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Classical Literacy
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1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
in memoriam
iota
Hydra
pax vobiscum
2. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
persona non grata
Achilles' heel
Theseus
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
3. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Aegean Sea
Sicily
status quo
Jove
4. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
C (Roman numeral)
agenda
Zeus/Jupiter
5. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
papyrus
laurels
agora/forum
6. 'unknown land'
Hestia/Vesta
semper fidelis
terra incognita
Athena/Minerva
7. 'per day'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
per diem
Priam
Pegasus
8. 'firm ground/solid earth'
ad nauseam
terra firma
Homer
Demeter/Ceres
9. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
tempus fugit
papyrus
P.M./post meridiem
10. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
i.e./id est
Dionysus/Bacchus
Ares/Mars
summa cum laude
11. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Cyclops
Apollo/Apollo
consul
Caesar
12. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
Pantheon
via
i.e./id est
13. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
Ares/Mars
cave canem
ego
14. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
puerile
Augustus
Ge/Gaea
aqueduct
15. 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
Tartarus
persona non grata
Circus Maximus
16. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Romulus and Remus
pax vobiscum
Pompeii
Theseus
17. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Orpheus & Eurydice
via
Daedalus
magnanimous
18. 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)
mentor
Gorgons
P.M./post meridiem
mellifluous
19. 'note well' i.e. take note
agenda
Pandora
N.B./nota bene
Athens/Acropolis
20. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Excelsior!
ambrosia and nectar
terra incognita
Elysian Fields/Elysium
21. 50
L (Roman numeral)
et tu & Brute?
Uranus
Hannibal
22. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Spartacus
Pax Romana
Perseus & Medusa
Jason
23. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Mt. Parnassus
ex libris
aqueduct
Parthenon
24. 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
Augustus
Augustus
papyrus
Ithaca
25. The male head of a Roman family
Odysseus/Ulysses
Pegasus
polytheism
paterfamilias
26. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Sisyphus
magnanimous
Atlas
sic transit gloria mundi
27. 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
sedentary
magnum opus
Iliad
28. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Hades/Pluto
etc./et cetera
Poseidon/Neptune
Jove
29. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Hydra
Troy
Elysian Fields/Elysium
veni & vidi & vici
30. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Pax Romana
A.M./ante meridiem
ad infinitum
Penelope
31. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Zeus/Jupiter
ad nauseam
Augustus
Tantalus
32. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Zeus/Jupiter
aqueduct
atrium
Odysseus/Ulysses
33. Market place/business center
etc./et cetera
agora/forum
per capita
paterfamilias
34. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Pompeii
Caesar
ambrosia and nectar
errare humanum est
35. 'A slip of the tongue'
lapsus linguae
rostra
apple of discord
puerile
36. 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
persona non grata
mea culpa
agenda
pontifex maximus
37. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Chaos
agenda
Pantheon
D (Roman numeral)
38. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
in loco parentis
valedictorian
magnanimous
Delphic Oracle
39. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
N.B./nota bene
Jove
Homer
Perseus & Medusa
40. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Sisyphus
Ides of March
Pompeii
labyrinth
41. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
lapsus linguae
the furies
Uranus
Arachne
42. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
mosaic
L (Roman numeral)
in loco parentis
Hermes/Mercury
43. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
magnanimous
mosaic
status quo
fresco
44. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Chaos
pax vobiscum
Homer
45. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
L (Roman numeral)
Poseidon/Neptune
verbatim
46. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
vs./versus
Poseidon/Neptune
Tartarus
patrician
47. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
laurels
atrium
I (Roman numeral)
apple of discord
48. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Tiber
Palatine Hill
Mt. Vesuvius
atrium
49. 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
Athens/Acropolis
M (Roman numeral)
in toto
agora/forum
50. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
the Fates
Ithaca
ad nauseam
Nike/Victoria
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