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Classical Literacy
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1. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Paris
cornucopia
Uranus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
2. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Hercules/Heracles
magnum opus
rara avis
pro tempore
3. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
Odysseus/Ulysses
magnanimous
D (Roman numeral)
marathon
4. 'Time flies/flees'
Pandora
Sparta
tempus fugit
labyrinth
5. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Jason
via
p.o./ per os
Zeus/Jupiter
6. 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
papyrus
A.D./anno Domini
Trojan Horse
omniscient
7. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Tiber
agenda
Priam
mellifluous
8. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
via
valedictorian
patrician
Eros/Cupid
9. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Aphrodite/Venus
A.M./ante meridiem
Golden Fleece
iota
10. 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
Hydra
Iliad
et tu & Brute?
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
11. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
paterfamilias
veni & vidi & vici
ad infinitum
in toto
12. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
atrium
Iliad
rara avis
in memoriam
13. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
cornucopia
Priam
Pantheon
14. '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
quid pro quo
valedictorian
plebeian
vs./versus
15. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
per annum
cave canem
P.S./post scriptum
Eros/Cupid
16. 'seize the day'
tribune
Sparta
carpe diem
summa cum laude
17. 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
Minotaur
Hermes/Mercury
laurels
Ithaca
18. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
Mt. Vesuvius
Jove
summa cum laude
19. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
magnum opus
Zeus/Jupiter
Ariadne
aqueduct
20. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Carthage
the furies
Circus Maximus
plebeian
21. 'Word for word'
I (Roman numeral)
atrium
verbatim
ad nauseam
22. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
persona non grata
Cerberus
Saturnalia
Caesar
23. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
fresco
semper paratus
Hermes/Mercury
Hestia/Vesta
24. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
terra firma
Spartacus
Eros/Cupid
epic
25. 'Work conquers all'
Paris
labor vincit omnia
Gorgons
Prometheus
26. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
Hera/Juno
Dionysus/Bacchus
per annum
27. 'for the time being' - temporary
pro tempore
Delphic Oracle
Arachne
terra incognita
28. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
puerile
X (Roman numeral)
epic
Jove
29. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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30. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
veto
Medea
Homer
pro tempore
31. Writing after the body of a letter
sic semper tyrannis
Pax Romana
verbatim
P.S./post scriptum
32. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
errare humanum est
M (Roman numeral)
terra firma
puerile
33. God of war
Ares/Mars
Saturnalia
p.o./ per os
A.M./ante meridiem
34. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')
Atlas
rostra
D (Roman numeral)
agenda
35. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
sic transit gloria mundi
Colosseum
Prometheus
Aphrodite/Venus
36. 50
Mt. Parnassus
Cerberus
Aegean Sea
L (Roman numeral)
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
mellifluous
Helen
Tartarus
Cerberus
38. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
i.e./id est
Ares/Mars
Pantheon
39. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
p.o./ per os
Trojan Horse
Apollo/Apollo
Saturnalia
40. 100
vs./versus
P.M./post meridiem
Mt. Vesuvius
C (Roman numeral)
41. 10
Atlas
X (Roman numeral)
Athena/Minerva
Golden Fleece
42. 1
Pegasus
A.M./ante meridiem
Punic Wars
I (Roman numeral)
43. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
pro tempore
X (Roman numeral)
jovial
sedentary
44. The norms or values of a society
per capita
Homer
mores
Cerberus
45. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
N.B./nota bene
Sicily
Hephaestus/Vulcan
paterfamilias
46. 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
Mt. Vesuvius
ambrosia and nectar
Trojan Horse
Circus Maximus
47. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Colosseum
Pompeii
ad nauseam
i.e./id est
48. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
pax vobiscum
et al./ et alii
Punic Wars
49. 50
L (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
per diem
V (Roman numeral)
50. 'beware of the dog'
Mt. Parnassus
Paris
plebeian
cave canem
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