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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. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
Carthage
et tu & Brute?
valedictorian
Achilles' heel
2. 'great work'
Medea
Golden Fleece
magnum opus
sine qua non
3. River that runs through the city of Rome
status quo
Tiber
Mt. Vesuvius
N.B./nota bene
4. 'The end'
Excelsior!
Palatine Hill
ambrosia and nectar
finis
5. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Theseus
Tantalus
Atlas
pontifex maximus
6. 10
D (Roman numeral)
agenda
X (Roman numeral)
papyrus
7. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
mores
Poseidon/Neptune
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
iota
8. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
vice versa
sine qua non
Ares/Mars
Demeter/Ceres
9. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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10. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
errare humanum est
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
cornucopia
vs./versus
11. 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
ambrosia and nectar
mentor
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hephaestus/Vulcan
12. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
sic transit gloria mundi
Palatine Hill
Etruscans
valedictorian
13. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
pro tempore
Priam
in toto
14. The norms or values of a society
C (Roman numeral)
mores
Excelsior!
fresco
15. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
Hades/Pluto
pontifex maximus
atrium
Tartarus
16. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Achilles' heel
Medea
et tu & Brute?
semper paratus
17. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
P.M./post meridiem
Hannibal
Troy
e pluribus unum
18. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
cornucopia
Colosseum
persona non grata
L (Roman numeral)
19. 'Work conquers all'
the furies
semper fidelis
Apollo/Apollo
labor vincit omnia
20. 'in memory of'
aqueduct
in memoriam
Sicily
Theseus
21. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
veto
veni & vidi & vici
Parthenon
per annum
22. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
tempus fugit
A.D./anno Domini
epic
magnum opus
23. '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
Trojan Horse
the furies
valedictorian
sub rosa
24. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
vs./versus
muses
quid pro quo
P.S./post scriptum
25. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
summa cum laude
polytheism
vs./versus
persona non grata
26. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
per annum
Homer
mosaic
e pluribus unum
27. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Ariadne
Hermes/Mercury
P.M./post meridiem
Pan
28. 'unknown land'
N.B./nota bene
terra incognita
Paris
the furies
29. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Uranus
Zeus/Jupiter
mea culpa
ex libris
30. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
sic transit gloria mundi
vice versa
Atlas
Hephaestus/Vulcan
31. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
cave canem
Prometheus
Nike/Victoria
Odysseus/Ulysses
32. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
toga
Artemis/Diana
Ge/Gaea
Punic Wars
33. 'great-souled & high-minded'
magnum opus
magnanimous
Atlas
Tantalus
34. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Chaos
Carthage
Palatine Hill
sedentary
35. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Hermes/Mercury
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Minotaur
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
36. 'The state in which'
Apollo/Apollo
Zeus/Jupiter
status quo
Uranus
37. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
Sicily
Jason
satyr
agenda
38. 5
V (Roman numeral)
Homer
Uranus
the furies
39. Goddess of wisdom
pontifex maximus
Iliad
Athena/Minerva
Hydra
40. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
etc./et cetera
vs./versus
tribune
toga
41. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday
Chaos
vice versa
Troy
Prometheus
42. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Caesar
polytheism
Mt. Parnassus
Tantalus
43. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Hera/Juno
patrician
Ariadne
finis
44. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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45. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
valedictorian
Excelsior!
fasces
magnum opus
46. The norms or values of a society
Perseus & Medusa
Pandora
mores
Odysseus/Ulysses
47. 'The other way around'
vice versa
Apollo/Apollo
fasces
Jason
48. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
P.S./post scriptum
Augustus
status quo
Achilles' heel
49. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
in memoriam
Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece
50. 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
Trojan Horse
consul
persona non grata
vice versa