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Classical 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. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Persephone/Proserpina
Minotaur
labyrinth
2. 'A slip of the tongue'
Helen
lapsus linguae
Pegasus
Charon
3. 'beware of the dog'
toga
cave canem
patrician
Hestia/Vesta
4. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
Achilles' heel
consul
Pan
5. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
ex libris
Icarus & Daedalus
mea culpa
6. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Jove
tribune
A.D./anno Domini
Ithaca
7. The river surrounding the Underworld
carpe diem
mellifluous
Styx
Colosseum
8. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
summa cum laude
paterfamilias
mores
9. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Poseidon/Neptune
per diem
errare humanum est
ad infinitum
10. 10
X (Roman numeral)
ex officio
iota
Ariadne
11. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
mores
persona non grata
rostra
patrician
12. Goddess of the hearth
the Fates
Hestia/Vesta
Poseidon/Neptune
consul
13. 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
Hera/Juno
Athens/Acropolis
sedentary
patrician
14. 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
Mt. Parnassus
Cyclops
via
Artemis/Diana
15. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
toga
cornucopia
Jove
A.M./ante meridiem
16. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Eros/Cupid
cave canem
X (Roman numeral)
Pegasus
17. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
tempus fugit
veni & vidi & vici
post mortem
Hera/Juno
18. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
papyrus
Theseus
patrician
semper paratus
19. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
ad infinitum
Hercules/Heracles
p.o./ per os
Achilles' heel
20. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
in toto
vice versa
ambrosia and nectar
Cronus/Saturn
21. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
sub rosa
fasces
Jason
Prometheus
22. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
consul
Hercules/Heracles
mea culpa
23. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
V (Roman numeral)
Etruscans
per diem
Jason
24. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
Hannibal
Athens/Acropolis
sub rosa
etc./et cetera
25. Writing after the body of a letter
Parthenon
P.S./post scriptum
in toto
Arachne
26. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
ex libris
lapsus linguae
Artemis/Diana
27. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Tartarus
magnum opus
A.D./anno Domini
vice versa
28. The male head of a Roman family
i.e./id est
Ariadne
paterfamilias
Medea
29. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
mea culpa
e pluribus unum
SPQR
Ariadne
30. The technical biological term for the human species
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31. Market place/business center
agora/forum
post mortem
ex libris
P.S./post scriptum
32. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
aqueduct
sine qua non
Penelope
A.M./ante meridiem
33. Home of the Greek gods
Troy
Mt. Olympus
SPQR
muses
34. 'firm ground/solid earth'
in memoriam
terra firma
post mortem
Daedalus
35. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
fresco
Tantalus
omniscient
magnum opus
36. Goddess of victory
Circus Maximus
Penelope
Medea
Nike/Victoria
37. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again
L (Roman numeral)
Colosseum
Sisyphus
Hannibal
38. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
the furies
sub rosa
paterfamilias
sic semper tyrannis
39. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
e.g./exempli gratia
Odysseus/Ulysses
Sparta
Eros/Cupid
40. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
e.g./exempli gratia
Elysian Fields/Elysium
paterfamilias
Excelsior!
41. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
Ge/Gaea
Demeter/Ceres
ego
42. 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
Hydra
the furies
Orpheus & Eurydice
Charon
43. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
epic
Saturnalia
satyr
Priam
44. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
finis
Troy
fasces
labyrinth
45. 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
Icarus & Daedalus
mentor
cornucopia
agenda
46. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
atrium
carpe diem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
47. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
N.B./nota bene
labor vincit omnia
cornucopia
apple of discord
48. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
Pompeii
i.e./id est
Delphic Oracle
49. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
satyr
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Hera/Juno
Ariadne
50. 'note well' i.e. take note
Pantheon
Hera/Juno
N.B./nota bene
et tu & Brute?