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Classical Literacy
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1. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
P.M./post meridiem
patrician
P.S./post scriptum
2. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Saturnalia
quid pro quo
Elysian Fields/Elysium
veto
3. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Jason
P.M./post meridiem
Golden Fleece
the furies
4. 'The other way around'
e pluribus unum
A.M./ante meridiem
mellifluous
vice versa
5. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
sub rosa
Odysseus/Ulysses
Sicily
the Fates
6. Goddess of love
Romulus and Remus
Aphrodite/Venus
fresco
ad infinitum
7. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Delphic Oracle
Demeter/Ceres
Theseus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
8. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
mosaic
Troy
via
9. 'Time flies/flees'
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Golden Fleece
tempus fugit
Achilles' heel
10. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
aqueduct
sine qua non
Tantalus
Colosseum
11. 'great-souled & high-minded'
veto
magnanimous
ex officio
muses
12. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hermes/Mercury
sub rosa
terra incognita
Hades/Pluto
13. 'peace be with you'
pax vobiscum
quid pro quo
p.o./ per os
i.e./id est
14. 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
Carthage
Athens/Acropolis
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
tempus fugit
15. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
carpe diem
V (Roman numeral)
ex officio
Eros/Cupid
16. 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
sic transit gloria mundi
Achilles' heel
Paris
Ithaca
17. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
Medea
polytheism
Minotaur
Persephone/Proserpina
18. 'per year'
Ariadne
Prometheus
Homer
per annum
19. 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.
the Odyssey
magnum opus
D (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
20. 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')
Ariadne
rostra
errare humanum est
Cyclops
21. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
Aphrodite/Venus
Saturnalia
sic transit gloria mundi
Mt. Parnassus
22. 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
e.g./exempli gratia
the Fates
mentor
Hercules/Heracles
23. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
Aegean Sea
ex officio
agenda
24. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
mentor
Theseus
C (Roman numeral)
the furies
25. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
i.e./id est
Hestia/Vesta
satyr
Cronus/Saturn
26. The technical biological term for the human species
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27. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
patrician
Orpheus & Eurydice
Theseus
aqueduct
28. 'After death'
mosaic
Poseidon/Neptune
post mortem
Sisyphus
29. 10
Prometheus
X (Roman numeral)
Mt. Vesuvius
sub poena
30. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
vs./versus
mea culpa
fresco
Pegasus
31. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
ego
Demeter/Ceres
Orpheus & Eurydice
V (Roman numeral)
32. River that runs through the city of Rome
cave canem
Tiber
Pandora
veto
33. The river surrounding the Underworld
Styx
Daedalus
Cronus/Saturn
Aegean Sea
34. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
vs./versus
polytheism
magnum opus
35. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
Aphrodite/Venus
Priam
sic transit gloria mundi
36. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
semper fidelis
polytheism
et tu & Brute?
Demeter/Ceres
37. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
vice versa
L (Roman numeral)
Spartacus
sic semper tyrannis
38. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
etc./et cetera
ad nauseam
ex libris
vice versa
39. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
per capita
Priam
Eros/Cupid
ad infinitum
40. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
pax vobiscum
Pandora
Saturnalia
etc./et cetera
41. 'The end'
finis
omniscient
sic semper tyrannis
patrician
42. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
sub rosa
Caesar
Hera/Juno
mores
43. 500
terra firma
Saturnalia
Eros/Cupid
D (Roman numeral)
44. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Apollo/Apollo
Ithaca
marathon
finis
45. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Parthenon
ad nauseam
Sicily
toga
46. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
polytheism
Zeus/Jupiter
per capita
Cronus/Saturn
47. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
satyr
Pantheon
Iliad
ambrosia and nectar
48. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
summa cum laude
Colosseum
Icarus & Daedalus
finis
49. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
ex libris
Hermes/Mercury
lapsus linguae
50. 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
mores
magnum opus
pontifex maximus
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