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Classical 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. Doctor of medicine
Golden Fleece
per annum
rara avis
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
2. 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
Hydra
papyrus
Minotaur
agenda
3. 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
Hydra
pro tempore
the Fates
Palatine Hill
4. 'per year'
Zeus/Jupiter
Perseus & Medusa
per annum
Penelope
5. River that runs through the city of Rome
semper fidelis
Tiber
marathon
Hera/Juno
6. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Romulus and Remus
Hera/Juno
i.e./id est
terra firma
7. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
in toto
mores
ex libris
mea culpa
8. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
papyrus
Pompeii
Medea
fresco
9. Goddess of love
magnanimous
the Odyssey
Pax Romana
Aphrodite/Venus
10. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Sicily
ad infinitum
atrium
Cerberus
11. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
Orpheus & Eurydice
ex libris
Jove
12. 'great-souled & high-minded'
laurels
magnanimous
verbatim
Trojan Horse
13. 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
et al./ et alii
mosaic
papyrus
Mt. Olympus
14. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
rara avis
vice versa
Ge/Gaea
Jason
15. After midday/noon
Prometheus
Sparta
pro tempore
P.M./post meridiem
16. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
magnum opus
errare humanum est
Hestia/Vesta
Penelope
17. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
summa cum laude
Pantheon
Penelope
Pax Romana
18. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
19. 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
Sisyphus
fasces
Prometheus
plebeian
20. 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
Jove
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Eros/Cupid
Helen
21. 'A slip of the tongue'
in loco parentis
finis
puerile
lapsus linguae
22. 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)
Parthenon
in memoriam
Hercules/Heracles
Gorgons
23. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
mentor
agenda
Sicily
Sparta
24. 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
ex officio
the Fates
Priam
errare humanum est
25. The river surrounding the Underworld
Styx
Priam
mellifluous
laurels
26. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Pompeii
Prometheus
Pan
Mt. Vesuvius
27. Writing after the body of a letter
Circus Maximus
verbatim
P.S./post scriptum
Apollo/Apollo
28. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
P.S./post scriptum
fresco
puerile
e pluribus unum
29. 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
Trojan Horse
ad nauseam
atrium
Ariadne
30. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
Perseus & Medusa
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Penelope
31. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
iota
Theseus
Circus Maximus
jovial
32. 50
Perseus & Medusa
Iliad
Sisyphus
L (Roman numeral)
33. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)
Priam
omniscient
Tantalus
epic
34. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
Ariadne
the Odyssey
V (Roman numeral)
rara avis
35. 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
Ares/Mars
Ariadne
Prometheus
the Fates
36. 'Always prepared'
sine qua non
semper paratus
P.S./post scriptum
agora/forum
37. 100
in toto
muses
ad infinitum
C (Roman numeral)
38. 10
magnum opus
magnanimous
ex officio
X (Roman numeral)
39. 'Word for word'
Sparta
verbatim
Golden Fleece
plebeian
40. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
L (Roman numeral)
Apollo/Apollo
Circus Maximus
Demeter/Ceres
41. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
terra incognita
sic transit gloria mundi
Ides of March
Pax Romana
42. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
Ge/Gaea
atrium
laurels
43. 'I'
Athens/Acropolis
Pegasus
labyrinth
ego
44. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
et tu & Brute?
errare humanum est
muses
Eros/Cupid
45. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Augustus
Sparta
p.o./ per os
magnanimous
46. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
labyrinth
aqueduct
Hera/Juno
veto
47. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Caesar
labyrinth
ambrosia and nectar
Ariadne
48. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
ad nauseam
Tartarus
M (Roman numeral)
magnum opus
49. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
paterfamilias
Ithaca
in memoriam
Iliad
50. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
semper paratus
Augustus
omniscient
etc./et cetera