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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. River that runs through the city of Rome
Palatine Hill
tempus fugit
Tiber
Gorgons
2. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
valedictorian
veto
ex officio
plebeian
3. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
ex libris
i.e./id est
agenda
omniscient
4. 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
verbatim
I (Roman numeral)
Hera/Juno
Athens/Acropolis
5. '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
Palatine Hill
ex officio
Apollo/Apollo
veto
6. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Homer
Medea
toga
Demeter/Ceres
7. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
rostra
Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
SPQR
8. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Cyclops
Uranus
Hera/Juno
9. 500
D (Roman numeral)
atrium
summa cum laude
semper fidelis
10. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
pro tempore
muses
Aegean Sea
Achilles' heel
11. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
toga
Eros/Cupid
pontifex maximus
magnum opus
12. 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
ad nauseam
errare humanum est
Helen
Cyclops
13. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
ex libris
Persephone/Proserpina
Tartarus
et al./ et alii
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
tempus fugit
Trojan Horse
Arachne
et tu & Brute?
15. 'great-souled & high-minded'
magnanimous
summa cum laude
per capita
Cronus/Saturn
16. 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
SPQR
Nike/Victoria
Elysian Fields/Elysium
apple of discord
17. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
Punic Wars
Nike/Victoria
terra incognita
persona non grata
18. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
sine qua non
apple of discord
puerile
ex officio
19. 'Always prepared'
Ariadne
mosaic
Artemis/Diana
semper paratus
20. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Daedalus
Minotaur
Palatine Hill
Circus Maximus
21. Doctor of medicine
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
epic
N.B./nota bene
mosaic
22. God of war
Styx
Ares/Mars
per annum
marathon
23. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
ambrosia and nectar
Helen
Palatine Hill
Atlas
24. 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.
per capita
sub rosa
Eros/Cupid
Delphic Oracle
25. 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
Helen
sub rosa
Perseus & Medusa
Odysseus/Ulysses
26. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Pan
iota
status quo
Ides of March
27. 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
pro tempore
mentor
mea culpa
Tartarus
28. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
Jove
quid pro quo
terra incognita
29. 'The other way around'
e.g./exempli gratia
vice versa
Daedalus
puerile
30. Home of the Greek gods
p.o./ per os
Paris
Mt. Olympus
marathon
31. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
in toto
Hestia/Vesta
sedentary
32. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Ge/Gaea
Pax Romana
Elysian Fields/Elysium
verbatim
33. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Trojan Horse
Athens/Acropolis
finis
Penelope
34. 'I'
Atlas
ego
Mt. Vesuvius
Gorgons
35. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
A.M./ante meridiem
Penelope
Hannibal
36. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Golden Fleece
Punic Wars
puerile
ex libris
37. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
Pantheon
Parthenon
valedictorian
Medea
38. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
veni & vidi & vici
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Aegean Sea
per annum
39. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
Pantheon
status quo
agora/forum
40. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
terra incognita
Delphic Oracle
Theseus
Orpheus & Eurydice
41. 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
via
I (Roman numeral)
muses
Hercules/Heracles
42. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
satyr
ad nauseam
Saturnalia
iota
43. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
Pan
mosaic
Eros/Cupid
44. Goddess of the hunt
Trojan Horse
Pandora
cave canem
Artemis/Diana
45. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
Augustus
Hector
Pax Romana
Apollo/Apollo
46. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
Hermes/Mercury
in loco parentis
Hector
47. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
etc./et cetera
vs./versus
paterfamilias
48. The male head of a Roman family
Hannibal
N.B./nota bene
finis
paterfamilias
49. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Gorgons
Hades/Pluto
Mt. Parnassus
Hermes/Mercury
50. 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.
sub rosa
omniscient
patrician
Hector