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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






2. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






3. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown






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






5. God of war






6. 500






7. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






8. Goddess of love






9. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






10. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






11. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






12. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






13. 'unknown land'






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






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






16. 'The other way around'






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






18. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






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






20. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






21. 'per head' 'per person'






22. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government






23. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






24. Writing after the body of a letter






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






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






27. 'And others'






28. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






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






30. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






31. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






32. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






33. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






34. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






35. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






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






37. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina






38. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






39. 1






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






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






42. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






43. 'And others'






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






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.






46. 1000






47. 'The end'






48. 'A slip of the tongue'






49. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar






50. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride