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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. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
quid pro quo
ambrosia and nectar
Orpheus & Eurydice
atrium
2. 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
Mt. Olympus
mosaic
Hydra
laurels
3. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
patrician
et al./ et alii
p.o./ per os
4. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
valedictorian
jovial
Cerberus
verbatim
5. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Palatine Hill
the Fates
Iliad
puerile
6. '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
ex officio
via
Penelope
Hephaestus/Vulcan
7. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
the furies
fresco
Punic Wars
Excelsior!
8. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Hades/Pluto
veni & vidi & vici
paterfamilias
ad nauseam
9. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
veto
Paris
polytheism
10. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Excelsior!
Icarus & Daedalus
toga
11. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Hydra
Hercules/Heracles
agenda
Hannibal
12. The male head of a Roman family
p.o./ per os
Golden Fleece
Perseus & Medusa
paterfamilias
13. 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
Pantheon
Paris
Pandora
the furies
14. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
e.g./exempli gratia
sine qua non
Troy
Jason
15. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
i.e./id est
i.e./id est
Ge/Gaea
sic transit gloria mundi
16. Eurydice died on their wedding day. Orpheus went down to the Underworld to bring her back. Hades agreed & on the condition that Eurydice would follow behind Orpheus on their way up to the mortal world and he couldn't check to make sure She was behind
Iliad
Orpheus & Eurydice
satyr
M (Roman numeral)
17. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Caesar
ad nauseam
Ge/Gaea
Gorgons
18. 'The state in which'
Penelope
Persephone/Proserpina
Hestia/Vesta
status quo
19. Home of the Greek gods
Saturnalia
Cronus/Saturn
Mt. Olympus
Cyclops
20. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Priam
rostra
puerile
satyr
21. 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
Medea
Tantalus
labor vincit omnia
22. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
via
Nike/Victoria
carpe diem
Mt. Vesuvius
23. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
muses
mea culpa
sub poena
Odysseus/Ulysses
24. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War
quid pro quo
mentor
finis
Helen
25. 'in memory of'
sic transit gloria mundi
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Arachne
in memoriam
26. '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
cave canem
marathon
Excelsior!
valedictorian
27. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
Circus Maximus
veni & vidi & vici
Aphrodite/Venus
28. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Hannibal
Hephaestus/Vulcan
patrician
mea culpa
29. 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
Hades/Pluto
Hera/Juno
Hercules/Heracles
Hydra
30. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
rostra
N.B./nota bene
ex libris
Apollo/Apollo
31. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
paterfamilias
papyrus
rara avis
32. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
ex libris
ad infinitum
consul
33. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Helen
Etruscans
A.M./ante meridiem
Romulus and Remus
34. Goddess of the hunt
Artemis/Diana
veto
D (Roman numeral)
agenda
35. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Persephone/Proserpina
rostra
Homer
rostra
36. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
satyr
Aegean Sea
Hermes/Mercury
Mt. Vesuvius
37. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
lapsus linguae
Colosseum
Tartarus
mosaic
38. 'And others'
et al./ et alii
Zeus/Jupiter
Arachne
finis
39. 5
V (Roman numeral)
status quo
marathon
ad infinitum
40. 1
Jason
rara avis
I (Roman numeral)
Zeus/Jupiter
41. 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
Atlas
Ithaca
sub poena
Prometheus
42. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
Tantalus
C (Roman numeral)
Arachne
Palatine Hill
43. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
the Odyssey
D (Roman numeral)
Troy
Sicily
44. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
tempus fugit
toga
per capita
45. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
Hera/Juno
Priam
in loco parentis
46. 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
Nike/Victoria
laurels
Ithaca
Caesar
47. Market place/business center
veto
Hades/Pluto
agora/forum
pax vobiscum
48. 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
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Golden Fleece
Tartarus
49. Goddess of victory
ex libris
Nike/Victoria
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
valedictorian
50. 'note well' i.e. take note
verbatim
mosaic
N.B./nota bene
tempus fugit