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Classical Literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Hector
labyrinth
Ariadne
Orpheus & Eurydice
2. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
rara avis
Golden Fleece
Aphrodite/Venus
3. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
the Fates
Pompeii
Sparta
Daedalus
4. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
epic
i.e./id est
Hercules/Heracles
finis
5. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
per annum
Troy
ego
Perseus & Medusa
6. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
Spartacus
mosaic
errare humanum est
7. After midday/noon
pro tempore
Mt. Parnassus
P.M./post meridiem
vs./versus
8. 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')
pontifex maximus
rostra
laurels
Orpheus & Eurydice
9. 'The other way around'
M (Roman numeral)
Cronus/Saturn
sic semper tyrannis
vice versa
10. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
pro tempore
ego
terra firma
Carthage
11. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
Icarus & Daedalus
Perseus & Medusa
Hermes/Mercury
12. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
Mt. Parnassus
Nike/Victoria
Spartacus
13. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
paterfamilias
Mt. Olympus
ego
14. 'seize the day'
Uranus
carpe diem
Carthage
Hercules/Heracles
15. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Excelsior!
C (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
per annum
16. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Sparta
Pan
Pantheon
Uranus
17. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Athena/Minerva
A.M./ante meridiem
per capita
tribune
18. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
pro tempore
Nike/Victoria
19. 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
Golden Fleece
Helen
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Atlas
20. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
atrium
sine qua non
aqueduct
terra incognita
21. 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
Medea
ex libris
pontifex maximus
22. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
C (Roman numeral)
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Charon
23. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
jovial
Spartacus
Augustus
24. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
labyrinth
cornucopia
etc./et cetera
Hades/Pluto
25. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Carthage
in loco parentis
iota
jovial
26. 1000
Nike/Victoria
M (Roman numeral)
Carthage
lapsus linguae
27. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
the Odyssey
Perseus & Medusa
Medea
patrician
28. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
Apollo/Apollo
Demeter/Ceres
Medea
29. 'And others'
in loco parentis
et al./ et alii
veni & vidi & vici
Aphrodite/Venus
30. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
Delphic Oracle
errare humanum est
Spartacus
31. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Hades/Pluto
veni & vidi & vici
Cerberus
Athena/Minerva
32. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Sisyphus
Odysseus/Ulysses
Dionysus/Bacchus
Ariadne
33. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
Medea
pontifex maximus
paterfamilias
34. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
muses
sub rosa
labor vincit omnia
Mt. Vesuvius
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?
e pluribus unum
Hermes/Mercury
M (Roman numeral)
36. 'note well' i.e. take note
in toto
N.B./nota bene
errare humanum est
aqueduct
37. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Chaos
via
Jove
muses
38. 'per day'
pax vobiscum
Hermes/Mercury
in toto
per diem
39. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Tiber
errare humanum est
fresco
Etruscans
40. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Saturnalia
jovial
mentor
aqueduct
41. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
mentor
the furies
aqueduct
fresco
42. 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.
SPQR
tribune
aqueduct
sub rosa
43. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Priam
Theseus
mosaic
ad nauseam
44. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Sisyphus
Mt. Parnassus
45. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Icarus & Daedalus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
satyr
Mt. Parnassus
46. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
mosaic
I (Roman numeral)
Cerberus
marathon
47. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
Ge/Gaea
Ides of March
Sicily
48. 'The end'
labor vincit omnia
finis
Iliad
Poseidon/Neptune
49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
in loco parentis
Uranus
Trojan Horse
Charon
50. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
veto
atrium
cornucopia
Caesar