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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






2. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's






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






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






5. '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






6. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






7. God of the sea






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






9. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






10. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






11. 'The end'






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






13. 'unknown land'






14. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her






15. Goddess of love






16. Goddess of wisdom






17. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus






18. 'A slip of the tongue'






19. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






20. 'per head' 'per person'






21. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






22. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






23. Writing after the body of a letter






24. Goddess of victory






25. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






26. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






27. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on






28. '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






29. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






30. 'And others'






31. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






32. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






33. 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






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






35. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






36. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






37. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






38. 'note well' i.e. take note






39. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






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






41. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






42. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's






43. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






44. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






45. After midday/noon






46. 1000






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






48. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






49. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE






50. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods