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Classical Literacy
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1. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Atlas
Parthenon
X (Roman numeral)
ambrosia and nectar
2. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
agora/forum
paterfamilias
patrician
A.D./anno Domini
3. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
errare humanum est
Demeter/Ceres
Atlas
Ariadne
4. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
et al./ et alii
Carthage
quid pro quo
consul
5. 1000
mores
Odysseus/Ulysses
M (Roman numeral)
per diem
6. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
Jason
veto
Helen
7. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
P.M./post meridiem
fresco
Uranus
Ariadne
8. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
lapsus linguae
Pax Romana
Romulus and Remus
e.g./exempli gratia
9. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
Demeter/Ceres
aqueduct
Pan
10. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Carthage
atrium
Palatine Hill
A.D./anno Domini
11. The river surrounding the Underworld
semper paratus
Hannibal
Hercules/Heracles
Styx
12. Writing after the body of a letter
patrician
P.S./post scriptum
Elysian Fields/Elysium
N.B./nota bene
13. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Romulus and Remus
Aegean Sea
Charon
mosaic
14. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
Parthenon
Iliad
Cyclops
15. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
veto
Etruscans
Sicily
e.g./exempli gratia
16. 'The other way around'
Ides of March
in loco parentis
vice versa
Iliad
17. Goddess of the hearth
Hercules/Heracles
Hestia/Vesta
semper fidelis
polytheism
18. Goddess of victory
fasces
Arachne
Circus Maximus
Nike/Victoria
19. 'per year'
per annum
muses
Colosseum
Minotaur
20. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
epic
Ides of March
Orpheus & Eurydice
in toto
21. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
errare humanum est
mosaic
persona non grata
Hannibal
22. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
N.B./nota bene
fresco
Ides of March
Cronus/Saturn
23. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Mt. Olympus
I (Roman numeral)
M (Roman numeral)
sedentary
24. 10
errare humanum est
X (Roman numeral)
magnum opus
Pax Romana
25. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
satyr
cornucopia
terra incognita
Dionysus/Bacchus
26. 50
Chaos
L (Roman numeral)
Persephone/Proserpina
valedictorian
27. 'note well' i.e. take note
Troy
A.M./ante meridiem
N.B./nota bene
toga
28. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
ex libris
vice versa
Hera/Juno
29. 'unknown land'
Romulus and Remus
terra incognita
Iliad
semper paratus
30. 'A slip of the tongue'
Arachne
carpe diem
lapsus linguae
Cerberus
31. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
i.e./id est
Tartarus
Icarus & Daedalus
atrium
32. 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
vice versa
Paris
muses
paterfamilias
33. 'After death'
valedictorian
post mortem
i.e./id est
Prometheus
34. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
sub rosa
fasces
the furies
magnum opus
35. 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
Ariadne
ambrosia and nectar
the Fates
Ides of March
36. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
Spartacus
verbatim
Pompeii
cornucopia
37. After midday/noon
in loco parentis
Tantalus
P.M./post meridiem
Apollo/Apollo
38. 'The end'
pax vobiscum
Sicily
Gorgons
finis
39. 'peace be with you'
Ariadne
pax vobiscum
ambrosia and nectar
satyr
40. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Theseus
Sicily
sub poena
X (Roman numeral)
41. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Spartacus
tribune
Hydra
per diem
42. The norms or values of a society
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
D (Roman numeral)
mores
in loco parentis
43. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
the Odyssey
paterfamilias
Hera/Juno
Zeus/Jupiter
44. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
SPQR
Delphic Oracle
Pompeii
Ariadne
45. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
puerile
ambrosia and nectar
Spartacus
46. 100
Pantheon
Hector
C (Roman numeral)
sub poena
47. 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)
A.M./ante meridiem
semper fidelis
veni & vidi & vici
Gorgons
48. 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
consul
Athens/Acropolis
L (Roman numeral)
Nike/Victoria
49. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Cerberus
vice versa
magnanimous
Pegasus
50. 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
valedictorian
papyrus
sic transit gloria mundi
finis
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