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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. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
Medea
Aphrodite/Venus
Troy
2. Victorious athletes & generals & and emperors wore crowns of made of the branches of the laurel tree to symbolize their victory; now & 'laurels' refer to someone's achievements
Sparta
laurels
Pegasus
X (Roman numeral)
3. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Pan
in toto
sedentary
4. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
persona non grata
Tantalus
lapsus linguae
summa cum laude
5. 'seize the day'
A.D./anno Domini
carpe diem
sine qua non
ad nauseam
6. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
epic
V (Roman numeral)
Nike/Victoria
7. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
the Fates
epic
Carthage
Ariadne
8. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
Mt. Vesuvius
P.M./post meridiem
Sparta
Iliad
9. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Tantalus
vice versa
Troy
Sparta
10. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
lapsus linguae
muses
in memoriam
11. 'A slip of the tongue'
lapsus linguae
Trojan Horse
A.D./anno Domini
mea culpa
12. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
e.g./exempli gratia
Chaos
per annum
P.S./post scriptum
13. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Persephone/Proserpina
Circus Maximus
Demeter/Ceres
Aegean Sea
14. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Excelsior!
Poseidon/Neptune
muses
ex libris
15. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
mentor
via
Perseus & Medusa
the Odyssey
16. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Circus Maximus
paterfamilias
marathon
epic
17. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
valedictorian
Theseus
Demeter/Ceres
tribune
18. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Parthenon
per annum
Apollo/Apollo
Priam
19. 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
Saturnalia
Prometheus
Persephone/Proserpina
Artemis/Diana
20. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
toga
Charon
Pompeii
Hestia/Vesta
21. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
Etruscans
plebeian
Homer
22. 'for the time being' - temporary
Penelope
post mortem
pro tempore
SPQR
23. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
per capita
papyrus
mea culpa
mellifluous
24. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
Perseus & Medusa
toga
Cerberus
atrium
25. 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
Artemis/Diana
terra firma
Paris
atrium
26. 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
C (Roman numeral)
Tantalus
ex libris
magnum opus
27. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
rostra
Hestia/Vesta
magnum opus
Hera/Juno
28. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
verbatim
Mt. Olympus
puerile
Hydra
29. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
muses
rostra
mea culpa
Persephone/Proserpina
30. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Cronus/Saturn
Athens/Acropolis
Daedalus
31. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Ge/Gaea
toga
terra firma
etc./et cetera
32. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Pandora
mellifluous
sic semper tyrannis
Aegean Sea
33. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Hermes/Mercury
Penelope
Ge/Gaea
Parthenon
34. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Mt. Parnassus
Charon
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
per diem
35. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
ad infinitum
Prometheus
i.e./id est
Uranus
36. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
mores
Persephone/Proserpina
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Punic Wars
37. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
sine qua non
SPQR
fresco
C (Roman numeral)
38. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
muses
cave canem
Hera/Juno
Medea
39. Goddess of the hunt
mea culpa
Sicily
Artemis/Diana
mellifluous
40. 1
N.B./nota bene
lapsus linguae
Delphic Oracle
I (Roman numeral)
41. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
marathon
Delphic Oracle
Palatine Hill
tribune
42. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Pegasus
verbatim
ad infinitum
terra incognita
43. 'The state in which'
Hannibal
status quo
SPQR
Pax Romana
44. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
vs./versus
C (Roman numeral)
Punic Wars
in loco parentis
45. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Mt. Vesuvius
sub poena
verbatim
Ithaca
46. Goddess of victory
Troy
toga
Nike/Victoria
fasces
47. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
A.D./anno Domini
via
Gorgons
atrium
48. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Perseus & Medusa
SPQR
per diem
satyr
49. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Sparta
Chaos
Pandora
semper fidelis
50. Market place/business center
magnum opus
aqueduct
agora/forum
Excelsior!