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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. God of war
mores
M (Roman numeral)
Ares/Mars
SPQR
2. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Orpheus & Eurydice
ad nauseam
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
ex libris
3. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
paterfamilias
Apollo/Apollo
Hades/Pluto
Sparta
4. 'A slip of the tongue'
Hector
Helen
lapsus linguae
the furies
5. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Artemis/Diana
Chaos
pro tempore
Uranus
6. 'great work'
in loco parentis
magnum opus
semper fidelis
Parthenon
7. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
the furies
Sicily
mores
Palatine Hill
8. 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
laurels
summa cum laude
jovial
9. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
Tantalus
Pandora
X (Roman numeral)
Artemis/Diana
10. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
verbatim
carpe diem
Pompeii
Atlas
11. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
ex officio
fresco
ambrosia and nectar
terra incognita
12. 'per head' 'per person'
et al./ et alii
e.g./exempli gratia
Orpheus & Eurydice
per capita
13. Doctor of medicine
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Helen
apple of discord
Etruscans
14. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
Artemis/Diana
tempus fugit
Spartacus
15. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Punic Wars
rostra
rara avis
in loco parentis
16. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
Saturnalia
veni & vidi & vici
muses
17. 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')
V (Roman numeral)
Colosseum
terra firma
rostra
18. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
papyrus
A.D./anno Domini
Mt. Olympus
19. 'The state in which'
plebeian
tempus fugit
status quo
Excelsior!
20. 'The end'
rara avis
sic semper tyrannis
finis
Mt. Vesuvius
21. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
per annum
Perseus & Medusa
Excelsior!
Cyclops
22. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
pro tempore
tribune
errare humanum est
Arachne
23. 'great-souled & high-minded'
apple of discord
Pantheon
M (Roman numeral)
magnanimous
24. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
valedictorian
semper fidelis
Hephaestus/Vulcan
25. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
ad nauseam
marathon
Pantheon
Cronus/Saturn
26. The male head of a Roman family
summa cum laude
Cyclops
Homer
paterfamilias
27. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
summa cum laude
post mortem
Circus Maximus
consul
28. 'unknown land'
per capita
mores
mentor
terra incognita
29. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
puerile
atrium
Spartacus
vice versa
30. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
pro tempore
Penelope
Odysseus/Ulysses
Medea
31. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
vice versa
toga
Poseidon/Neptune
persona non grata
32. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
vs./versus
mellifluous
Apollo/Apollo
C (Roman numeral)
33. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Demeter/Ceres
sine qua non
e.g./exempli gratia
Artemis/Diana
34. 'And others'
veto
et al./ et alii
Romulus and Remus
ad nauseam
35. 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
Pompeii
papyrus
vs./versus
the Fates
36. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
muses
terra firma
rara avis
Tantalus
37. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Athens/Acropolis
Jason
puerile
38. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Ge/Gaea
marathon
toga
39. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
Atlas
Hermes/Mercury
Elysian Fields/Elysium
40. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
magnum opus
sedentary
e pluribus unum
Hades/Pluto
41. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
iota
tempus fugit
Romulus and Remus
42. After midday/noon
Cerberus
papyrus
Parthenon
P.M./post meridiem
43. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War
D (Roman numeral)
Helen
SPQR
A.M./ante meridiem
44. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
vice versa
ex officio
Hera/Juno
Pan
45. 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
Troy
Pantheon
Tiber
Hannibal
46. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
SPQR
Arachne
ad infinitum
Tartarus
47. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
the furies
puerile
Romulus and Remus
ex libris
48. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
toga
puerile
verbatim
49. 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)
D (Roman numeral)
finis
Gorgons
Nike/Victoria
50. 'in memory of'
Mt. Olympus
in memoriam
Carthage
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor