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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






2. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






3. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






4. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






5. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






6. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






7. Goddess of the hearth






8. 'The end'






9. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






10. 'per day'






11. The technical biological term for the human species

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12. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






13. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






14. Goddess of love






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






16. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






17. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






18. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






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






20. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






21. 'firm ground/solid earth'






22. 'peace be with you'






23. 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.






24. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






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






26. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






27. 1000






28. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






29. 'per head' 'per person'






30. 'note well' i.e. take note






31. 'unknown land'






32. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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33. 'This for that &' a fair trade






34. The norms or values of a society






35. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






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






37. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






38. God of war






39. 'Always prepared'






40. 'I'






41. 500






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






43. The male head of a Roman family






44. 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






45. Goddess of wisdom






46. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






47. '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






48. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






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






50. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens