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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Time flies/flees'






2. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






3. 'per head' 'per person'






4. 'The other way around'






5. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad






6. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






7. 'great-souled & high-minded'






8. Home of the Greek gods






9. 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')






10. 'great work'






11. 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






12. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






13. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






14. Writing after the body of a letter






15. 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)






16. Goddess of wisdom






17. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






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






19. 'unknown land'






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






21. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






22. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






23. God of the sea






24. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






25. 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






26. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






27. The norms or values of a society






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






29. After midday/noon






30. The technical biological term for the human species

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31. Goddess of the hunt






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






33. 1






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






35. 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






36. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. The river surrounding the Underworld






41. Market place/business center






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






43. 'Time flies/flees'






44. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






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






46. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






47. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






48. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






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






50. Goddess of the hearth