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Classical Literacy
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1. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Atlas
Delphic Oracle
Palatine Hill
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
2. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
consul
agenda
Aegean Sea
jovial
3. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
pro tempore
Zeus/Jupiter
epic
terra firma
4. 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
Punic Wars
Pan
SPQR
Paris
5. 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
Prometheus
sic semper tyrannis
V (Roman numeral)
in loco parentis
6. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Iliad
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Cyclops
Daedalus
7. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
fasces
terra firma
SPQR
A.D./anno Domini
8. 'great-souled & high-minded'
magnanimous
ad nauseam
lapsus linguae
Delphic Oracle
9. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Carthage
Colosseum
et tu & Brute?
in toto
10. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
pro tempore
Persephone/Proserpina
Carthage
Caesar
11. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Ares/Mars
vice versa
per diem
Etruscans
12. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
ad infinitum
Sparta
labyrinth
Ides of March
13. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
Theseus
Homer
Iliad
Mt. Vesuvius
14. 'The state in which'
semper fidelis
patrician
status quo
Golden Fleece
15. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
Eros/Cupid
Troy
the Odyssey
16. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Etruscans
persona non grata
Gorgons
Hera/Juno
17. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Prometheus
Punic Wars
Hydra
Perseus & Medusa
18. 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
Ariadne
Pandora
Saturnalia
etc./et cetera
19. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
Athena/Minerva
Cronus/Saturn
Cronus/Saturn
sine qua non
20. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Tartarus
Mt. Parnassus
i.e./id est
Hannibal
21. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
per capita
rostra
tempus fugit
22. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
sic semper tyrannis
in toto
mores
post mortem
23. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Delphic Oracle
ex officio
patrician
the Odyssey
24. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
agenda
per diem
epic
Mt. Olympus
25. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
p.o./ per os
Athena/Minerva
toga
per annum
26. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
sub poena
sub rosa
fresco
cave canem
27. 'per day'
iota
Hector
per diem
etc./et cetera
28. Home of the Greek gods
Mt. Olympus
Punic Wars
Elysian Fields/Elysium
rara avis
29. 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
agenda
mentor
Odysseus/Ulysses
Arachne
30. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
papyrus
Tiber
muses
Pantheon
31. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
aqueduct
Hephaestus/Vulcan
cornucopia
verbatim
32. 'note well' i.e. take note
lapsus linguae
N.B./nota bene
etc./et cetera
Colosseum
33. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
in memoriam
Orpheus & Eurydice
Dionysus/Bacchus
pontifex maximus
34. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
patrician
C (Roman numeral)
Hera/Juno
magnanimous
35. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
muses
sedentary
Athena/Minerva
fresco
36. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
V (Roman numeral)
Iliad
sedentary
Cronus/Saturn
37. 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
Etruscans
Zeus/Jupiter
Orpheus & Eurydice
Pantheon
38. Home of the Greek gods
vs./versus
mentor
Jove
Mt. Olympus
39. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Athena/Minerva
Hannibal
Pegasus
P.S./post scriptum
40. 'The end'
quid pro quo
finis
Persephone/Proserpina
consul
41. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Iliad
Nike/Victoria
Spartacus
Excelsior!
42. 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)
Homer
plebeian
Priam
Hector
43. The norms or values of a society
cornucopia
muses
Hades/Pluto
mores
44. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
Palatine Hill
Theseus
mellifluous
Romulus and Remus
45. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Paris
sub poena
Pegasus
Jason
46. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Charon
puerile
papyrus
Troy
47. 'Always prepared'
Sparta
semper paratus
Ides of March
ex libris
48. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
Zeus/Jupiter
fasces
muses
Palatine Hill
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.
Pantheon
ambrosia and nectar
ex libris
et tu & Brute?
50. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Charon
Homer
Tiber
i.e./id est
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