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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. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
Perseus & Medusa
L (Roman numeral)
Elysian Fields/Elysium
2. 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)
Gorgons
labor vincit omnia
laurels
ad nauseam
3. 'firm ground/solid earth'
via
Spartacus
terra firma
Prometheus
4. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Mt. Vesuvius
satyr
Odysseus/Ulysses
Styx
5. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
apple of discord
C (Roman numeral)
magnanimous
et al./ et alii
6. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
mentor
X (Roman numeral)
P.M./post meridiem
atrium
7. 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.
N.B./nota bene
marathon
Tiber
Hannibal
8. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Demeter/Ceres
Pan
vs./versus
Eros/Cupid
9. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
SPQR
et al./ et alii
Ariadne
sedentary
10. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
I (Roman numeral)
Parthenon
Cerberus
laurels
11. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Daedalus
Sicily
Atlas
A.M./ante meridiem
12. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
atrium
Excelsior!
puerile
13. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
semper fidelis
ambrosia and nectar
Tartarus
et tu & Brute?
14. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sine qua non
sic transit gloria mundi
Hydra
per diem
15. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
veto
et al./ et alii
in toto
Punic Wars
16. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
N.B./nota bene
e pluribus unum
Sicily
Priam
17. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
Aegean Sea
Orpheus & Eurydice
Zeus/Jupiter
Jove
18. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
et tu & Brute?
p.o./ per os
Ares/Mars
X (Roman numeral)
19. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
terra firma
aqueduct
plebeian
via
20. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
et tu & Brute?
vs./versus
Excelsior!
ex libris
21. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
Prometheus
lapsus linguae
Colosseum
22. 'great work'
I (Roman numeral)
jovial
magnum opus
Circus Maximus
23. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
persona non grata
Ides of March
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Daedalus
24. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
patrician
valedictorian
Pompeii
magnum opus
25. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Sisyphus
mosaic
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Artemis/Diana
26. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Circus Maximus
Arachne
Excelsior!
27. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
Persephone/Proserpina
Daedalus
Iliad
28. 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
Hades/Pluto
carpe diem
P.M./post meridiem
Icarus & Daedalus
29. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
Jason
Parthenon
finis
30. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
Parthenon
V (Roman numeral)
Odysseus/Ulysses
31. '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
ex officio
Hades/Pluto
agenda
verbatim
32. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
terra firma
lapsus linguae
Trojan Horse
ambrosia and nectar
33. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Iliad
Daedalus
quid pro quo
Golden Fleece
34. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Sparta
puerile
Golden Fleece
fresco
35. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Mt. Vesuvius
Demeter/Ceres
Dionysus/Bacchus
Apollo/Apollo
36. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
Pantheon
Sisyphus
sic transit gloria mundi
37. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Delphic Oracle
P.M./post meridiem
Caesar
ambrosia and nectar
38. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
Augustus
Ares/Mars
Poseidon/Neptune
sine qua non
39. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
post mortem
Athens/Acropolis
Hector
errare humanum est
40. 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
vice versa
Sparta
per diem
Sisyphus
41. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Hercules/Heracles
semper paratus
consul
puerile
42. 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')
I (Roman numeral)
rostra
i.e./id est
iota
43. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
sic semper tyrannis
Uranus
rara avis
44. The male head of a Roman family
plebeian
paterfamilias
Sparta
Icarus & Daedalus
45. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
SPQR
Demeter/Ceres
omniscient
tribune
46. '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
patrician
valedictorian
pontifex maximus
et tu & Brute?
47. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
Hestia/Vesta
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Trojan Horse
Augustus
48. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
Icarus & Daedalus
P.M./post meridiem
cornucopia
Cronus/Saturn
49. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Colosseum
Hera/Juno
fasces
pro tempore
50. 'After death'
e.g./exempli gratia
i.e./id est
post mortem
sine qua non