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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






2. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






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






4. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






5. 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






6. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






7. 'Work conquers all'






8. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






9. Home of the Greek gods






10. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife






11. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






12. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






13. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






14. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






15. 'great work'






16. 'beware of the dog'






17. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






18. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






19. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






20. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






21. Goddess of the hearth






22. '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






23. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






24. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






25. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






26. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god






27. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






28. 1000






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






30. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






31. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur






32. Goddess of love






33. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






34. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






35. 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.






36. 'A slip of the tongue'






37. 'Always prepared'






38. 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






39. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






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






41. 'After death'






42. 'Work conquers all'






43. 'The other way around'






44. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon






45. 'And others'






46. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






47. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






48. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






49. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






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