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Classical Literacy
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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. 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
N.B./nota bene
Cyclops
Orpheus & Eurydice
Troy
2. The male head of a Roman family
Poseidon/Neptune
paterfamilias
Ge/Gaea
Aegean Sea
3. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
Ge/Gaea
per annum
et tu & Brute?
Pandora
4. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
sub rosa
terra incognita
Aegean Sea
Spartacus
5. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Orpheus & Eurydice
the furies
agora/forum
ambrosia and nectar
6. 'note well' i.e. take note
Colosseum
N.B./nota bene
Augustus
rara avis
7. 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')
A.M./ante meridiem
Delphic Oracle
rostra
fasces
8. 'for the time being' - temporary
Mt. Vesuvius
Dionysus/Bacchus
pro tempore
Poseidon/Neptune
9. 'peace be with you'
tribune
pax vobiscum
the Odyssey
post mortem
10. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Carthage
Hades/Pluto
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Mt. Vesuvius
11. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
cornucopia
apple of discord
status quo
12. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Sparta
Mt. Olympus
satyr
Trojan Horse
13. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Athens/Acropolis
A.D./anno Domini
Aphrodite/Venus
e.g./exempli gratia
14. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Romulus and Remus
Medea
Ariadne
ex libris
15. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
veni & vidi & vici
Golden Fleece
mellifluous
Romulus and Remus
16. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
ad nauseam
the Odyssey
i.e./id est
fasces
17. 5
etc./et cetera
V (Roman numeral)
Sparta
Achilles' heel
18. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
summa cum laude
Gorgons
i.e./id est
Ariadne
19. 5
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
V (Roman numeral)
Sisyphus
L (Roman numeral)
20. 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
Jason
Cyclops
persona non grata
veni & vidi & vici
21. 'The end'
finis
Excelsior!
pontifex maximus
apple of discord
22. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
Punic Wars
et al./ et alii
fresco
23. 'I'
Minotaur
mentor
Circus Maximus
ego
24. 'The state in which'
status quo
ex officio
Pompeii
in toto
25. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
sedentary
Trojan Horse
fresco
consul
26. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Pandora
Augustus
Hannibal
labor vincit omnia
27. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
vs./versus
sub poena
puerile
consul
28. Goddess of victory
Arachne
Theseus
mellifluous
Nike/Victoria
29. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
the Fates
Achilles' heel
in toto
Cerberus
30. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
the furies
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Augustus
rara avis
31. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
the furies
mosaic
valedictorian
mea culpa
32. 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
rostra
Minotaur
aqueduct
33. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Troy
Mt. Parnassus
Delphic Oracle
Hannibal
34. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Pax Romana
sub poena
M (Roman numeral)
veni & vidi & vici
35. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Caesar
e.g./exempli gratia
mellifluous
vs./versus
36. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
Minotaur
D (Roman numeral)
consul
Hannibal
37. 'per day'
per diem
Penelope
veni & vidi & vici
Etruscans
38. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
valedictorian
in loco parentis
Aegean Sea
fresco
39. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
Colosseum
Cronus/Saturn
persona non grata
mellifluous
40. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
vs./versus
atrium
per diem
Jason
41. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
jovial
Cyclops
D (Roman numeral)
valedictorian
42. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Hades/Pluto
Pegasus
Palatine Hill
vice versa
43. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Ides of March
laurels
Persephone/Proserpina
veto
44. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
per diem
tempus fugit
Aphrodite/Venus
45. 'in memory of'
Cyclops
in memoriam
tempus fugit
C (Roman numeral)
46. God of the sea
Nike/Victoria
persona non grata
Poseidon/Neptune
papyrus
47. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
agora/forum
Spartacus
errare humanum est
Pantheon
48. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Hephaestus/Vulcan
magnanimous
Circus Maximus
errare humanum est
49. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
fasces
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
aqueduct
etc./et cetera
50. 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
Helen
ad infinitum
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
etc./et cetera