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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. 'I'
Styx
Minotaur
Spartacus
ego
2. 'The other way around'
consul
fresco
Nike/Victoria
vice versa
3. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
magnanimous
Theseus
A.M./ante meridiem
mentor
4. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
per annum
Cerberus
laurels
Parthenon
5. 'for the time being' - temporary
pro tempore
D (Roman numeral)
Dionysus/Bacchus
Delphic Oracle
6. After midday/noon
veto
ambrosia and nectar
sic semper tyrannis
P.M./post meridiem
7. God of the sea
toga
veto
Poseidon/Neptune
apple of discord
8. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
ex officio
Apollo/Apollo
in toto
cornucopia
9. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Ares/Mars
Iliad
lapsus linguae
Carthage
10. 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
Hector
ad nauseam
Sicily
C (Roman numeral)
11. The male head of a Roman family
terra firma
Hephaestus/Vulcan
paterfamilias
et al./ et alii
12. 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
Hercules/Heracles
Poseidon/Neptune
Prometheus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
13. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
X (Roman numeral)
V (Roman numeral)
SPQR
14. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Cyclops
status quo
Troy
Sparta
15. Market place/business center
agora/forum
errare humanum est
valedictorian
Hera/Juno
16. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
veni & vidi & vici
i.e./id est
Ithaca
17. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
fresco
consul
epic
semper fidelis
18. Home of the Greek gods
fresco
veni & vidi & vici
Mt. Olympus
Punic Wars
19. The river surrounding the Underworld
cave canem
Troy
Styx
e pluribus unum
20. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
veni & vidi & vici
Eros/Cupid
Pegasus
Minotaur
21. God of war
jovial
Ares/Mars
mellifluous
puerile
22. 'beware of the dog'
Colosseum
paterfamilias
cave canem
Atlas
23. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Medea
veni & vidi & vici
semper paratus
Penelope
24. 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)
Elysian Fields/Elysium
N.B./nota bene
Gorgons
veni & vidi & vici
25. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
N.B./nota bene
semper paratus
Augustus
Pax Romana
26. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Romulus and Remus
polytheism
Palatine Hill
Pan
27. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Hades/Pluto
iota
Pompeii
Tantalus
28. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Etruscans
Apollo/Apollo
pro tempore
terra firma
29. 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
apple of discord
Athens/Acropolis
Penelope
mosaic
30. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Achilles' heel
A.M./ante meridiem
Gorgons
Pompeii
31. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
Ithaca
terra firma
Sicily
the Fates
32. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Augustus
mea culpa
Prometheus
Hercules/Heracles
33. 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
Spartacus
papyrus
agora/forum
Tartarus
34. 'per day'
Arachne
per diem
sic semper tyrannis
vs./versus
35. 50
the Fates
L (Roman numeral)
Hestia/Vesta
Troy
36. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Tantalus
Hades/Pluto
terra firma
et tu & Brute?
37. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Styx
Saturnalia
vice versa
Jove
38. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Mt. Vesuvius
Aegean Sea
the furies
Punic Wars
39. Goddess of the hunt
finis
Artemis/Diana
verbatim
ex officio
40. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Achilles' heel
Jason
e pluribus unum
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
41. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
the furies
lapsus linguae
valedictorian
Minotaur
42. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Cronus/Saturn
fresco
43. '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
Caesar
sub rosa
Charon
44. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
Cyclops
I (Roman numeral)
Prometheus
i.e./id est
45. 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
patrician
Demeter/Ceres
Persephone/Proserpina
46. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
in loco parentis
Cyclops
ex libris
47. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
Ides of March
labor vincit omnia
atrium
48. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
sic transit gloria mundi
the furies
laurels
49. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
omniscient
vs./versus
valedictorian
atrium
50. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
et al./ et alii
valedictorian
Iliad