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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. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
magnanimous
Iliad
rara avis
Trojan Horse
2. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
Tantalus
Eros/Cupid
Pegasus
ex officio
3. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Troy
Pompeii
Tiber
Tartarus
4. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
marathon
Romulus and Remus
Persephone/Proserpina
Zeus/Jupiter
5. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
finis
L (Roman numeral)
Aegean Sea
Mt. Vesuvius
6. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
e.g./exempli gratia
quid pro quo
Elysian Fields/Elysium
et tu & Brute?
7. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
valedictorian
Ge/Gaea
Caesar
8. 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
Hercules/Heracles
Tantalus
ex libris
in memoriam
9. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
e.g./exempli gratia
aqueduct
Apollo/Apollo
muses
10. 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
Augustus
Perseus & Medusa
magnum opus
Sisyphus
11. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
Chaos
pontifex maximus
labyrinth
12. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
in memoriam
sic transit gloria mundi
muses
Odysseus/Ulysses
13. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
D (Roman numeral)
M (Roman numeral)
atrium
Aphrodite/Venus
14. Goddess of the hunt
SPQR
Artemis/Diana
cornucopia
et tu & Brute?
15. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
X (Roman numeral)
Paris
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Demeter/Ceres
16. 'beware of the dog'
Hestia/Vesta
cave canem
Ariadne
per capita
17. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Arachne
etc./et cetera
Aegean Sea
polytheism
18. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
rostra
per diem
Homer
vs./versus
19. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
Pandora
finis
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
20. Home of the Greek gods
sedentary
Mt. Olympus
tribune
the furies
21. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Aphrodite/Venus
per diem
Tantalus
Odysseus/Ulysses
22. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
Zeus/Jupiter
Homer
Hera/Juno
in toto
23. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Medea
Chaos
Zeus/Jupiter
24. 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
Orpheus & Eurydice
e.g./exempli gratia
Perseus & Medusa
Chaos
25. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
P.M./post meridiem
Augustus
Paris
Pan
26. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
errare humanum est
ad infinitum
Mt. Vesuvius
Sparta
27. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
agenda
polytheism
N.B./nota bene
omniscient
28. Goddess of victory
Nike/Victoria
M (Roman numeral)
carpe diem
the furies
29. The people in control of the Italian peninsula before Rome began to spread
Pantheon
the furies
puerile
Etruscans
30. River that runs through the city of Rome
Tiber
summa cum laude
Theseus
Prometheus
31. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
mea culpa
Ithaca
Cronus/Saturn
iota
32. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Apollo/Apollo
Tantalus
Palatine Hill
p.o./ per os
33. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Penelope
Cronus/Saturn
patrician
ambrosia and nectar
34. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Hydra
Excelsior!
sine qua non
muses
35. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Theseus
plebeian
labyrinth
Atlas
36. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
Penelope
Pantheon
Theseus
e.g./exempli gratia
37. 'note well' i.e. take note
et tu & Brute?
N.B./nota bene
Pan
labor vincit omnia
38. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
cornucopia
aqueduct
pontifex maximus
verbatim
39. 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)
the Odyssey
pontifex maximus
Priam
Sicily
40. The norms or values of a society
cave canem
per annum
mores
Charon
41. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
N.B./nota bene
Ariadne
sine qua non
plebeian
42. 'All-knowing'
Hephaestus/Vulcan
L (Roman numeral)
Parthenon
omniscient
43. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
agora/forum
Ariadne
verbatim
plebeian
44. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
e pluribus unum
Hera/Juno
Colosseum
Styx
45. God of the sea
mosaic
Poseidon/Neptune
V (Roman numeral)
A.M./ante meridiem
46. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
per capita
laurels
Carthage
Sicily
47. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
etc./et cetera
fresco
Uranus
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
48. 'After death'
etc./et cetera
post mortem
per capita
ad infinitum
49. 'A slip of the tongue'
lapsus linguae
finis
SPQR
ex officio
50. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
Palatine Hill
status quo
laurels
sine qua non