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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. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
papyrus
A.D./anno Domini
tribune
puerile
2. 10
pontifex maximus
mea culpa
X (Roman numeral)
Ariadne
3. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Dionysus/Bacchus
iota
Tiber
e pluribus unum
4. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Theseus
e pluribus unum
Penelope
terra incognita
5. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
V (Roman numeral)
Parthenon
the Fates
ego
6. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.
Etruscans
Ithaca
mosaic
sic semper tyrannis
7. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
Ariadne
Eros/Cupid
summa cum laude
8. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
ad nauseam
omniscient
Cerberus
Punic Wars
9. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
summa cum laude
satyr
papyrus
N.B./nota bene
10. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
magnum opus
Cerberus
Sicily
Demeter/Ceres
11. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Pompeii
I (Roman numeral)
Ithaca
Circus Maximus
12. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
patrician
et al./ et alii
Ides of March
Troy
13. 'The other way around'
Sisyphus
vice versa
Cyclops
vs./versus
14. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
toga
mellifluous
Odysseus/Ulysses
Apollo/Apollo
15. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
in memoriam
Penelope
p.o./ per os
terra incognita
16. 100
et tu & Brute?
p.o./ per os
C (Roman numeral)
cave canem
17. 'great-souled & high-minded'
sine qua non
magnanimous
Penelope
et al./ et alii
18. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Styx
satyr
epic
Aegean Sea
19. '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
valedictorian
tempus fugit
Achilles' heel
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
20. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
in memoriam
Cerberus
paterfamilias
apple of discord
21. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
labor vincit omnia
L (Roman numeral)
Sisyphus
22. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Hera/Juno
Theseus
Troy
per annum
23. 'A slip of the tongue'
Hercules/Heracles
Pandora
per annum
lapsus linguae
24. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
lapsus linguae
A.M./ante meridiem
Excelsior!
vice versa
25. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
mores
et al./ et alii
Tartarus
carpe diem
26. 'The other way around'
semper paratus
vice versa
Artemis/Diana
Troy
27. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
tribune
toga
via
Hera/Juno
28. 'firm ground/solid earth'
terra firma
mentor
labyrinth
cornucopia
29. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Ares/Mars
Pompeii
post mortem
sedentary
30. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
ambrosia and nectar
Ariadne
post mortem
Caesar
31. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
muses
Priam
jovial
et tu & Brute?
32. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
lapsus linguae
the Odyssey
i.e./id est
jovial
33. 50
L (Roman numeral)
Hermes/Mercury
Zeus/Jupiter
D (Roman numeral)
34. 'The end'
D (Roman numeral)
Minotaur
p.o./ per os
finis
35. 'I'
labor vincit omnia
Daedalus
Spartacus
ego
36. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Ares/Mars
Perseus & Medusa
Eros/Cupid
Uranus
37. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
iota
Ge/Gaea
Trojan Horse
I (Roman numeral)
38. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
semper paratus
agenda
ego
39. 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.
satyr
sub rosa
jovial
A.M./ante meridiem
40. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
41. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Medea
Cerberus
Ge/Gaea
muses
42. The male head of a Roman family
paterfamilias
Paris
Atlas
Colosseum
43. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
veto
Elysian Fields/Elysium
valedictorian
via
44. 'firm ground/solid earth'
puerile
Prometheus
terra firma
per diem
45. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
Troy
Cyclops
ex officio
P.M./post meridiem
46. 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
tempus fugit
Hera/Juno
Pan
47. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
sub poena
e.g./exempli gratia
plebeian
valedictorian
48. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
mea culpa
Ides of March
the furies
M (Roman numeral)
49. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
Colosseum
V (Roman numeral)
veni & vidi & vici
50. 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
A.M./ante meridiem
labor vincit omnia
Pandora
post mortem