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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
in toto
carpe diem
Palatine Hill
Golden Fleece
2. The norms or values of a society
Hades/Pluto
mores
plebeian
Paris
3. 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
Hector
Perseus & Medusa
pontifex maximus
in memoriam
4. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Aegean Sea
tribune
satyr
sedentary
5. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
ex libris
ego
Homer
6. 100
patrician
C (Roman numeral)
Styx
iota
7. River that runs through the city of Rome
Hestia/Vesta
the Odyssey
Tiber
marathon
8. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
Hades/Pluto
in memoriam
Pandora
aqueduct
9. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Ge/Gaea
puerile
Ariadne
magnanimous
10. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
pro tempore
carpe diem
Iliad
errare humanum est
11. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
Pandora
I (Roman numeral)
Chaos
Charon
12. 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
Pantheon
per annum
Priam
Trojan Horse
13. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
sic semper tyrannis
D (Roman numeral)
Cerberus
agenda
14. 'per day'
labyrinth
per diem
the Fates
Mt. Olympus
15. 'The other way around'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
carpe diem
Ge/Gaea
vice versa
16. 'per head' 'per person'
per capita
Parthenon
tribune
Saturnalia
17. 'peace be with you'
pax vobiscum
Cyclops
cave canem
persona non grata
18. '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
Persephone/Proserpina
sedentary
marathon
valedictorian
19. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
mellifluous
per capita
finis
20. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Excelsior!
Caesar
terra firma
21. 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
P.M./post meridiem
Carthage
omniscient
Orpheus & Eurydice
22. River that runs through the city of Rome
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Tiber
agora/forum
23. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Demeter/Ceres
Medea
cornucopia
24. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Hector
Eros/Cupid
ex libris
Nike/Victoria
25. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
Hector
A.D./anno Domini
quid pro quo
26. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
puerile
tribune
Uranus
Ge/Gaea
27. Writing after the body of a letter
Ge/Gaea
omniscient
P.S./post scriptum
Hermes/Mercury
28. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
et al./ et alii
etc./et cetera
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Etruscans
29. 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
Spartacus
apple of discord
atrium
in toto
30. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
N.B./nota bene
Persephone/Proserpina
mellifluous
Trojan Horse
31. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
A.D./anno Domini
Excelsior!
Hermes/Mercury
Colosseum
32. 'After death'
post mortem
Ides of March
toga
Hydra
33. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
i.e./id est
Arachne
toga
Excelsior!
34. 'per year'
Cyclops
per annum
satyr
sub rosa
35. Doctor of medicine
Hector
Aegean Sea
the Fates
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
36. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
in loco parentis
in toto
polytheism
Uranus
37. 'per year'
atrium
Palatine Hill
per annum
Mt. Vesuvius
38. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
pro tempore
Delphic Oracle
via
Aegean Sea
39. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
the furies
Theseus
Daedalus
magnum opus
40. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
sub poena
errare humanum est
Charon
41. 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.
mellifluous
Caesar
per diem
marathon
42. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
SPQR
i.e./id est
ambrosia and nectar
Tantalus
43. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
iota
Palatine Hill
labyrinth
paterfamilias
44. 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
pontifex maximus
puerile
per diem
p.o./ per os
45. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
mentor
pax vobiscum
vice versa
ad nauseam
46. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
in toto
satyr
pro tempore
Helen
47. 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
Orpheus & Eurydice
Poseidon/Neptune
Paris
Ariadne
48. 'Word for word'
cornucopia
puerile
verbatim
M (Roman numeral)
49. 'After death'
Sparta
veni & vidi & vici
post mortem
laurels
50. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
Troy
marathon
Ares/Mars
the Fates