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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)
Gorgons
Sisyphus
terra incognita
Excelsior!
2. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
jovial
omniscient
aqueduct
agenda
3. 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')
rostra
Cyclops
Cerberus
agora/forum
4. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
semper fidelis
semper fidelis
Iliad
ex libris
5. 50
the Fates
L (Roman numeral)
C (Roman numeral)
Aphrodite/Venus
6. 'After death'
pro tempore
post mortem
Cerberus
ambrosia and nectar
7. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
valedictorian
Hector
epic
labor vincit omnia
8. 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
Hercules/Heracles
tempus fugit
Parthenon
terra incognita
9. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Sparta
Hector
polytheism
ambrosia and nectar
10. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Hannibal
Minotaur
Ides of March
veni & vidi & vici
11. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
sic transit gloria mundi
rostra
sedentary
Aegean Sea
12. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
sub poena
Elysian Fields/Elysium
valedictorian
mosaic
13. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
atrium
Ge/Gaea
plebeian
Ides of March
14. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Chaos
ad infinitum
Colosseum
Ares/Mars
15. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
in memoriam
Daedalus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
in toto
16. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Perseus & Medusa
Demeter/Ceres
persona non grata
Tiber
17. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
labor vincit omnia
Elysian Fields/Elysium
consul
puerile
18. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
in loco parentis
ad infinitum
sic transit gloria mundi
Persephone/Proserpina
19. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Priam
M (Roman numeral)
satyr
Mt. Parnassus
20. 'Word for word'
Colosseum
carpe diem
verbatim
summa cum laude
21. Goddess of love
Sicily
Ides of March
Aphrodite/Venus
V (Roman numeral)
22. God of war
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Ares/Mars
rara avis
Ides of March
23. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
Pantheon
status quo
ad nauseam
24. Doctor of medicine
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
per diem
tribune
vs./versus
25. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Jove
Ariadne
mea culpa
omniscient
26. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Sicily
Colosseum
fasces
Eros/Cupid
27. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
Ares/Mars
terra incognita
per annum
Hector
28. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
omniscient
magnanimous
cornucopia
29. The technical biological term for the human species
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30. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Mt. Vesuvius
per annum
Pantheon
ad infinitum
31. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Circus Maximus
SPQR
Sparta
Hera/Juno
32. 'great-souled & high-minded'
magnanimous
Ariadne
semper fidelis
ego
33. 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
D (Roman numeral)
Odysseus/Ulysses
Daedalus
34. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
aqueduct
Pax Romana
e.g./exempli gratia
X (Roman numeral)
35. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Carthage
the furies
Paris
the Fates
36. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Jove
Demeter/Ceres
Palatine Hill
sub poena
37. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
satyr
Iliad
atrium
jovial
38. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
A.D./anno Domini
Aegean Sea
Zeus/Jupiter
Pegasus
39. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
veni & vidi & vici
Helen
A.M./ante meridiem
Prometheus
40. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
errare humanum est
via
per annum
Perseus & Medusa
41. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
Priam
Tiber
N.B./nota bene
pontifex maximus
42. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Minotaur
Pegasus
muses
Theseus
43. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
iota
aqueduct
Colosseum
Nike/Victoria
44. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
summa cum laude
N.B./nota bene
A.D./anno Domini
Excelsior!
45. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Theseus
Sisyphus
Charon
P.M./post meridiem
46. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Romulus and Remus
Medea
agenda
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
Augustus
agenda
valedictorian
et al./ et alii
48. 'All-knowing'
veni & vidi & vici
D (Roman numeral)
polytheism
omniscient
49. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
e.g./exempli gratia
Persephone/Proserpina
Minotaur
sic semper tyrannis
50. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
M (Roman numeral)
jovial
mosaic
Delphic Oracle