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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
sedentary
labyrinth
in toto
Circus Maximus
2. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
patrician
Colosseum
Sparta
3. 'I'
mellifluous
ego
p.o./ per os
Dionysus/Bacchus
4. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
ex libris
Athens/Acropolis
Pompeii
p.o./ per os
5. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
Hercules/Heracles
labyrinth
Mt. Olympus
6. 1
L (Roman numeral)
Augustus
i.e./id est
I (Roman numeral)
7. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
cave canem
Ge/Gaea
consul
veni & vidi & vici
8. 'A slip of the tongue'
Zeus/Jupiter
Athens/Acropolis
Arachne
lapsus linguae
9. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Pan
Ares/Mars
Romulus and Remus
labor vincit omnia
10. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
Iliad
Pandora
ego
11. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located
Theseus
Athens/Acropolis
Hades/Pluto
ex libris
12. River that runs through the city of Rome
Iliad
Aphrodite/Venus
Tiber
Elysian Fields/Elysium
13. Doctor of medicine
Romulus and Remus
Hera/Juno
Penelope
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
14. 'Always prepared'
Sisyphus
Zeus/Jupiter
the furies
semper paratus
15. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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16. 'The end'
Minotaur
finis
ex officio
Trojan Horse
17. 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
I (Roman numeral)
Achilles' heel
the Fates
agora/forum
18. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
terra firma
Charon
A.D./anno Domini
Apollo/Apollo
19. 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
Etruscans
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
magnum opus
Hercules/Heracles
20. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
Aphrodite/Venus
semper paratus
Hannibal
Helen
21. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
ad infinitum
plebeian
fresco
carpe diem
22. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
errare humanum est
A.M./ante meridiem
Persephone/Proserpina
ex officio
23. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
Homer
Eros/Cupid
aqueduct
sic transit gloria mundi
24. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
verbatim
Etruscans
fasces
Homer
25. 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
Dionysus/Bacchus
rara avis
Cyclops
I (Roman numeral)
26. God of war
aqueduct
Ares/Mars
finis
semper fidelis
27. 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
Nike/Victoria
Minotaur
laurels
carpe diem
28. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
epic
lapsus linguae
pontifex maximus
29. 'great-souled & high-minded'
via
magnanimous
per capita
ambrosia and nectar
30. 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)
Uranus
Priam
in loco parentis
jovial
31. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
apple of discord
Ariadne
veni & vidi & vici
V (Roman numeral)
32. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Pegasus
Excelsior!
agora/forum
terra incognita
33. Goddess of wisdom
Athena/Minerva
Pegasus
the furies
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
34. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
mea culpa
Odysseus/Ulysses
polytheism
et al./ et alii
35. 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')
Mt. Vesuvius
rostra
verbatim
Pompeii
36. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Poseidon/Neptune
errare humanum est
Augustus
Punic Wars
37. 100
Apollo/Apollo
C (Roman numeral)
Paris
Styx
38. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
cave canem
Troy
Mt. Olympus
epic
39. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
Caesar
Perseus & Medusa
Delphic Oracle
40. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Parthenon
paterfamilias
ex officio
Hades/Pluto
41. 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
post mortem
laurels
Tiber
in toto
42. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
rara avis
Artemis/Diana
rostra
Mt. Parnassus
43. The river surrounding the Underworld
Artemis/Diana
Charon
Styx
Sparta
44. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
toga
Hydra
Tantalus
errare humanum est
45. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Cronus/Saturn
via
Augustus
Sicily
46. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
fasces
Ares/Mars
sic transit gloria mundi
47. 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
Ares/Mars
papyrus
persona non grata
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
48. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
polytheism
Ithaca
consul
Minotaur
49. River that runs through the city of Rome
labor vincit omnia
rostra
Tiber
V (Roman numeral)
50. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
ad nauseam
Daedalus
the furies
p.o./ per os