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Classical Literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 50
Caesar
L (Roman numeral)
Charon
Cronus/Saturn
2. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
ad infinitum
Ariadne
Penelope
sedentary
3. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Uranus
p.o./ per os
magnanimous
etc./et cetera
4. 'peace be with you'
pax vobiscum
Hermes/Mercury
V (Roman numeral)
Pan
5. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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6. Market place/business center
toga
cornucopia
Hannibal
agora/forum
7. The river surrounding the Underworld
Uranus
Styx
status quo
semper paratus
8. 'All-knowing'
SPQR
Icarus & Daedalus
A.D./anno Domini
omniscient
9. 5
ex officio
terra incognita
Zeus/Jupiter
V (Roman numeral)
10. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
sub rosa
tribune
toga
Etruscans
11. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
jovial
mentor
Atlas
rara avis
12. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
mea culpa
Uranus
Carthage
mentor
13. 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
vice versa
Orpheus & Eurydice
Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
14. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
vs./versus
labyrinth
status quo
Charon
15. 'The state in which'
D (Roman numeral)
status quo
Pegasus
Gorgons
16. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Sparta
valedictorian
summa cum laude
Daedalus
17. 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
Delphic Oracle
laurels
Prometheus
Ides of March
18. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
finis
the furies
agenda
pax vobiscum
19. After midday/noon
Eros/Cupid
sic semper tyrannis
P.M./post meridiem
A.D./anno Domini
20. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
patrician
Pax Romana
Tiber
Delphic Oracle
21. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
e pluribus unum
vice versa
Gorgons
p.o./ per os
22. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
semper fidelis
SPQR
Hector
per diem
23. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
puerile
Tartarus
I (Roman numeral)
24. 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
Parthenon
sub poena
Icarus & Daedalus
25. 'per day'
Medea
p.o./ per os
per annum
per diem
26. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
Ares/Mars
Ides of March
cave canem
A.M./ante meridiem
27. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Sisyphus
in memoriam
Circus Maximus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
28. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
agenda
et al./ et alii
the furies
29. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Sparta
Arachne
satyr
patrician
30. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
fasces
Pegasus
Hydra
vice versa
31. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
the Odyssey
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
pro tempore
semper fidelis
32. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
Ides of March
via
Jove
sedentary
33. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
finis
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Tantalus
verbatim
34. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
Hades/Pluto
Etruscans
Athens/Acropolis
laurels
35. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Sicily
mentor
via
tempus fugit
36. 'for the time being' - temporary
the Odyssey
pro tempore
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
C (Roman numeral)
37. Home of the Greek gods
terra firma
Mt. Olympus
Augustus
quid pro quo
38. 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
consul
Paris
Delphic Oracle
Pandora
39. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
finis
Colosseum
in loco parentis
Punic Wars
40. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Mt. Vesuvius
mea culpa
labor vincit omnia
Perseus & Medusa
41. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Caesar
Hermes/Mercury
satyr
papyrus
42. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Hannibal
ex libris
P.M./post meridiem
mosaic
43. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
N.B./nota bene
atrium
Tiber
44. 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
Trojan Horse
Colosseum
Cyclops
P.S./post scriptum
45. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
lapsus linguae
muses
papyrus
etc./et cetera
46. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
Perseus & Medusa
Cronus/Saturn
Styx
valedictorian
47. 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
agora/forum
Hades/Pluto
epic
48. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
Mt. Olympus
Styx
semper paratus
consul
49. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
finis
Arachne
muses
mea culpa
50. 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)
pontifex maximus
Mt. Olympus
Priam
Augustus