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Classical Literacy
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1. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Hades/Pluto
puerile
sine qua non
marathon
2. Goddess of the hunt
Arachne
Homer
Artemis/Diana
Delphic Oracle
3. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
per annum
polytheism
muses
valedictorian
4. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Orpheus & Eurydice
cave canem
e pluribus unum
per annum
5. 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
Prometheus
Hydra
P.M./post meridiem
Hercules/Heracles
6. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Hector
Penelope
Nike/Victoria
Ides of March
7. 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.
marathon
veto
polytheism
rara avis
8. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Medea
et al./ et alii
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Dionysus/Bacchus
9. 'in memory of'
Eros/Cupid
Nike/Victoria
Aphrodite/Venus
in memoriam
10. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
Palatine Hill
mores
Pandora
et tu & Brute?
11. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
tribune
cornucopia
Caesar
Troy
12. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
Eros/Cupid
jovial
via
Cronus/Saturn
13. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
ambrosia and nectar
mea culpa
Mt. Olympus
agenda
14. 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)
Tiber
D (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
Priam
15. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Sisyphus
Parthenon
labyrinth
the furies
16. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Pantheon
Zeus/Jupiter
Uranus
tribune
17. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
V (Roman numeral)
Uranus
Saturnalia
labyrinth
18. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
valedictorian
satyr
e pluribus unum
pax vobiscum
19. 'The other way around'
vice versa
Spartacus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Spartacus
20. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
lapsus linguae
Jove
mores
persona non grata
21. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Hermes/Mercury
ex libris
Sicily
Augustus
22. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Colosseum
tribune
cornucopia
Palatine Hill
23. 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)
Medea
rara avis
Gorgons
epic
24. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Ides of March
Tartarus
Mt. Parnassus
marathon
25. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
A.M./ante meridiem
Uranus
pax vobiscum
Icarus & Daedalus
26. 50
Achilles' heel
L (Roman numeral)
Poseidon/Neptune
Chaos
27. Doctor of medicine
marathon
Circus Maximus
veto
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
28. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
Hannibal
Mt. Parnassus
the Odyssey
iota
29. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
A.D./anno Domini
sedentary
Augustus
marathon
30. 10
paterfamilias
X (Roman numeral)
Priam
plebeian
31. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
via
Styx
mellifluous
Eros/Cupid
32. 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
sic transit gloria mundi
rara avis
mentor
per capita
33. 1
A.M./ante meridiem
Zeus/Jupiter
I (Roman numeral)
Delphic Oracle
34. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
Delphic Oracle
Athena/Minerva
Perseus & Medusa
vs./versus
35. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
persona non grata
V (Roman numeral)
I (Roman numeral)
Styx
36. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
agenda
Perseus & Medusa
i.e./id est
Odysseus/Ulysses
37. 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
Helen
Pantheon
laurels
38. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Hades/Pluto
Prometheus
Hermes/Mercury
sub poena
39. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
Carthage
cornucopia
Eros/Cupid
40. Goddess of wisdom
Hades/Pluto
Athena/Minerva
Delphic Oracle
Tiber
41. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
papyrus
rara avis
Minotaur
Ariadne
42. 'per year'
Pandora
finis
p.o./ per os
per annum
43. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
atrium
finis
consul
veni & vidi & vici
44. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Odysseus/Ulysses
Carthage
in loco parentis
Perseus & Medusa
45. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Hestia/Vesta
A.M./ante meridiem
Mt. Vesuvius
verbatim
46. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
per capita
fasces
Ides of March
Ares/Mars
47. 'firm ground/solid earth'
the Odyssey
tribune
Persephone/Proserpina
terra firma
48. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
Charon
SPQR
Arachne
49. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Saturnalia
Augustus
mores
Uranus
50. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
in loco parentis
consul
Athens/Acropolis
Aegean Sea
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