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Classical Literacy
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1. 'And others'
agora/forum
Romulus and Remus
et al./ et alii
P.S./post scriptum
2. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
the furies
puerile
Carthage
Icarus & Daedalus
3. After midday/noon
tribune
V (Roman numeral)
marathon
P.M./post meridiem
4. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
veto
persona non grata
Hestia/Vesta
Nike/Victoria
5. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
marathon
Mt. Parnassus
ex officio
Persephone/Proserpina
6. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Nike/Victoria
Demeter/Ceres
agenda
valedictorian
7. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
V (Roman numeral)
Pantheon
agenda
sub poena
8. 10
Trojan Horse
L (Roman numeral)
X (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
9. Goddess of love
Hestia/Vesta
Odysseus/Ulysses
Aphrodite/Venus
in loco parentis
10. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Hercules/Heracles
Persephone/Proserpina
I (Roman numeral)
Dionysus/Bacchus
11. 100
the Fates
P.S./post scriptum
C (Roman numeral)
ex officio
12. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
iota
magnanimous
plebeian
Minotaur
13. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
Cronus/Saturn
Helen
errare humanum est
14. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Pax Romana
epic
veto
Delphic Oracle
15. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
V (Roman numeral)
vs./versus
the Fates
16. 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
Prometheus
lapsus linguae
fresco
Athens/Acropolis
17. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
Spartacus
Athens/Acropolis
Spartacus
18. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
summa cum laude
Daedalus
muses
19. 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.
Pantheon
iota
sub rosa
L (Roman numeral)
20. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
valedictorian
per diem
Medea
Hades/Pluto
21. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Delphic Oracle
Poseidon/Neptune
X (Roman numeral)
SPQR
22. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
tribune
Caesar
Pegasus
Hector
23. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
Penelope
Uranus
Hades/Pluto
the Odyssey
24. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
mores
etc./et cetera
Persephone/Proserpina
Sparta
25. The norms or values of a society
Iliad
Mt. Olympus
Athena/Minerva
mores
26. 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
Pan
Ge/Gaea
Hector
mosaic
27. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Pandora
tribune
Eros/Cupid
28. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Odysseus/Ulysses
rostra
errare humanum est
Tantalus
29. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Daedalus
Jove
Carthage
muses
30. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
Pantheon
tribune
Cerberus
Tantalus
31. 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
Mt. Vesuvius
P.S./post scriptum
Uranus
Athens/Acropolis
32. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
pax vobiscum
C (Roman numeral)
paterfamilias
papyrus
33. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
e.g./exempli gratia
Mt. Parnassus
puerile
semper paratus
34. 1
I (Roman numeral)
semper paratus
in memoriam
Hephaestus/Vulcan
35. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
toga
in loco parentis
vs./versus
Hades/Pluto
36. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
Mt. Vesuvius
aqueduct
Augustus
Paris
37. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Apollo/Apollo
via
epic
lapsus linguae
38. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
I (Roman numeral)
Arachne
paterfamilias
39. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
ambrosia and nectar
Pandora
in loco parentis
Daedalus
40. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Helen
terra incognita
Hercules/Heracles
41. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
mores
Hannibal
agenda
Mt. Olympus
42. 'Always prepared'
Delphic Oracle
polytheism
semper paratus
marathon
43. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
Athens/Acropolis
Delphic Oracle
I (Roman numeral)
Cerberus
44. 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')
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
persona non grata
Pandora
rostra
45. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
p.o./ per os
paterfamilias
terra incognita
per capita
46. Doctor of medicine
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
finis
Artemis/Diana
47. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday
Prometheus
Zeus/Jupiter
magnanimous
semper fidelis
48. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
in toto
Hermes/Mercury
laurels
i.e./id est
49. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Caesar
in loco parentis
pro tempore
Demeter/Ceres
50. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Penelope
Romulus and Remus
sub poena
Cyclops
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