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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Goddess of love






2. 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






3. The norms or values of a society






4. 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






5. 'firm ground/solid earth'






6. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses






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






8. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






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






10. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






11. 'After death'






12. 1000






13. Writing after the body of a letter






14. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






15. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






16. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






17. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






18. Goddess of love






19. '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






20. Goddess of victory






21. 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






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






23. 100






24. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






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






26. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






27. 'The state in which'






28. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace






29. 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






30. 'Work conquers all'






31. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church






32. '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






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






34. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated






35. 'I'






36. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)

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37. 500






38. Goddess of victory






39. 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






40. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






41. 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.






42. 1000






43. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






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






45. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






46. The technical biological term for the human species

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47. 'in memory of'






48. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






49. 100






50. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree