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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
Excelsior!
i.e./id est
sub poena
magnum opus
2. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
patrician
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Apollo/Apollo
Mt. Olympus
3. 'The state in which'
Pandora
status quo
summa cum laude
Persephone/Proserpina
4. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
apple of discord
P.S./post scriptum
quid pro quo
Mt. Parnassus
5. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
veni & vidi & vici
e.g./exempli gratia
per capita
Nike/Victoria
6. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
Palatine Hill
fasces
Jove
7. 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
Hannibal
magnanimous
mores
M (Roman numeral)
8. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Spartacus
Palatine Hill
sub poena
agenda
9. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
epic
Odysseus/Ulysses
Prometheus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
10. God of the sea
Poseidon/Neptune
sic semper tyrannis
Eros/Cupid
e.g./exempli gratia
11. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
Pompeii
patrician
mosaic
polytheism
12. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again
P.S./post scriptum
tribune
Sisyphus
Homer
13. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
plebeian
Apollo/Apollo
Hannibal
Elysian Fields/Elysium
14. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Palatine Hill
in loco parentis
A.D./anno Domini
Persephone/Proserpina
15. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Priam
Artemis/Diana
Circus Maximus
via
16. '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
ambrosia and nectar
et al./ et alii
ex officio
Tiber
17. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Tantalus
semper fidelis
Dionysus/Bacchus
ex officio
18. 10
X (Roman numeral)
satyr
laurels
Mt. Vesuvius
19. 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
Pompeii
mentor
per capita
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
20. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
agenda
valedictorian
Sisyphus
21. 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
ex officio
L (Roman numeral)
Spartacus
22. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
mosaic
jovial
V (Roman numeral)
sic transit gloria mundi
23. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
verbatim
veni & vidi & vici
cornucopia
Pantheon
24. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
satyr
patrician
rara avis
paterfamilias
25. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Etruscans
et tu & Brute?
P.M./post meridiem
26. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
fresco
Cerberus
Pantheon
etc./et cetera
27. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
Circus Maximus
sine qua non
in toto
Ithaca
28. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Hades/Pluto
Augustus
carpe diem
iota
29. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
jovial
Pegasus
tribune
Trojan Horse
30. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
marathon
Romulus and Remus
Hera/Juno
31. Goddess of love
Hercules/Heracles
Aphrodite/Venus
Excelsior!
in toto
32. 5
vs./versus
V (Roman numeral)
paterfamilias
Etruscans
33. 'The other way around'
vice versa
ad infinitum
vs./versus
Icarus & Daedalus
34. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
vice versa
Sicily
Pandora
Etruscans
35. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Hestia/Vesta
Hermes/Mercury
Aphrodite/Venus
Jason
36. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Styx
Mt. Parnassus
Delphic Oracle
laurels
37. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
veni & vidi & vici
Parthenon
Ares/Mars
Chaos
38. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Hydra
ambrosia and nectar
Aegean Sea
aqueduct
39. 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
rostra
Charon
the Fates
status quo
40. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
rostra
cornucopia
status quo
41. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
persona non grata
sic semper tyrannis
Jove
42. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Pandora
Parthenon
sine qua non
Hephaestus/Vulcan
43. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
the Fates
Hydra
magnum opus
44. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
omniscient
tempus fugit
Saturnalia
post mortem
45. 'The end'
finis
in memoriam
Gorgons
the Fates
46. 'Work conquers all'
ex libris
labor vincit omnia
persona non grata
Hephaestus/Vulcan
47. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
the Odyssey
iota
per capita
Aphrodite/Venus
48. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
L (Roman numeral)
Hera/Juno
Elysian Fields/Elysium
49. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
omniscient
per diem
Colosseum
mentor
50. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
tribune
muses
the furies
Orpheus & Eurydice