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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






2. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






3. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






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






5. '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






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






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






8. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






9. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






10. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






11. 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






12. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






13. 'The other way around'






14. 'per year'






15. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






16. 'great-souled & high-minded'






17. 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






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






19. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






20. 'firm ground/solid earth'






21. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






22. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






23. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






24. Goddess of the hearth






25. Market place/business center






26. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






27. 'A slip of the tongue'






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






29. 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)






30. 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.






31. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






32. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






33. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






34. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






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






36. Home of the Greek gods






37. 100






38. 'Time flies/flees'






39. Doctor of medicine






40. 'unknown land'






41. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






42. 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






43. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements






44. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






45. River that runs through the city of Rome






46. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






47. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






48. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.






49. Goddess of victory






50. 'I'