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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment






2. The river surrounding the Underworld






3. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






4. Goddess of love






5. 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






6. 'firm ground/solid earth'






7. 1






8. 500






9. 'The end'






10. 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






11. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






12. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






13. 'A slip of the tongue'






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)






15. Goddess of victory






16. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






17. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






18. Goddess of wisdom






19. 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






20. 50






21. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






22. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






23. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






24. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






25. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court






26. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






27. Goddess of victory






28. 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






29. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died






30. 'Always prepared'






31. 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






32. 'peace be with you'






33. God of the Underworld/Tartarus






34. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






35. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






36. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






37. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year






38. The male head of a Roman family






39. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)






40. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example






41. 'Work conquers all'






42. 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






43. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.






44. Goddess of the hearth






45. 'Work conquers all'






46. 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






47. 'The other way around'






48. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






49. 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






50. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen