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Classical Literacy
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'seize the day'
omniscient
Artemis/Diana
Pan
carpe diem
2. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
per diem
semper fidelis
marathon
persona non grata
3. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
Palatine Hill
Mt. Parnassus
Spartacus
fasces
4. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
ad nauseam
Augustus
Uranus
fasces
5. 'per year'
Romulus and Remus
Spartacus
marathon
per annum
6. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
Palatine Hill
polytheism
Poseidon/Neptune
7. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Theseus
rara avis
D (Roman numeral)
Iliad
8. 50
polytheism
L (Roman numeral)
N.B./nota bene
per capita
9. 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
A.M./ante meridiem
Cyclops
tribune
pax vobiscum
10. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
Gorgons
satyr
pax vobiscum
11. 'The end'
agenda
Apollo/Apollo
finis
I (Roman numeral)
12. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
labyrinth
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Pax Romana
mea culpa
13. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
fresco
Ge/Gaea
rara avis
Palatine Hill
14. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
quid pro quo
Aegean Sea
vice versa
Etruscans
15. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
P.M./post meridiem
p.o./ per os
iota
16. 'per day'
per diem
Elysian Fields/Elysium
lapsus linguae
Excelsior!
17. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Hercules/Heracles
Tartarus
Homer
Uranus
18. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
sic semper tyrannis
carpe diem
the furies
Pan
19. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Ithaca
Sparta
terra firma
labyrinth
20. 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
mosaic
Athens/Acropolis
pax vobiscum
epic
21. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
finis
labyrinth
p.o./ per os
sic semper tyrannis
22. 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)
Priam
Medea
pontifex maximus
ego
23. 'After death'
post mortem
Eros/Cupid
Minotaur
per diem
24. '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
ad infinitum
Dionysus/Bacchus
et tu & Brute?
i.e./id est
25. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
labor vincit omnia
Sparta
veto
Hector
26. 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
papyrus
Paris
Trojan Horse
Priam
27. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
the furies
Persephone/Proserpina
e pluribus unum
carpe diem
28. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
rara avis
Medea
consul
mea culpa
29. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Chaos
Pan
Daedalus
L (Roman numeral)
30. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
sic transit gloria mundi
Spartacus
Sparta
31. 'Always prepared'
Hannibal
Excelsior!
semper paratus
Prometheus
32. A king Who was tortured in the Underworld by having water and grapes within his reach & but the water and grapes pulled away whenever he went to take drink or a bite
Iliad
vice versa
marathon
Tantalus
33. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
Homer
ad nauseam
Athens/Acropolis
34. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
C (Roman numeral)
Arachne
per capita
Penelope
35. 'in memory of'
in memoriam
toga
per diem
Troy
36. 'in memory of'
Chaos
C (Roman numeral)
agora/forum
in memoriam
37. 500
semper paratus
D (Roman numeral)
Hector
mea culpa
38. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
sic transit gloria mundi
per annum
ad nauseam
Orpheus & Eurydice
39. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
etc./et cetera
Icarus & Daedalus
in toto
L (Roman numeral)
40. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Hermes/Mercury
X (Roman numeral)
Charon
tempus fugit
41. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
N.B./nota bene
Golden Fleece
Sicily
Zeus/Jupiter
42. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
paterfamilias
per annum
Orpheus & Eurydice
43. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Cronus/Saturn
verbatim
mosaic
Tartarus
44. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
Colosseum
the Odyssey
agenda
45. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
status quo
Trojan Horse
Medea
in loco parentis
46. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
Jove
Hercules/Heracles
I (Roman numeral)
47. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
the Odyssey
Charon
sedentary
P.M./post meridiem
48. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
veni & vidi & vici
P.M./post meridiem
Aegean Sea
49. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
sine qua non
the furies
persona non grata
Odysseus/Ulysses
50. 'for the time being' - temporary
pro tempore
i.e./id est
per capita
agora/forum