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Classical Literacy
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Colosseum
mentor
Palatine Hill
omniscient
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
Uranus
marathon
Punic Wars
the Fates
3. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
ambrosia and nectar
Styx
Perseus & Medusa
Theseus
4. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
carpe diem
Iliad
mosaic
Priam
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
Dionysus/Bacchus
via
Eros/Cupid
valedictorian
6. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
M (Roman numeral)
Pan
puerile
Hydra
7. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
muses
Ge/Gaea
Jove
Romulus and Remus
8. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
mosaic
Golden Fleece
toga
ex officio
9. 'peace be with you'
veni & vidi & vici
mea culpa
per annum
pax vobiscum
10. 'Word for word'
Caesar
semper fidelis
persona non grata
verbatim
11. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Pax Romana
Troy
muses
lapsus linguae
12. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
Pax Romana
Gorgons
Golden Fleece
Zeus/Jupiter
13. 'After death'
Jason
Charon
post mortem
Odysseus/Ulysses
14. 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
Prometheus
Uranus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Pompeii
15. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
marathon
Gorgons
etc./et cetera
terra incognita
16. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
Cyclops
M (Roman numeral)
Eros/Cupid
17. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
P.S./post scriptum
per annum
Circus Maximus
fasces
18. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Colosseum
I (Roman numeral)
Parthenon
Troy
19. 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
Trojan Horse
laurels
labyrinth
cave canem
20. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Nike/Victoria
Charon
sedentary
mosaic
21. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
persona non grata
Atlas
Cerberus
the Odyssey
22. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
Circus Maximus
aqueduct
terra firma
23. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
tribune
e.g./exempli gratia
Etruscans
mea culpa
24. 'firm ground/solid earth'
valedictorian
Helen
ambrosia and nectar
terra firma
25. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
ex libris
Nike/Victoria
finis
26. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
rostra
marathon
e.g./exempli gratia
semper fidelis
27. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Poseidon/Neptune
Arachne
Zeus/Jupiter
Demeter/Ceres
28. 'Work conquers all'
terra incognita
post mortem
labor vincit omnia
i.e./id est
29. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
iota
consul
veto
Artemis/Diana
30. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
muses
Saturnalia
in toto
fresco
31. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
polytheism
Charon
atrium
consul
32. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
rara avis
sub poena
X (Roman numeral)
magnanimous
33. 1
sic transit gloria mundi
N.B./nota bene
I (Roman numeral)
Daedalus
34. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Delphic Oracle
Augustus
Atlas
Excelsior!
35. The male head of a Roman family
Odysseus/Ulysses
cave canem
per diem
paterfamilias
36. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
status quo
Pax Romana
puerile
the Fates
37. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
Athena/Minerva
Colosseum
Styx
38. 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
apple of discord
Cerberus
Iliad
Nike/Victoria
39. 'The other way around'
vice versa
aqueduct
verbatim
Pandora
40. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
quid pro quo
M (Roman numeral)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Orpheus & Eurydice
41. 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
Mt. Parnassus
per diem
Trojan Horse
N.B./nota bene
42. The river surrounding the Underworld
Chaos
aqueduct
sic transit gloria mundi
Styx
43. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Sparta
post mortem
Ares/Mars
A.M./ante meridiem
44. 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
cave canem
M (Roman numeral)
P.M./post meridiem
Pandora
45. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
the Fates
Cerberus
et tu & Brute?
sic semper tyrannis
46. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
puerile
A.M./ante meridiem
Odysseus/Ulysses
Elysian Fields/Elysium
47. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
quid pro quo
vs./versus
Aegean Sea
Parthenon
48. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Ides of March
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Elysian Fields/Elysium
labyrinth
49. 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
the furies
Theseus
Prometheus
D (Roman numeral)
50. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Gorgons
A.M./ante meridiem
satyr
valedictorian