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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. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
verbatim
consul
ad infinitum
2. 'A slip of the tongue'
Poseidon/Neptune
lapsus linguae
Artemis/Diana
tempus fugit
3. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
puerile
Spartacus
Styx
in loco parentis
4. Goddess of victory
cave canem
Nike/Victoria
Spartacus
toga
5. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
e pluribus unum
Hercules/Heracles
Parthenon
veto
6. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
ego
Odysseus/Ulysses
Trojan Horse
Ides of March
7. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
mea culpa
sub poena
Mt. Olympus
Spartacus
8. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
terra firma
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
muses
Poseidon/Neptune
9. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')
rostra
ego
ad infinitum
agora/forum
10. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
ad nauseam
Cyclops
Caesar
11. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
Mt. Vesuvius
rostra
semper fidelis
sub rosa
12. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Persephone/Proserpina
terra firma
Ithaca
Pan
13. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
plebeian
polytheism
in toto
iota
14. 'After death'
Penelope
post mortem
in loco parentis
ego
15. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
tempus fugit
puerile
Excelsior!
16. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
P.S./post scriptum
polytheism
jovial
mores
17. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
magnum opus
Aphrodite/Venus
sub poena
18. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
SPQR
Golden Fleece
veto
satyr
19. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Colosseum
Cerberus
Charon
mea culpa
20. Goddess of wisdom
Athena/Minerva
marathon
polytheism
Hestia/Vesta
21. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
e.g./exempli gratia
Hades/Pluto
Achilles' heel
the Fates
22. The male head of a Roman family
Nike/Victoria
mosaic
etc./et cetera
paterfamilias
23. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
mentor
carpe diem
ad nauseam
24. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Eros/Cupid
Pax Romana
satyr
25. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
veto
Dionysus/Bacchus
ad infinitum
C (Roman numeral)
26. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
omniscient
Circus Maximus
terra firma
i.e./id est
27. Goddess of the hunt
D (Roman numeral)
Troy
Artemis/Diana
labyrinth
28. 'great-souled & high-minded'
Athens/Acropolis
magnanimous
iota
Homer
29. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
finis
semper fidelis
jovial
Parthenon
30. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
quid pro quo
sic transit gloria mundi
in memoriam
Paris
31. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
tribune
Palatine Hill
Tartarus
SPQR
32. 'great-souled & high-minded'
status quo
terra incognita
et tu & Brute?
magnanimous
33. 1000
M (Roman numeral)
Mt. Vesuvius
mores
Hannibal
34. Doctor of medicine
Helen
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
etc./et cetera
etc./et cetera
35. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
in toto
per annum
Etruscans
Sparta
36. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Ge/Gaea
tribune
omniscient
errare humanum est
37. 'great work'
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Hephaestus/Vulcan
magnum opus
Tiber
38. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Apollo/Apollo
sic semper tyrannis
rara avis
Aegean Sea
39. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
Etruscans
finis
the Fates
D (Roman numeral)
40. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
Sparta
P.M./post meridiem
iota
Hydra
41. God of the sea
per diem
Charon
Poseidon/Neptune
Jove
42. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
D (Roman numeral)
labor vincit omnia
Perseus & Medusa
Mt. Vesuvius
43. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Palatine Hill
Athens/Acropolis
ad infinitum
mentor
44. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
magnanimous
Penelope
Ares/Mars
labyrinth
45. 'under penalty' a written order for a person to come testify in court
Medea
SPQR
sub poena
iota
46. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Hephaestus/Vulcan
A.D./anno Domini
labyrinth
per diem
47. 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
Arachne
Trojan Horse
errare humanum est
Punic Wars
48. 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
Medea
Ares/Mars
Athens/Acropolis
ex officio
49. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
Penelope
Prometheus
Athena/Minerva
50. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
Daedalus
Prometheus
persona non grata