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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. 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
agenda
sub rosa
labor vincit omnia
laurels
2. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Mt. Vesuvius
mellifluous
Jason
L (Roman numeral)
3. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
V (Roman numeral)
semper fidelis
toga
4. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Hector
Artemis/Diana
finis
mosaic
5. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
semper fidelis
fasces
Dionysus/Bacchus
Elysian Fields/Elysium
6. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
jovial
etc./et cetera
fresco
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
7. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
A.D./anno Domini
Pax Romana
Pantheon
Odysseus/Ulysses
8. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
magnanimous
Sparta
consul
Excelsior!
9. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
Homer
ex officio
I (Roman numeral)
Cyclops
10. 'great work'
Athena/Minerva
sic transit gloria mundi
magnum opus
Styx
11. 'per year'
mentor
Odysseus/Ulysses
ambrosia and nectar
per annum
12. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Delphic Oracle
Gorgons
paterfamilias
via
13. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
the Odyssey
Pantheon
Charon
Jove
14. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
laurels
Dionysus/Bacchus
Charon
fresco
15. 'great work'
X (Roman numeral)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Paris
magnum opus
16. Writing after the body of a letter
P.S./post scriptum
errare humanum est
carpe diem
Parthenon
17. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
jovial
Medea
Troy
p.o./ per os
18. 50
Ariadne
Sisyphus
ambrosia and nectar
L (Roman numeral)
19. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
ad infinitum
papyrus
status quo
Charon
20. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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21. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
Charon
mosaic
Caesar
veni & vidi & vici
22. Market place/business center
aqueduct
in memoriam
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
agora/forum
23. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
via
labyrinth
Nike/Victoria
via
24. Perseus slayed Medusa the Gorgon
SPQR
Perseus & Medusa
agenda
Tartarus
25. 'note well' i.e. take note
Ge/Gaea
ad infinitum
N.B./nota bene
Iliad
26. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
quid pro quo
Apollo/Apollo
i.e./id est
ex libris
27. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
plebeian
Demeter/Ceres
Gorgons
Hannibal
28. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times
Hector
et tu & Brute?
persona non grata
muses
29. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Romulus and Remus
et tu & Brute?
Atlas
D (Roman numeral)
30. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Sicily
Mt. Vesuvius
Orpheus & Eurydice
Pan
31. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Cyclops
Iliad
Ariadne
et tu & Brute?
32. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Augustus
p.o./ per os
per annum
Hera/Juno
33. 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
aqueduct
Demeter/Ceres
Pandora
34. 'The end'
finis
in memoriam
polytheism
tempus fugit
35. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
et al./ et alii
lapsus linguae
polytheism
Mt. Vesuvius
36. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
per diem
carpe diem
Golden Fleece
37. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
semper paratus
Mt. Parnassus
P.S./post scriptum
C (Roman numeral)
38. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Sicily
Uranus
Ides of March
iota
39. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
carpe diem
Jason
e pluribus unum
Styx
40. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Pax Romana
labyrinth
tribune
Sparta
41. 'in the year of the Lord &' designating the time period after Christ's birth
M (Roman numeral)
A.D./anno Domini
Carthage
fasces
42. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Ithaca
ad nauseam
Palatine Hill
Cerberus
43. 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
sic semper tyrannis
Paris
A.D./anno Domini
Palatine Hill
44. 'peace be with you'
satyr
papyrus
M (Roman numeral)
pax vobiscum
45. 500
et al./ et alii
D (Roman numeral)
tribune
Priam
46. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
cave canem
papyrus
L (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
47. 10
ex libris
Ides of March
X (Roman numeral)
P.M./post meridiem
48. The 200 year period of peace which began under the rule of Augustus
labor vincit omnia
Ides of March
V (Roman numeral)
Pax Romana
49. 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')
via
Pantheon
rostra
the Fates
50. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
tribune
Achilles' heel
papyrus
Hannibal