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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'in memory of'






2. 'The state in which'






3. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






4. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






5. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






6. 'unknown land'






7. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






8. The river surrounding the Underworld






9. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen






10. 'Work conquers all'






11. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






12. 1






13. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York






14. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






15. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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16. God of the sea






17. Goddess of victory






18. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






19. The male head of a Roman family






20. Home of the Greek gods






21. 'The end'






22. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






23. 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






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






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






26. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






27. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.






28. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






29. 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






30. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






31. Home of the Greek gods






32. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






33. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






34. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






35. 10






36. 'The state in which'






37. 'The other way around'






38. 'firm ground/solid earth'






39. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






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






41. 'This for that &' a fair trade






42. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






43. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






44. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






45. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






46. The technical biological term for the human species

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47. Writing after the body of a letter






48. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






49. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






50. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite