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Classical Literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Paris
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Circus Maximus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
2. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
iota
Nike/Victoria
Charon
Hephaestus/Vulcan
3. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
in toto
Daedalus
in loco parentis
Aphrodite/Venus
4. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
in toto
ex libris
Tartarus
atrium
5. 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
Athens/Acropolis
Augustus
iota
valedictorian
6. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Perseus & Medusa
fresco
Pantheon
patrician
7. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
per capita
Pandora
per diem
8. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Ides of March
Golden Fleece
agenda
omniscient
9. Home of the Greek gods
Charon
Troy
Mt. Olympus
Sparta
10. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
vice versa
Pax Romana
per annum
Elysian Fields/Elysium
11. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Iliad
Aegean Sea
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Tartarus
12. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Hera/Juno
sedentary
errare humanum est
muses
13. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
ex officio
post mortem
P.S./post scriptum
Theseus
14. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Eros/Cupid
P.M./post meridiem
Perseus & Medusa
Circus Maximus
15. 'great work'
magnum opus
Priam
the furies
labyrinth
16. 'beware of the dog'
the furies
Icarus & Daedalus
cave canem
muses
17. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
patrician
Penelope
Dionysus/Bacchus
per capita
18. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
lapsus linguae
the Fates
the Fates
Pompeii
19. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
i.e./id est
semper fidelis
quid pro quo
20. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
paterfamilias
sub rosa
aqueduct
patrician
21. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
e pluribus unum
papyrus
Pantheon
22. '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
Arachne
tempus fugit
et tu & Brute?
tempus fugit
23. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
in toto
Chaos
Icarus & Daedalus
satyr
24. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
via
pontifex maximus
the Odyssey
p.o./ per os
25. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Tantalus
Hermes/Mercury
Punic Wars
Mt. Olympus
26. 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
Ares/Mars
satyr
Atlas
Hercules/Heracles
27. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
jovial
Hestia/Vesta
mosaic
per diem
28. 1000
Cyclops
Penelope
M (Roman numeral)
Hades/Pluto
29. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
magnanimous
agora/forum
pax vobiscum
Mt. Parnassus
30. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Hestia/Vesta
sub rosa
Demeter/Ceres
mea culpa
31. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Tantalus
Golden Fleece
Ariadne
cave canem
32. Goddess of love
C (Roman numeral)
V (Roman numeral)
ad infinitum
Aphrodite/Venus
33. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
Excelsior!
Romulus and Remus
omniscient
34. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Ariadne
Romulus and Remus
Penelope
finis
35. 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.
Excelsior!
sub rosa
apple of discord
Troy
36. 'A slip of the tongue'
lapsus linguae
per diem
et tu & Brute?
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
37. 'Always prepared'
Icarus & Daedalus
semper paratus
polytheism
ambrosia and nectar
38. 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
Cerberus
Excelsior!
status quo
Sisyphus
39. 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
Hercules/Heracles
Trojan Horse
Excelsior!
labor vincit omnia
40. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
in toto
persona non grata
e pluribus unum
Ides of March
41. 'After death'
Hector
Helen
Uranus
post mortem
42. 'Work conquers all'
sic transit gloria mundi
mellifluous
labor vincit omnia
fresco
43. 'The other way around'
vice versa
patrician
Hector
Pegasus
44. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
A.M./ante meridiem
Ariadne
Hephaestus/Vulcan
45. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
mentor
Minotaur
P.M./post meridiem
46. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
labyrinth
the Odyssey
terra firma
47. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Daedalus
Jove
Icarus & Daedalus
Eros/Cupid
48. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Parthenon
V (Roman numeral)
e.g./exempli gratia
epic
49. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
Pantheon
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Pan
50. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Odysseus/Ulysses
Trojan Horse
Orpheus & Eurydice
summa cum laude