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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'seize the day'






2. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






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






4. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






5. 'per year'






6. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning






7. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War






8. 50






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






10. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






11. 'The end'






12. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






13. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






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






15. Goddess of the hearth






16. 'per day'






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






18. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






19. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






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






21. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






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)






23. 'After death'






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






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






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






27. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






28. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






29. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






30. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






31. 'Always prepared'






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






33. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance






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






35. 'in memory of'






36. 'in memory of'






37. 500






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






39. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.






40. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






41. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey






42. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






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






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






45. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






46. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






47. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






48. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






49. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






50. 'for the time being' - temporary