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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. After midday/noon
P.M./post meridiem
rostra
marathon
valedictorian
2. 'for the time being' - temporary
P.S./post scriptum
Hercules/Heracles
via
pro tempore
3. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
vice versa
sub rosa
Aegean Sea
Cerberus
4. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
mea culpa
Styx
Ides of March
Arachne
5. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
semper fidelis
Tartarus
Excelsior!
paterfamilias
6. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Hestia/Vesta
Iliad
Hercules/Heracles
summa cum laude
7. Goddess of love
ambrosia and nectar
Pantheon
X (Roman numeral)
Aphrodite/Venus
8. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Hera/Juno
Delphic Oracle
Medea
Romulus and Remus
9. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
I (Roman numeral)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
cornucopia
SPQR
10. 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
Apollo/Apollo
X (Roman numeral)
labyrinth
11. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Caesar
Parthenon
Golden Fleece
Styx
12. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
vs./versus
sine qua non
tribune
Dionysus/Bacchus
13. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
terra incognita
Cerberus
Theseus
fresco
14. 10
e.g./exempli gratia
Hydra
X (Roman numeral)
Hermes/Mercury
15. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
Orpheus & Eurydice
Sicily
epic
16. 'The state in which'
status quo
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
V (Roman numeral)
A.D./anno Domini
17. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
sub rosa
Aphrodite/Venus
Pantheon
18. 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
Pompeii
Athens/Acropolis
Paris
Cerberus
19. 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
Pandora
Homer
Punic Wars
Iliad
20. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
agenda
Trojan Horse
Tantalus
summa cum laude
21. The technical biological term for the human species
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22. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
agenda
finis
Sparta
Hector
23. 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
Orpheus & Eurydice
Prometheus
veni & vidi & vici
M (Roman numeral)
24. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
e.g./exempli gratia
the Odyssey
Sicily
25. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Icarus & Daedalus
veni & vidi & vici
sic semper tyrannis
Hermes/Mercury
26. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
jovial
Excelsior!
Sicily
Cronus/Saturn
27. 'per day'
iota
per diem
i.e./id est
omniscient
28. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
the furies
Colosseum
M (Roman numeral)
satyr
29. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Hera/Juno
via
apple of discord
Excelsior!
30. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Cerberus
Chaos
SPQR
Medea
31. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
A.M./ante meridiem
Trojan Horse
per annum
N.B./nota bene
32. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
tribune
Athena/Minerva
Mt. Vesuvius
p.o./ per os
33. 'A slip of the tongue'
lapsus linguae
Poseidon/Neptune
Hydra
in toto
34. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
muses
Troy
labor vincit omnia
aqueduct
35. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
valedictorian
Troy
P.M./post meridiem
Saturnalia
36. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Iliad
aqueduct
Gorgons
Homer
37. 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
Paris
apple of discord
Orpheus & Eurydice
valedictorian
38. 'seize the day'
Jason
carpe diem
Gorgons
Minotaur
39. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
cornucopia
Uranus
papyrus
40. 'Work conquers all'
Poseidon/Neptune
sic semper tyrannis
labor vincit omnia
vs./versus
41. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
rostra
terra firma
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
mea culpa
42. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
Cronus/Saturn
Circus Maximus
A.M./ante meridiem
43. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
papyrus
et al./ et alii
Pax Romana
44. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hydra
M (Roman numeral)
Perseus & Medusa
45. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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46. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
labyrinth
V (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
satyr
47. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Iliad
sub poena
atrium
pro tempore
48. 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
mentor
jovial
Hermes/Mercury
summa cum laude
49. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Apollo/Apollo
e.g./exempli gratia
magnanimous
Chaos
50. 'firm ground/solid earth'
terra firma
tempus fugit
Nike/Victoria
in memoriam