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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
Pegasus
ad infinitum
Jason
2. 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
Chaos
Trojan Horse
atrium
agenda
3. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
fasces
omniscient
quid pro quo
4. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
the furies
mea culpa
mosaic
5. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
agora/forum
consul
Charon
plebeian
6. '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
Poseidon/Neptune
et tu & Brute?
plebeian
ex libris
7. 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
laurels
polytheism
patrician
status quo
8. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Nike/Victoria
Perseus & Medusa
carpe diem
A.M./ante meridiem
9. The three goddesses who determine a person's life: when he will be born & how long he will live & and when he will die; one sister spins the thread of life & the second measures out a certain length & and the third cuts it at the end of the person's
polytheism
the Fates
e.g./exempli gratia
Saturnalia
10. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Golden Fleece
Ides of March
Jason
Priam
11. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
valedictorian
per diem
ambrosia and nectar
per annum
12. God of the sea
Hercules/Heracles
polytheism
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Poseidon/Neptune
13. '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
carpe diem
Hestia/Vesta
pax vobiscum
valedictorian
14. Writing after the body of a letter
Cerberus
P.S./post scriptum
sedentary
Minotaur
15. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
Demeter/Ceres
sine qua non
Orpheus & Eurydice
16. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
P.M./post meridiem
ad nauseam
terra firma
17. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
et tu & Brute?
mosaic
Saturnalia
Perseus & Medusa
18. 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')
rostra
Saturnalia
Nike/Victoria
Homer
19. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Minotaur
Cyclops
Pan
20. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
terra firma
tribune
rara avis
mellifluous
21. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
e.g./exempli gratia
Pantheon
SPQR
paterfamilias
22. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Palatine Hill
summa cum laude
Orpheus & Eurydice
Dionysus/Bacchus
23. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
Hannibal
sic transit gloria mundi
Perseus & Medusa
Charon
24. 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
atrium
finis
Ithaca
25. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Sparta
Ge/Gaea
Saturnalia
ex libris
26. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Etruscans
terra incognita
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Pantheon
27. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
errare humanum est
mea culpa
Sparta
Spartacus
28. 100
C (Roman numeral)
Mt. Olympus
atrium
P.M./post meridiem
29. '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
mentor
ex officio
Palatine Hill
et al./ et alii
30. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
Romulus and Remus
Homer
i.e./id est
Trojan Horse
31. 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
mentor
tribune
Orpheus & Eurydice
satyr
32. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located
patrician
status quo
Athens/Acropolis
Trojan Horse
33. 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
ambrosia and nectar
Sisyphus
the Fates
Mt. Parnassus
34. God of the Underworld/Tartarus
per diem
per diem
cornucopia
Hades/Pluto
35. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house
valedictorian
atrium
Caesar
paterfamilias
36. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
SPQR
P.S./post scriptum
Pandora
omniscient
37. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
paterfamilias
Cerberus
sic semper tyrannis
38. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
paterfamilias
magnanimous
terra firma
39. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
finis
Hercules/Heracles
epic
40. 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
Achilles' heel
X (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
apple of discord
41. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
tempus fugit
the furies
Demeter/Ceres
Aegean Sea
42. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
sine qua non
Gorgons
labor vincit omnia
Perseus & Medusa
43. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Colosseum
P.S./post scriptum
Dionysus/Bacchus
Trojan Horse
44. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
Atlas
Icarus & Daedalus
jovial
Mt. Vesuvius
45. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Tiber
Minotaur
Penelope
Theseus
46. God of war
L (Roman numeral)
magnum opus
Aegean Sea
Ares/Mars
47. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Sicily
Circus Maximus
Jove
tribune
48. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
in toto
verbatim
Jove
49. 'The other way around'
Theseus
Apollo/Apollo
agenda
vice versa
50. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
ambrosia and nectar
Artemis/Diana
Carthage
Colosseum