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Classical Literacy
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1. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Spartacus
fresco
Circus Maximus
Theseus
2. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
L (Roman numeral)
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Prometheus
Achilles' heel
3. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
veto
Ides of March
Hestia/Vesta
Augustus
4. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Tartarus
X (Roman numeral)
Ithaca
Carthage
5. 100
Pantheon
N.B./nota bene
Carthage
C (Roman numeral)
6. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
i.e./id est
e.g./exempli gratia
Penelope
Augustus
7. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Paris
magnanimous
toga
muses
8. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
omniscient
tribune
ambrosia and nectar
etc./et cetera
9. '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
Pegasus
jovial
labor vincit omnia
10. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
semper fidelis
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Carthage
11. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
persona non grata
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
vice versa
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
12. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Excelsior!
N.B./nota bene
Penelope
sedentary
13. 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
I (Roman numeral)
post mortem
magnanimous
Prometheus
14. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
patrician
agora/forum
muses
mosaic
15. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
A.M./ante meridiem
Ithaca
Demeter/Ceres
Styx
16. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
Circus Maximus
consul
Pax Romana
mentor
17. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
Hydra
Styx
Carthage
jovial
18. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
cornucopia
agenda
aqueduct
in loco parentis
19. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
omniscient
Apollo/Apollo
Eros/Cupid
Arachne
20. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
Orpheus & Eurydice
summa cum laude
sic semper tyrannis
21. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
veni & vidi & vici
Gorgons
plebeian
the furies
22. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
pontifex maximus
via
Cronus/Saturn
Styx
23. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
P.M./post meridiem
P.M./post meridiem
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
mosaic
24. God of war
Ares/Mars
Spartacus
Ge/Gaea
quid pro quo
25. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Zeus/Jupiter
summa cum laude
Pegasus
aqueduct
26. 'Word for word'
sub poena
Achilles' heel
verbatim
terra firma
27. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
L (Roman numeral)
Pax Romana
Odysseus/Ulysses
Achilles' heel
28. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
mosaic
Augustus
P.S./post scriptum
e.g./exempli gratia
29. River that runs through the city of Rome
per diem
Tiber
P.S./post scriptum
Homer
30. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
in memoriam
Ge/Gaea
Medea
M (Roman numeral)
31. 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
ad nauseam
sedentary
lapsus linguae
papyrus
32. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
post mortem
Mt. Parnassus
Ides of March
Chaos
33. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Ithaca
carpe diem
semper paratus
Colosseum
34. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
veni & vidi & vici
Hermes/Mercury
mea culpa
marathon
35. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
X (Roman numeral)
Jove
Cronus/Saturn
Troy
36. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
A.D./anno Domini
Saturnalia
consul
jovial
37. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Ares/Mars
P.S./post scriptum
SPQR
Minotaur
38. Goddess of wisdom
Poseidon/Neptune
Colosseum
et al./ et alii
Athena/Minerva
39. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Athena/Minerva
Jove
fasces
Cyclops
40. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
N.B./nota bene
Iliad
magnum opus
lapsus linguae
41. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Hermes/Mercury
Daedalus
Poseidon/Neptune
Sparta
42. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
Punic Wars
X (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
Pax Romana
43. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
P.S./post scriptum
Augustus
Tiber
44. The technical biological term for the human species
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45. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Hydra
paterfamilias
fasces
sedentary
46. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
muses
C (Roman numeral)
Etruscans
Odysseus/Ulysses
47. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Athens/Acropolis
plebeian
tribune
Mt. Parnassus
48. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
per diem
etc./et cetera
Arachne
Hades/Pluto
49. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
per annum
the furies
Medea
SPQR
50. 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.
Delphic Oracle
Apollo/Apollo
sub rosa
sine qua non
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