tempore
Zeus/Jupiter
Nike/Victoria
49. 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
Ge/Gaea
Mt. Olympus
Medea
Hannibal
50. 5
iota
V (Roman numeral)
etc./et cetera
labor vincit omnia