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Classical Literacy
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1. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
consul
p.o./ per os
veni & vidi & vici
Priam
2. '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
Pantheon
A.D./anno Domini
ex officio
Parthenon
3. 'The state in which'
omniscient
Helen
the furies
status quo
4. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Troy
X (Roman numeral)
Caesar
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
5. 'The end'
aqueduct
Apollo/Apollo
plebeian
finis
6. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
fasces
P.M./post meridiem
ex libris
fasces
7. Doctor of medicine
ambrosia and nectar
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
the Odyssey
Artemis/Diana
8. 'per head' 'per person'
SPQR
Hestia/Vesta
per capita
ex libris
9. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Cyclops
sic semper tyrannis
sedentary
Helen
10. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
status quo
Atlas
carpe diem
Excelsior!
11. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Aphrodite/Venus
laurels
Ides of March
veni & vidi & vici
12. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
Nike/Victoria
Pax Romana
persona non grata
Circus Maximus
13. 'Word for word'
verbatim
persona non grata
D (Roman numeral)
Hera/Juno
14. '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
P.S./post scriptum
et tu & Brute?
Aphrodite/Venus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
15. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
tempus fugit
sub poena
atrium
veto
16. Goddess of victory
D (Roman numeral)
Nike/Victoria
Homer
magnum opus
17. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
toga
in memoriam
Saturnalia
labor vincit omnia
18. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
terra firma
tempus fugit
19. 'in memory of'
Achilles' heel
in memoriam
semper paratus
Gorgons
20. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
M (Roman numeral)
Carthage
veni & vidi & vici
Minotaur
21. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Poseidon/Neptune
consul
ad infinitum
Prometheus
22. 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)
Priam
paterfamilias
Pandora
ex libris
23. 5
V (Roman numeral)
Paris
epic
muses
24. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
in toto
Achilles' heel
sic semper tyrannis
D (Roman numeral)
25. 'per day'
per diem
Hades/Pluto
Prometheus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
26. 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
Cyclops
Parthenon
Colosseum
marathon
27. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
Romulus and Remus
C (Roman numeral)
i.e./id est
Romulus and Remus
28. The technical biological term for the human species
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29. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
vs./versus
Ariadne
Apollo/Apollo
Arachne
30. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
vs./versus
iota
Prometheus
I (Roman numeral)
31. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
Hector
sic transit gloria mundi
Hannibal
Gorgons
32. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
patrician
Mt. Vesuvius
papyrus
Icarus & Daedalus
33. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
in toto
post mortem
sub poena
34. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
magnum opus
Carthage
Aegean Sea
A.D./anno Domini
35. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
errare humanum est
verbatim
Minotaur
per capita
36. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
puerile
V (Roman numeral)
Cerberus
37. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Etruscans
Hermes/Mercury
Achilles' heel
Colosseum
38. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located
Eros/Cupid
Athens/Acropolis
tribune
Troy
39. 'firm ground/solid earth'
aqueduct
Hector
labyrinth
terra firma
40. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Excelsior!
Augustus
Mt. Olympus
in loco parentis
41. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
sub poena
via
the Odyssey
Apollo/Apollo
42. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
Ares/Mars
Golden Fleece
per diem
43. 'After death'
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Minotaur
post mortem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
44. The river surrounding the Underworld
Hydra
e.g./exempli gratia
Styx
Nike/Victoria
45. 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
agora/forum
Pandora
magnanimous
vs./versus
46. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Troy
Cyclops
Athens/Acropolis
e pluribus unum
47. 'Work conquers all'
etc./et cetera
labor vincit omnia
satyr
quid pro quo
48. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
pontifex maximus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
carpe diem
rostra
49. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Hera/Juno
terra incognita
agenda
C (Roman numeral)
50. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
ad nauseam
vs./versus
e pluribus unum
Penelope