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Classical Literacy
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1. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Parthenon
Tantalus
persona non grata
Uranus
2. The river surrounding the Underworld
Ithaca
Mt. Parnassus
Pan
Styx
3. 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')
rostra
Persephone/Proserpina
Pandora
Golden Fleece
4. '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
quid pro quo
Eros/Cupid
et tu & Brute?
Jove
5. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
valedictorian
Pax Romana
Persephone/Proserpina
semper paratus
6. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Minotaur
muses
marathon
Charon
7. 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
et tu & Brute?
Prometheus
e.g./exempli gratia
A.D./anno Domini
8. 'After death'
in memoriam
Tartarus
post mortem
Minotaur
9. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
pontifex maximus
Penelope
epic
Romulus and Remus
10. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
magnanimous
Minotaur
Delphic Oracle
e pluribus unum
11. 1
Ithaca
Palatine Hill
aqueduct
I (Roman numeral)
12. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
fasces
aqueduct
lapsus linguae
Poseidon/Neptune
13. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Hephaestus/Vulcan
agenda
plebeian
Mt. Vesuvius
14. 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
Hydra
ambrosia and nectar
muses
Romulus and Remus
15. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Uranus
Achilles' heel
Hera/Juno
polytheism
16. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
mosaic
apple of discord
veto
Tiber
17. 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.
Pandora
marathon
tribune
omniscient
18. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
Ares/Mars
Aphrodite/Venus
veto
19. 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
Mt. Olympus
magnanimous
Persephone/Proserpina
Sisyphus
20. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
jovial
Arachne
terra incognita
21. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
aqueduct
veto
Hestia/Vesta
22. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Caesar
Perseus & Medusa
in toto
Ithaca
23. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Mt. Olympus
sub poena
labyrinth
mellifluous
24. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
agora/forum
errare humanum est
P.S./post scriptum
ambrosia and nectar
25. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
jovial
Parthenon
ambrosia and nectar
the furies
26. 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
post mortem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Hestia/Vesta
27. '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
ambrosia and nectar
mellifluous
et tu & Brute?
L (Roman numeral)
28. 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
Pegasus
consul
e.g./exempli gratia
papyrus
29. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
the Fates
sub rosa
pax vobiscum
sedentary
30. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Aegean Sea
D (Roman numeral)
Punic Wars
e.g./exempli gratia
31. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Hephaestus/Vulcan
ex libris
Ides of March
Golden Fleece
32. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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33. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Hydra
Atlas
ad nauseam
muses
34. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
fasces
terra incognita
ego
e.g./exempli gratia
35. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Helen
plebeian
mea culpa
rostra
36. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Theseus
Apollo/Apollo
Punic Wars
e.g./exempli gratia
37. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
terra incognita
puerile
Sparta
iota
38. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Hector
the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
Jove
39. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)
e pluribus unum
agora/forum
tribune
Priam
40. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
sine qua non
carpe diem
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
41. After midday/noon
P.M./post meridiem
status quo
Jason
Hercules/Heracles
42. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Odysseus/Ulysses
Persephone/Proserpina
epic
Trojan Horse
43. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
Carthage
satyr
jovial
44. Goddess of love
terra incognita
sub rosa
Aphrodite/Venus
p.o./ per os
45. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Tartarus
Hermes/Mercury
puerile
e pluribus unum
46. 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
labor vincit omnia
agenda
Hector
the Odyssey
47. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Pan
P.M./post meridiem
sedentary
magnanimous
48. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
p.o./ per os
Gorgons
P.S./post scriptum
Mt. Vesuvius
49. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Pan
Circus Maximus
plebeian
et tu & Brute?
50. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Circus Maximus
Daedalus
Orpheus & Eurydice
Pan
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