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Classical Literacy
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1. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
cave canem
Pantheon
ad nauseam
Artemis/Diana
2. 'per head' 'per person'
Tantalus
per capita
agora/forum
Troy
3. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Troy
Saturnalia
Jason
mores
4. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
omniscient
M (Roman numeral)
Poseidon/Neptune
5. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Nike/Victoria
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
cave canem
6. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
Apollo/Apollo
the furies
Hector
7. 'Time flies/flees'
magnum opus
Perseus & Medusa
mosaic
tempus fugit
8. 'This for that &' a fair trade
patrician
quid pro quo
ego
D (Roman numeral)
9. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Athena/Minerva
Poseidon/Neptune
SPQR
iota
10. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
Prometheus
semper paratus
lapsus linguae
11. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Demeter/Ceres
Eros/Cupid
tribune
V (Roman numeral)
12. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
veto
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Ithaca
13. Goddess of the hunt
Delphic Oracle
labor vincit omnia
Tantalus
Artemis/Diana
14. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Palatine Hill
sub poena
epic
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
15. '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
etc./et cetera
the Fates
ex officio
tribune
16. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Apollo/Apollo
jovial
quid pro quo
Carthage
17. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Apollo/Apollo
omniscient
Penelope
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
18. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
Sparta
Carthage
P.S./post scriptum
19. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
et tu & Brute?
Achilles' heel
Punic Wars
ego
20. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
Theseus
Mt. Vesuvius
Hades/Pluto
21. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
Carthage
pax vobiscum
e pluribus unum
22. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
Hydra
ad nauseam
Iliad
toga
23. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
ad nauseam
aqueduct
veto
summa cum laude
24. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
sub poena
Pandora
Odysseus/Ulysses
25. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Priam
Minotaur
Iliad
Medea
26. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
magnum opus
cornucopia
polytheism
27. 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
lapsus linguae
N.B./nota bene
Prometheus
Achilles' heel
28. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
ambrosia and nectar
per diem
Daedalus
Poseidon/Neptune
29. After midday/noon
P.M./post meridiem
Perseus & Medusa
Helen
Excelsior!
30. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Hercules/Heracles
Persephone/Proserpina
post mortem
atrium
31. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
ad nauseam
fresco
Parthenon
32. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
sic semper tyrannis
quid pro quo
pontifex maximus
Augustus
33. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Dionysus/Bacchus
Theseus
toga
Jove
34. 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)
Gorgons
tribune
Zeus/Jupiter
L (Roman numeral)
35. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
fresco
Poseidon/Neptune
Medea
Ariadne
36. After midday/noon
Pompeii
Parthenon
via
P.M./post meridiem
37. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Athens/Acropolis
valedictorian
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
veni & vidi & vici
38. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
Tantalus
toga
cornucopia
39. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
rara avis
Ariadne
semper fidelis
Hannibal
40. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
tribune
Poseidon/Neptune
Saturnalia
41. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Aegean Sea
Tantalus
A.D./anno Domini
Hector
42. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Caesar
Sparta
errare humanum est
satyr
43. 'unknown land'
Persephone/Proserpina
terra incognita
aqueduct
Hydra
44. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
sine qua non
agenda
Palatine Hill
Ariadne
45. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
the Fates
Excelsior!
Odysseus/Ulysses
V (Roman numeral)
46. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
sub poena
sic transit gloria mundi
Ariadne
47. 'in memory of'
Sisyphus
Mt. Parnassus
in memoriam
terra firma
48. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Mt. Vesuvius
finis
Cerberus
49. 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
terra incognita
quid pro quo
Helen
A.D./anno Domini
50. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
P.S./post scriptum
Eros/Cupid
Hera/Juno
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