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Classical Literacy
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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. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
valedictorian
Cerberus
Sicily
Dionysus/Bacchus
2. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Excelsior!
Pantheon
in memoriam
p.o./ per os
3. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
I (Roman numeral)
Etruscans
Cronus/Saturn
Ides of March
4. 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
vice versa
X (Roman numeral)
plebeian
Trojan Horse
5. God of war
e.g./exempli gratia
P.M./post meridiem
Ares/Mars
Gorgons
6. 500
Apollo/Apollo
D (Roman numeral)
veto
via
7. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
patrician
Ares/Mars
ex libris
8. Goddess of love
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Aphrodite/Venus
Romulus and Remus
9. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
summa cum laude
Sicily
Gorgons
Minotaur
10. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
semper paratus
Hermes/Mercury
Aegean Sea
11. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
V (Roman numeral)
Colosseum
Hera/Juno
per annum
12. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
Paris
Styx
Trojan Horse
13. 'unknown land'
Achilles' heel
Aegean Sea
terra incognita
Daedalus
14. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
pro tempore
Sparta
via
Hydra
15. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
ambrosia and nectar
aqueduct
Golden Fleece
finis
16. 'The other way around'
ambrosia and nectar
Ares/Mars
cave canem
vice versa
17. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hannibal
Ithaca
carpe diem
18. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece
per diem
ad infinitum
19. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
Chaos
pax vobiscum
Pompeii
20. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Orpheus & Eurydice
via
valedictorian
Pegasus
21. 'per head' 'per person'
Hades/Pluto
Helen
Tiber
per capita
22. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
pax vobiscum
fasces
Romulus and Remus
SPQR
23. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
toga
atrium
vs./versus
e.g./exempli gratia
24. Writing after the body of a letter
Mt. Olympus
Dionysus/Bacchus
vs./versus
P.S./post scriptum
25. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Saturnalia
ex libris
Tartarus
Spartacus
26. 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
Sisyphus
veni & vidi & vici
mellifluous
L (Roman numeral)
27. 'And others'
Minotaur
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
et al./ et alii
Gorgons
28. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
Dionysus/Bacchus
Ares/Mars
the Odyssey
X (Roman numeral)
29. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
A.D./anno Domini
carpe diem
laurels
atrium
30. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
Tiber
persona non grata
cave canem
31. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
patrician
semper fidelis
Persephone/Proserpina
i.e./id est
32. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
mores
plebeian
Ge/Gaea
via
33. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Dionysus/Bacchus
per annum
Artemis/Diana
Hestia/Vesta
34. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
papyrus
Uranus
Minotaur
Paris
35. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Ithaca
tribune
in memoriam
errare humanum est
36. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
fasces
Cerberus
iota
Jason
37. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
cave canem
Demeter/Ceres
via
et al./ et alii
38. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
agenda
status quo
Pegasus
apple of discord
39. 1
I (Roman numeral)
Pan
epic
Ge/Gaea
40. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
N.B./nota bene
Apollo/Apollo
atrium
Sicily
41. 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
Hydra
Pantheon
Gorgons
Prometheus
42. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
jovial
Pantheon
polytheism
43. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
terra incognita
Persephone/Proserpina
Ge/Gaea
44. '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
fresco
the furies
valedictorian
Helen
45. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
Pan
Penelope
Mt. Olympus
sub rosa
46. 1000
the Odyssey
p.o./ per os
M (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
47. 'The end'
the Fates
Pandora
finis
mores
48. 'A slip of the tongue'
Romulus and Remus
lapsus linguae
i.e./id est
Tartarus
49. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Cronus/Saturn
Aphrodite/Venus
A.D./anno Domini
veni & vidi & vici
50. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
jovial
iota
Romulus and Remus
Arachne