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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. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
Pan
Styx
e pluribus unum
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
2. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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3. '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
et tu & Brute?
labor vincit omnia
magnanimous
e pluribus unum
4. 50
e pluribus unum
Golden Fleece
Mt. Vesuvius
L (Roman numeral)
5. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Ge/Gaea
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
valedictorian
Troy
6. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
aqueduct
Tantalus
et tu & Brute?
Priam
7. 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
via
Sisyphus
Hydra
magnanimous
8. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
mores
Atlas
sine qua non
Orpheus & Eurydice
9. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
iota
valedictorian
paterfamilias
X (Roman numeral)
10. The norms or values of a society
Atlas
mores
L (Roman numeral)
Circus Maximus
11. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
carpe diem
the Odyssey
Apollo/Apollo
12. After midday/noon
veni & vidi & vici
Parthenon
sic semper tyrannis
P.M./post meridiem
13. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
in toto
Styx
i.e./id est
L (Roman numeral)
14. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
iota
Jason
quid pro quo
labyrinth
15. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
ego
M (Roman numeral)
Theseus
plebeian
16. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
p.o./ per os
atrium
Sicily
sic transit gloria mundi
17. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
summa cum laude
sine qua non
Pompeii
per diem
18. 'note well' i.e. take note
lapsus linguae
i.e./id est
N.B./nota bene
e pluribus unum
19. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
e.g./exempli gratia
Hannibal
agenda
Carthage
20. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece
toga
status quo
mores
21. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Ithaca
tribune
Pantheon
Perseus & Medusa
22. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Palatine Hill
Pompeii
Aegean Sea
Icarus & Daedalus
23. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
mea culpa
the Odyssey
Ithaca
Medea
24. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
agora/forum
Mt. Olympus
Hera/Juno
paterfamilias
25. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Uranus
mea culpa
aqueduct
terra incognita
26. 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
Pantheon
toga
iota
Pandora
27. 10
fasces
aqueduct
p.o./ per os
X (Roman numeral)
28. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
marathon
Jason
Ides of March
Spartacus
29. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
et al./ et alii
consul
Hestia/Vesta
mellifluous
30. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
errare humanum est
P.S./post scriptum
Helen
Ge/Gaea
31. The technical biological term for the human species
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32. God of war
Ares/Mars
Achilles' heel
veni & vidi & vici
atrium
33. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
Athens/Acropolis
epic
Cyclops
labyrinth
34. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
in memoriam
Colosseum
agenda
polytheism
35. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
Palatine Hill
magnum opus
mellifluous
Hannibal
36. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
cave canem
Mt. Vesuvius
veto
Circus Maximus
37. 'per head' 'per person'
A.M./ante meridiem
per capita
Prometheus
per diem
38. 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
tempus fugit
summa cum laude
Trojan Horse
ego
39. 50
L (Roman numeral)
Hector
marathon
Pantheon
40. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
ex libris
Arachne
Medea
Colosseum
41. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Medea
marathon
N.B./nota bene
ad infinitum
42. God of war
cornucopia
Tiber
D (Roman numeral)
Ares/Mars
43. 'beware of the dog'
Elysian Fields/Elysium
cave canem
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Etruscans
44. 1000
verbatim
M (Roman numeral)
Pax Romana
Pandora
45. 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
mellifluous
Icarus & Daedalus
Mt. Vesuvius
apple of discord
46. 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)
Priam
fresco
valedictorian
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
47. The river surrounding the Underworld
agenda
marathon
Styx
et al./ et alii
48. '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
Palatine Hill
et tu & Brute?
etc./et cetera
agenda
49. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
the furies
Mt. Parnassus
Pantheon
pontifex maximus
50. '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.
sic semper tyrannis
A.M./ante meridiem
fasces
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