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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






2. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






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






4. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






5. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






6. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






7. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






8. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods






9. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






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






11. 'in memory of'






12. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






13. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






14. 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






15. 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






16. 'firm ground/solid earth'






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






18. 'Time flies/flees'






19. 'unknown land'






20. 'This for that &' a fair trade






21. 'Time flies/flees'






22. Goddess of the hearth






23. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing






24. 'seize the day'






25. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






26. Home of the Greek gods






27. 'And others'






28. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






29. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






30. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






31. 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






32. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






33. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






34. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






35. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece






36. God of war






37. Goddess of wisdom






38. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')






39. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






40. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






41. 'per year'






42. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'






43. 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






44. 'This for that &' a fair trade






45. 'great work'






46. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






47. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






48. 'unknown land'






49. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






50. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama







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