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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. Goddess of love
C (Roman numeral)
Aphrodite/Venus
Eros/Cupid
Hector
2. 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
Pandora
Excelsior!
Achilles' heel
vice versa
3. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
Penelope
toga
plebeian
ambrosia and nectar
4. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Pandora
sub poena
via
5. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
consul
Cronus/Saturn
ad infinitum
cornucopia
6. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Troy
Perseus & Medusa
M (Roman numeral)
ambrosia and nectar
7. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
sub poena
jovial
apple of discord
ad nauseam
8. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
tempus fugit
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hector
per capita
9. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
sub rosa
mosaic
Iliad
via
10. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Cerberus
Medea
Charon
Arachne
11. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Etruscans
the furies
12. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
lapsus linguae
Pompeii
persona non grata
fresco
13. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Odysseus/Ulysses
puerile
semper fidelis
Gorgons
14. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Ithaca
Eros/Cupid
Caesar
Sicily
15. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Penelope
Arachne
toga
patrician
16. Goddess of victory
papyrus
pro tempore
Jason
Nike/Victoria
17. 'per year'
Hector
per annum
Paris
papyrus
18. 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
Pompeii
satyr
quid pro quo
Hector
19. Literally & the apple that Eris (goddess of strife) threw in front of Hera & Aphrodite & and Athena to cause a dispute over Who was the fairest; figuratively & anything which causes a dispute
Romulus and Remus
Pegasus
I (Roman numeral)
apple of discord
20. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Pax Romana
Perseus & Medusa
fresco
pax vobiscum
21. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death
Golden Fleece
Icarus & Daedalus
persona non grata
Mt. Parnassus
22. 1000
Circus Maximus
in loco parentis
M (Roman numeral)
Ides of March
23. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Priam
D (Roman numeral)
Excelsior!
tempus fugit
24. 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
Punic Wars
veni & vidi & vici
Sisyphus
pro tempore
25. 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
Ge/Gaea
A.M./ante meridiem
ex officio
pontifex maximus
26. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
Penelope
M (Roman numeral)
Cronus/Saturn
27. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Hannibal
X (Roman numeral)
magnanimous
Mt. Olympus
28. 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
veto
sic semper tyrannis
mentor
ad nauseam
29. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
Aegean Sea
Mt. Olympus
tribune
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
30. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
ego
Uranus
Sicily
et al./ et alii
31. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Circus Maximus
Pax Romana
pro tempore
Eros/Cupid
32. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
et tu & Brute?
consul
the Odyssey
33. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
patrician
Golden Fleece
Apollo/Apollo
Sicily
34. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Tartarus
ego
sic semper tyrannis
Cronus/Saturn
35. '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
Persephone/Proserpina
valedictorian
ad infinitum
Nike/Victoria
36. 50
L (Roman numeral)
Cronus/Saturn
Zeus/Jupiter
Pegasus
37. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
puerile
omniscient
Tartarus
Delphic Oracle
38. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
quid pro quo
Pandora
Sicily
Circus Maximus
39. 'The state in which'
status quo
cave canem
i.e./id est
Daedalus
40. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death
Icarus & Daedalus
etc./et cetera
mores
Palatine Hill
41. 'A slip of the tongue'
C (Roman numeral)
lapsus linguae
Cronus/Saturn
A.D./anno Domini
42. '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
polytheism
et tu & Brute?
sub rosa
pax vobiscum
43. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
C (Roman numeral)
Mt. Vesuvius
Jason
plebeian
44. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
consul
Colosseum
Pan
Cerberus
45. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Mt. Parnassus
Styx
papyrus
rara avis
46. '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.
post mortem
sic semper tyrannis
rostra
Chaos
47. 'unknown land'
I (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
terra incognita
Pompeii
48. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
sine qua non
Elysian Fields/Elysium
verbatim
patrician
49. 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
Charon
Ares/Mars
Orpheus & Eurydice
sic semper tyrannis
50. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
SPQR
P.S./post scriptum
iota
Zeus/Jupiter