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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth






2. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods






3. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






4. 5






5. 1






6. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






7. 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')






8. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






9. 10






10. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






11. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






12. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






13. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






14. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






15. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






16. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome






17. 'Time flies/flees'






18. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






19. 50






20. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






21. '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






22. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






23. 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






24. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






25. 5






26. River that runs through the city of Rome






27. 'great work'






28. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






29. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War






30. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






31. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






32. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






33. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






34. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






35. 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)






36. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country






37. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






38. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






39. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






40. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






41. 1000






42. 'All-knowing'






43. 'firm ground/solid earth'






44. Goddess of the hearth






45. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






46. 100






47. 'per head' 'per person'






48. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat






49. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






50. 'A slip of the tongue'







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