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Classical Literacy
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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. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Priam
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
sine qua non
Ge/Gaea
2. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
papyrus
Ariadne
mentor
sine qua non
3. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
pax vobiscum
Apollo/Apollo
Augustus
Circus Maximus
4. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
semper fidelis
tribune
Sisyphus
Ithaca
5. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Gorgons
paterfamilias
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Excelsior!
6. 'per year'
Excelsior!
I (Roman numeral)
per annum
tribune
7. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
e.g./exempli gratia
Icarus & Daedalus
agenda
etc./et cetera
8. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
Saturnalia
Golden Fleece
M (Roman numeral)
jovial
9. 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
mores
in loco parentis
Hydra
Carthage
10. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
vs./versus
the Odyssey
Paris
Uranus
11. 100
Ariadne
Trojan Horse
Prometheus
C (Roman numeral)
12. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Caesar
Romulus and Remus
satyr
Persephone/Proserpina
13. 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
magnanimous
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Trojan Horse
P.S./post scriptum
14. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
agenda
per capita
A.M./ante meridiem
valedictorian
15. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Hestia/Vesta
mosaic
cave canem
terra incognita
16. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
pontifex maximus
fresco
per annum
17. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Caesar
Pegasus
agenda
mosaic
18. 'All-knowing'
Nike/Victoria
quid pro quo
omniscient
Uranus
19. 'beware of the dog'
mentor
vice versa
carpe diem
cave canem
20. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
marathon
Nike/Victoria
polytheism
Excelsior!
21. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Colosseum
Golden Fleece
Icarus & Daedalus
epic
22. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
labor vincit omnia
Pax Romana
marathon
Excelsior!
23. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
omniscient
consul
Pandora
Pandora
24. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Cyclops
SPQR
ad infinitum
status quo
25. 'Word for word'
verbatim
Punic Wars
Ge/Gaea
Delphic Oracle
26. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Paris
cornucopia
in memoriam
Romulus and Remus
27. 'Time flies/flees'
per annum
tempus fugit
rara avis
Punic Wars
28. 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)
per capita
Arachne
Gorgons
mores
29. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Zeus/Jupiter
atrium
Tartarus
Pax Romana
30. 'for the time being' - temporary
sub poena
pro tempore
sic semper tyrannis
C (Roman numeral)
31. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Hercules/Heracles
ambrosia and nectar
aqueduct
persona non grata
32. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
Pantheon
Penelope
sine qua non
33. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Troy
tribune
Achilles' heel
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
34. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Palatine Hill
Eros/Cupid
per annum
Chaos
35. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
jovial
Pandora
Mt. Parnassus
etc./et cetera
36. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
sedentary
Arachne
Colosseum
ad nauseam
37. 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')
pontifex maximus
Iliad
rostra
Poseidon/Neptune
38. 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.
Tantalus
fresco
apple of discord
sub rosa
39. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
Troy
mores
Sparta
40. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
iota
fresco
Ides of March
Sparta
41. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
agenda
Troy
sub rosa
Spartacus
42. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Colosseum
Jove
Icarus & Daedalus
Nike/Victoria
43. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
in memoriam
Hera/Juno
sedentary
cornucopia
44. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
sedentary
agora/forum
e.g./exempli gratia
Punic Wars
45. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Hercules/Heracles
Sisyphus
mea culpa
Zeus/Jupiter
46. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
mores
Ides of March
Apollo/Apollo
Palatine Hill
47. 'And others'
satyr
Atlas
puerile
et al./ et alii
48. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
Tantalus
p.o./ per os
Spartacus
49. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
X (Roman numeral)
in memoriam
Eros/Cupid
ex libris
50. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Eros/Cupid
tribune
Aegean Sea
Circus Maximus