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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






2. 'This for that &' a fair trade






3. 'And others'






4. Goddess of the hearth






5. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






6. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.






7. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon






8. Goddess of the hunt






9. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






10. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






11. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






12. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing






13. God of war






14. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






15. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






16. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






17. The norms or values of a society






18. 'for the time being' - temporary






19. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






20. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






21. 'per head' 'per person'






22. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






23. 'Word for word'






24. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






25. 1






26. 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






27. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






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






29. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






30. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife






31. 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






32. 'per year'






33. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






34. 'note well' i.e. take note






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






36. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






37. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






38. The technical biological term for the human species

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39. 'The other way around'






40. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






41. Goddess of the hearth






42. 50






43. 'peace be with you'






44. Market place/business center






45. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






46. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






47. God of war






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






49. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






50. 5