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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'beware of the dog'
magnum opus
cave canem
per annum
Theseus
2. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
consul
Zeus/Jupiter
Pandora
satyr
3. 'A slip of the tongue'
finis
Excelsior!
sic transit gloria mundi
lapsus linguae
4. 'per head' 'per person'
ex officio
Daedalus
per capita
Styx
5. The river surrounding the Underworld
mellifluous
Spartacus
Styx
Aegean Sea
6. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Apollo/Apollo
Ariadne
rara avis
Hestia/Vesta
7. 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')
pontifex maximus
agenda
rostra
Punic Wars
8. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Gorgons
terra incognita
epic
Hercules/Heracles
9. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Etruscans
Persephone/Proserpina
Jason
Theseus
10. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday
Saturnalia
Prometheus
Gorgons
finis
11. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
M (Roman numeral)
A.M./ante meridiem
I (Roman numeral)
Hestia/Vesta
12. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
P.M./post meridiem
agenda
fasces
laurels
13. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Demeter/Ceres
laurels
X (Roman numeral)
Apollo/Apollo
14. 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
sedentary
mentor
mosaic
Theseus
15. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Caesar
semper paratus
Iliad
Hydra
16. 500
D (Roman numeral)
ad infinitum
Mt. Olympus
Spartacus
17. 'I'
ego
Medea
Ariadne
Minotaur
18. 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
D (Roman numeral)
Helen
Hestia/Vesta
fresco
19. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
mentor
Theseus
Caesar
20. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
omniscient
Arachne
Penelope
et tu & Brute?
21. 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
quid pro quo
C (Roman numeral)
p.o./ per os
Hercules/Heracles
22. 'for the time being' - temporary
e.g./exempli gratia
pro tempore
aqueduct
terra incognita
23. 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
Elysian Fields/Elysium
mentor
ambrosia and nectar
Golden Fleece
24. 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
mentor
Sisyphus
A.M./ante meridiem
Dionysus/Bacchus
25. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
i.e./id est
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
sine qua non
cornucopia
26. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
Athens/Acropolis
cave canem
mores
27. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
Mt. Olympus
Perseus & Medusa
Chaos
28. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
apple of discord
Orpheus & Eurydice
laurels
Cerberus
29. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
persona non grata
in memoriam
sine qua non
omniscient
30. 'Time flies/flees'
Priam
tempus fugit
Pegasus
Dionysus/Bacchus
31. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
veto
verbatim
Styx
32. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
et al./ et alii
semper fidelis
pro tempore
Persephone/Proserpina
33. Writing after the body of a letter
Hydra
P.S./post scriptum
fresco
muses
34. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pan
Pompeii
Charon
Palatine Hill
35. 'great work'
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
veni & vidi & vici
magnum opus
persona non grata
36. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
p.o./ per os
paterfamilias
Ides of March
Poseidon/Neptune
37. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
Tartarus
Hercules/Heracles
sic transit gloria mundi
sub rosa
38. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
Elysian Fields/Elysium
sic semper tyrannis
Nike/Victoria
39. 'Work conquers all'
finis
Daedalus
Sparta
labor vincit omnia
40. 'firm ground/solid earth'
papyrus
lapsus linguae
terra firma
per annum
41. 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
Apollo/Apollo
the Odyssey
Mt. Parnassus
42. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Icarus & Daedalus
Romulus and Remus
per diem
Zeus/Jupiter
43. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
finis
papyrus
veto
consul
44. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Penelope
sic semper tyrannis
Homer
mea culpa
45. 'The state in which'
Pompeii
Hermes/Mercury
Carthage
status quo
46. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
status quo
Palatine Hill
mea culpa
ex libris
47. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
epic
A.D./anno Domini
Charon
papyrus
48. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
lapsus linguae
rara avis
Penelope
mea culpa
49. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
muses
Pan
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
apple of discord
50. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Persephone/Proserpina
cornucopia
ex libris
Cyclops