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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






2. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






3. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position






4. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






5. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






6. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






7. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






8. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






9. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






10. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






11. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






12. The technical biological term for the human species

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13. 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






14. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






15. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






16. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






17. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






18. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






19. 'All-knowing'






20. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






21. 1000






22. 'beware of the dog'






23. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






24. 50






25. 'The state in which'






26. 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')






27. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






28. Writing after the body of a letter






29. 'for the time being' - temporary






30. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






31. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






32. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






33. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur






34. 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)






35. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






36. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






37. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus






38. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






39. Goddess of victory






40. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






41. 'The other way around'






42. 'great work'






43. 'This for that &' a fair trade






44. 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)






45. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread






46. God of the sea






47. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






48. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






49. God of war






50. The technical biological term for the human species

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