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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Homer
cornucopia
Augustus
magnanimous
2. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Pan
sub poena
Hercules/Heracles
papyrus
3. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
pontifex maximus
Parthenon
Iliad
Odysseus/Ulysses
4. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Hercules/Heracles
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Arachne
Hector
5. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
SPQR
mentor
verbatim
mellifluous
6. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Carthage
vice versa
Sisyphus
patrician
7. 'beware of the dog'
agora/forum
ad infinitum
Daedalus
cave canem
8. 'I'
Ithaca
ego
Saturnalia
cave canem
9. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
pax vobiscum
atrium
Penelope
Etruscans
10. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
Troy
Athena/Minerva
Cyclops
status quo
11. 'per day'
Augustus
Sparta
L (Roman numeral)
per diem
12. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Carthage
D (Roman numeral)
Spartacus
mosaic
13. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
cave canem
Augustus
Medea
Helen
14. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Hera/Juno
Eros/Cupid
persona non grata
patrician
15. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
mentor
the furies
per annum
16. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Ariadne
A.M./ante meridiem
labyrinth
Cerberus
17. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
Troy
Paris
agenda
18. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Styx
Mt. Vesuvius
Pompeii
polytheism
19. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
ex libris
Spartacus
Charon
in loco parentis
20. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
Theseus
Parthenon
Gorgons
terra incognita
21. 1000
rostra
Nike/Victoria
M (Roman numeral)
ex officio
22. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
ego
Elysian Fields/Elysium
apple of discord
Golden Fleece
23. 'Work conquers all'
in toto
labor vincit omnia
plebeian
sic transit gloria mundi
24. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Poseidon/Neptune
iota
Hestia/Vesta
Hera/Juno
25. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Excelsior!
p.o./ per os
ad infinitum
terra firma
26. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
p.o./ per os
per diem
toga
mea culpa
27. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
Aegean Sea
marathon
Achilles' heel
28. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
I (Roman numeral)
i.e./id est
Pan
mea culpa
29. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
Cyclops
A.D./anno Domini
via
Carthage
30. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
valedictorian
I (Roman numeral)
Jason
ad infinitum
31. Goddess of wisdom
p.o./ per os
Dionysus/Bacchus
Pegasus
Athena/Minerva
32. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
etc./et cetera
e pluribus unum
cornucopia
Odysseus/Ulysses
33. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Mt. Olympus
puerile
Pegasus
Cronus/Saturn
34. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
Cyclops
Minotaur
Jason
35. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
Augustus
Pantheon
sine qua non
36. Home of the Greek gods
via
muses
Homer
Mt. Olympus
37. 'The state in which'
status quo
Cronus/Saturn
ad nauseam
Aegean Sea
38. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
Hermes/Mercury
Uranus
Theseus
39. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Parthenon
Jove
ex officio
ambrosia and nectar
40. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Daedalus
e pluribus unum
Ithaca
carpe diem
41. '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
Ge/Gaea
consul
et tu & Brute?
Jason
42. '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
M (Roman numeral)
labyrinth
Ides of March
valedictorian
43. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
agenda
et tu & Brute?
Arachne
in loco parentis
44. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Demeter/Ceres
Sicily
Carthage
45. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Punic Wars
Athens/Acropolis
aqueduct
46. 'per year'
ad nauseam
ad infinitum
per annum
Achilles' heel
47. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Athena/Minerva
quid pro quo
Athens/Acropolis
the Odyssey
48. 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)
Priam
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
ad infinitum
Pantheon
49. 'for the time being' - temporary
pro tempore
Tantalus
mosaic
Iliad
50. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
summa cum laude
X (Roman numeral)
Troy
Mt. Parnassus