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Classical Literacy
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1. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Aegean Sea
mellifluous
sub poena
mosaic
2. 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
Caesar
semper fidelis
Pandora
Ge/Gaea
3. 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
Cerberus
puerile
veto
Hannibal
4. 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
D (Roman numeral)
the Fates
D (Roman numeral)
consul
5. 'per head' 'per person'
valedictorian
jovial
Charon
per capita
6. Writing after the body of a letter
et tu & Brute?
Carthage
Ge/Gaea
P.S./post scriptum
7. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
the Fates
e pluribus unum
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Ge/Gaea
8. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Tartarus
Uranus
per capita
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
9. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
Troy
Minotaur
polytheism
terra firma
10. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
ad nauseam
tempus fugit
Hermes/Mercury
Mt. Parnassus
11. 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
mentor
toga
tribune
Hera/Juno
12. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
laurels
Sicily
Golden Fleece
Apollo/Apollo
13. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
in toto
pro tempore
ad infinitum
Golden Fleece
14. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
labor vincit omnia
I (Roman numeral)
terra firma
Aegean Sea
15. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
cave canem
Persephone/Proserpina
e.g./exempli gratia
16. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
Eros/Cupid
Zeus/Jupiter
tempus fugit
17. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
pax vobiscum
agenda
puerile
Tiber
18. Market place/business center
mentor
cave canem
fresco
agora/forum
19. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
agora/forum
in loco parentis
rostra
Persephone/Proserpina
20. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
labor vincit omnia
sic semper tyrannis
semper fidelis
mellifluous
21. 'unknown land'
puerile
Daedalus
L (Roman numeral)
terra incognita
22. 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
sub rosa
Trojan Horse
terra firma
Hercules/Heracles
23. 'The end'
Hephaestus/Vulcan
finis
Minotaur
Cyclops
24. After midday/noon
V (Roman numeral)
the Fates
Mt. Parnassus
P.M./post meridiem
25. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Saturnalia
Colosseum
Uranus
labor vincit omnia
26. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Tartarus
Ides of March
Golden Fleece
marathon
27. 'And others'
in toto
et al./ et alii
quid pro quo
agora/forum
28. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
A.M./ante meridiem
Zeus/Jupiter
jovial
ambrosia and nectar
29. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
Orpheus & Eurydice
Trojan Horse
Spartacus
30. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
sine qua non
per diem
fasces
Excelsior!
31. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
Ithaca
mellifluous
in memoriam
Ides of March
32. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Helen
Ge/Gaea
Charon
Chaos
33. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
Pandora
marathon
in memoriam
sic transit gloria mundi
34. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
semper paratus
apple of discord
Hades/Pluto
35. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
errare humanum est
Hermes/Mercury
Charon
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
36. God of the sea
Poseidon/Neptune
Odysseus/Ulysses
finis
Helen
37. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Apollo/Apollo
iota
Aphrodite/Venus
labor vincit omnia
38. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Sisyphus
Apollo/Apollo
fasces
Aphrodite/Venus
39. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Gorgons
Uranus
epic
tempus fugit
40. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
Artemis/Diana
Ariadne
Hestia/Vesta
Hydra
41. The technical biological term for the human species
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42. 'The state in which'
Palatine Hill
status quo
mentor
rostra
43. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Pandora
Cronus/Saturn
fasces
Mt. Vesuvius
44. 10
atrium
Orpheus & Eurydice
X (Roman numeral)
Prometheus
45. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
via
ego
Hades/Pluto
Ariadne
46. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
magnum opus
Parthenon
X (Roman numeral)
Troy
47. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
apple of discord
Poseidon/Neptune
Mt. Parnassus
pontifex maximus
48. 'note well' i.e. take note
Mt. Vesuvius
carpe diem
N.B./nota bene
Ares/Mars
49. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Caesar
Pandora
via
ex libris
50. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
labor vincit omnia
vs./versus
terra incognita
Sicily
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