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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'The other way around'
vice versa
per capita
C (Roman numeral)
ex libris
2. 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
papyrus
M (Roman numeral)
Hestia/Vesta
Mt. Vesuvius
3. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Ides of March
Daedalus
Nike/Victoria
Styx
4. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
i.e./id est
sic semper tyrannis
Perseus & Medusa
per annum
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
I (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
p.o./ per os
Artemis/Diana
6. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Hannibal
Odysseus/Ulysses
Ides of March
Nike/Victoria
7. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
Elysian Fields/Elysium
ex officio
Helen
toga
8. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
per diem
sub poena
Penelope
Excelsior!
9. 'After death'
Arachne
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
patrician
post mortem
10. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
Sparta
finis
valedictorian
11. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Eros/Cupid
Palatine Hill
vice versa
Apollo/Apollo
12. 10
Demeter/Ceres
X (Roman numeral)
ex libris
vice versa
13. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
Excelsior!
Hera/Juno
Mt. Vesuvius
14. The male head of a Roman family
Punic Wars
Penelope
Theseus
paterfamilias
15. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
marathon
Odysseus/Ulysses
Minotaur
Etruscans
16. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
laurels
fasces
per diem
Ithaca
17. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Ariadne
Athena/Minerva
Golden Fleece
Penelope
18. 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)
Sparta
Charon
Gorgons
Saturnalia
19. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
Carthage
in toto
status quo
finis
20. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Athens/Acropolis
sub rosa
Troy
consul
21. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
magnum opus
Demeter/Ceres
Colosseum
sic semper tyrannis
22. 50
sub rosa
Demeter/Ceres
muses
L (Roman numeral)
23. 'unknown land'
laurels
terra incognita
Caesar
p.o./ per os
24. 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
patrician
Sisyphus
Pandora
Poseidon/Neptune
25. 'in memory of'
ambrosia and nectar
vs./versus
in memoriam
pro tempore
26. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
quid pro quo
Chaos
Excelsior!
Palatine Hill
27. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Cronus/Saturn
Hercules/Heracles
veto
cornucopia
28. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Circus Maximus
carpe diem
rostra
ego
29. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Gorgons
Cyclops
Excelsior!
Apollo/Apollo
30. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Cyclops
Uranus
tribune
Daedalus
31. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
in loco parentis
Sicily
jovial
epic
32. 'The state in which'
Romulus and Remus
verbatim
Palatine Hill
status quo
33. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
I (Roman numeral)
A.M./ante meridiem
Eros/Cupid
Augustus
34. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Sisyphus
Poseidon/Neptune
Hercules/Heracles
Caesar
35. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
ad nauseam
semper fidelis
mores
consul
36. God of war
via
Ares/Mars
in loco parentis
tribune
37. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
SPQR
vs./versus
e pluribus unum
plebeian
38. 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
atrium
Carthage
Prometheus
Poseidon/Neptune
39. 1000
apple of discord
Icarus & Daedalus
Medea
M (Roman numeral)
40. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
Apollo/Apollo
tribune
P.S./post scriptum
41. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
errare humanum est
Chaos
Pandora
toga
42. 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
Spartacus
in toto
Trojan Horse
Sparta
43. God of the sea
Mt. Olympus
Poseidon/Neptune
rostra
valedictorian
44. 5
e.g./exempli gratia
Medea
Augustus
V (Roman numeral)
45. 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
vs./versus
Carthage
Paris
ad infinitum
46. 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
the Fates
status quo
Excelsior!
Sicily
47. Goddess of love
Aegean Sea
Excelsior!
Aphrodite/Venus
mea culpa
48. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Aegean Sea
Priam
labyrinth
Poseidon/Neptune
49. 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
Cronus/Saturn
Atlas
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
papyrus
50. The norms or values of a society
Medea
Nike/Victoria
the furies
mores