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Classical Literacy
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1. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
mea culpa
tempus fugit
A.D./anno Domini
apple of discord
2. 100
C (Roman numeral)
toga
pax vobiscum
Theseus
3. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
ad nauseam
sic transit gloria mundi
mea culpa
4. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Mt. Parnassus
Tartarus
per capita
Parthenon
5. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Ithaca
Hydra
L (Roman numeral)
6. God of the sea
Poseidon/Neptune
per annum
I (Roman numeral)
et al./ et alii
7. 'And others'
papyrus
et al./ et alii
Jove
Priam
8. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Gorgons
Golden Fleece
veni & vidi & vici
Circus Maximus
9. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Hercules/Heracles
rara avis
Mt. Olympus
aqueduct
10. 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.
Persephone/Proserpina
sub rosa
quid pro quo
Pandora
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
Orpheus & Eurydice
terra firma
Pandora
Sparta
12. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Parthenon
Priam
laurels
plebeian
13. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Romulus and Remus
Punic Wars
mores
Demeter/Ceres
14. 'great-souled & high-minded'
vice versa
Achilles' heel
magnanimous
X (Roman numeral)
15. Writing after the body of a letter
Palatine Hill
Pegasus
Eros/Cupid
P.S./post scriptum
16. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
N.B./nota bene
sic semper tyrannis
per annum
Hermes/Mercury
17. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Apollo/Apollo
Hades/Pluto
Ides of March
lapsus linguae
18. Goddess of victory
Penelope
Nike/Victoria
in memoriam
Sisyphus
19. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Sisyphus
Golden Fleece
the Fates
summa cum laude
20. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Theseus
verbatim
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Pegasus
21. 1
polytheism
fresco
I (Roman numeral)
Orpheus & Eurydice
22. Doctor of medicine
Pandora
Theseus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
e pluribus unum
23. God of war
Icarus & Daedalus
Dionysus/Bacchus
Charon
Ares/Mars
24. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
Sparta
cornucopia
the Fates
25. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Hermes/Mercury
Sparta
Mt. Parnassus
omniscient
26. 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')
agenda
summa cum laude
post mortem
rostra
27. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
ego
Carthage
summa cum laude
Hermes/Mercury
28. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
rostra
e.g./exempli gratia
pontifex maximus
29. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
in toto
mentor
Tiber
30. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
persona non grata
lapsus linguae
summa cum laude
Excelsior!
31. 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
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Orpheus & Eurydice
ego
pax vobiscum
32. God of the sea
Poseidon/Neptune
terra incognita
sic semper tyrannis
Aegean Sea
33. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Augustus
Chaos
satyr
iota
34. 'Work conquers all'
valedictorian
labor vincit omnia
Golden Fleece
Persephone/Proserpina
35. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mea culpa
Nike/Victoria
mosaic
Orpheus & Eurydice
36. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
P.S./post scriptum
papyrus
Apollo/Apollo
37. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
via
P.M./post meridiem
Athena/Minerva
Daedalus
38. 'Time flies/flees'
rara avis
tempus fugit
verbatim
Pompeii
39. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
mores
labyrinth
Gorgons
40. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
ego
Iliad
mea culpa
Circus Maximus
41. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Aegean Sea
epic
Sicily
Tiber
42. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
pro tempore
labyrinth
paterfamilias
Delphic Oracle
43. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Colosseum
Sparta
Tiber
Pantheon
44. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Cerberus
Hercules/Heracles
via
Minotaur
45. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
ad infinitum
Athens/Acropolis
Aegean Sea
sub poena
46. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Icarus & Daedalus
atrium
Jove
pax vobiscum
47. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Medea
Orpheus & Eurydice
Jove
Cronus/Saturn
48. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Dionysus/Bacchus
A.M./ante meridiem
Hades/Pluto
Pan
49. 1
Dionysus/Bacchus
terra incognita
M (Roman numeral)
I (Roman numeral)
50. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
toga
Theseus
Hestia/Vesta
Troy
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