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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
vice versa
Theseus
Icarus & Daedalus
semper fidelis
2. 'Time flies/flees'
Artemis/Diana
vice versa
Iliad
tempus fugit
3. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')
rostra
Iliad
Orpheus & Eurydice
P.M./post meridiem
4. 'This for that &' a fair trade
per annum
Ithaca
quid pro quo
Daedalus
5. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Dionysus/Bacchus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Aegean Sea
sub poena
6. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
atrium
Hector
P.S./post scriptum
7. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
magnanimous
Cronus/Saturn
polytheism
mosaic
8. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
pontifex maximus
e pluribus unum
labor vincit omnia
9. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
lapsus linguae
e.g./exempli gratia
Dionysus/Bacchus
10. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Apollo/Apollo
Colosseum
sub rosa
Sicily
11. Goddess of the hearth
aqueduct
cornucopia
rara avis
Hestia/Vesta
12. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
atrium
Ithaca
consul
pax vobiscum
13. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Sisyphus
Artemis/Diana
muses
Zeus/Jupiter
14. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
e pluribus unum
P.S./post scriptum
Pantheon
fresco
15. After midday/noon
P.M./post meridiem
A.M./ante meridiem
Parthenon
rostra
16. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
Golden Fleece
ad infinitum
Styx
17. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
Prometheus
magnum opus
semper fidelis
Romulus and Remus
18. The norms or values of a society
Medea
Ge/Gaea
mores
Pax Romana
19. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
p.o./ per os
Aegean Sea
Dionysus/Bacchus
Mt. Olympus
20. '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
valedictorian
Sisyphus
Odysseus/Ulysses
Apollo/Apollo
21. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
Arachne
toga
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
e.g./exempli gratia
22. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
sic semper tyrannis
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Tartarus
persona non grata
23. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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24. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
Dionysus/Bacchus
aqueduct
Spartacus
Hera/Juno
25. 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
lapsus linguae
rara avis
et tu & Brute?
26. 'great work'
Hannibal
magnum opus
Gorgons
verbatim
27. 'After death'
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Parthenon
Atlas
post mortem
28. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
A.D./anno Domini
cave canem
puerile
Troy
29. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
Golden Fleece
Tantalus
vice versa
Punic Wars
30. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
terra incognita
patrician
the furies
agenda
31. 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
V (Roman numeral)
Hercules/Heracles
Hephaestus/Vulcan
summa cum laude
32. 10
V (Roman numeral)
Hermes/Mercury
X (Roman numeral)
Apollo/Apollo
33. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
fasces
sine qua non
iota
Cronus/Saturn
34. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
pontifex maximus
terra incognita
Poseidon/Neptune
sedentary
35. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
Theseus
Hera/Juno
cornucopia
36. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Poseidon/Neptune
Hannibal
Jove
e pluribus unum
37. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Ithaca
ad nauseam
ad nauseam
agenda
38. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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39. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Chaos
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
persona non grata
Saturnalia
40. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
terra firma
Tantalus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Caesar
41. 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
laurels
the Fates
agenda
Pax Romana
42. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
quid pro quo
i.e./id est
Dionysus/Bacchus
Etruscans
43. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Saturnalia
ego
valedictorian
tempus fugit
44. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
papyrus
Apollo/Apollo
A.M./ante meridiem
e pluribus unum
45. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
omniscient
Nike/Victoria
ego
46. 'peace be with you'
Zeus/Jupiter
pax vobiscum
plebeian
terra incognita
47. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Perseus & Medusa
labor vincit omnia
polytheism
Daedalus
48. 'seize the day'
Demeter/Ceres
X (Roman numeral)
Excelsior!
carpe diem
49. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Tantalus
labyrinth
mentor
Augustus
50. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
Ides of March
pontifex maximus
Cyclops
sic transit gloria mundi