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Classical Literacy
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1. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Arachne
fresco
Sparta
SPQR
2. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
via
ambrosia and nectar
mea culpa
the Odyssey
3. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
tribune
magnum opus
vs./versus
verbatim
4. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Penelope
rostra
terra incognita
ad infinitum
5. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
ex libris
fresco
satyr
verbatim
6. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
mellifluous
Mt. Vesuvius
Minotaur
Hermes/Mercury
7. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Hermes/Mercury
via
C (Roman numeral)
Hades/Pluto
8. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
Pantheon
Spartacus
Trojan Horse
Charon
9. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
ego
consul
Uranus
Minotaur
10. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
e.g./exempli gratia
Colosseum
semper fidelis
Atlas
11. 'in memory of'
Charon
Hermes/Mercury
in memoriam
Ares/Mars
12. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
p.o./ per os
ambrosia and nectar
Hera/Juno
Pantheon
13. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Pax Romana
verbatim
Uranus
Jove
14. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
aqueduct
omniscient
Hydra
Ithaca
15. 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
A.M./ante meridiem
Pegasus
Sisyphus
Hector
16. 'firm ground/solid earth'
Sparta
p.o./ per os
ego
terra firma
17. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Pompeii
ego
persona non grata
Spartacus
18. 'Time flies/flees'
sic transit gloria mundi
persona non grata
Palatine Hill
tempus fugit
19. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
Perseus & Medusa
magnanimous
pax vobiscum
20. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
Medea
P.S./post scriptum
ex libris
21. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
the furies
Charon
Medea
22. Goddess of the hearth
i.e./id est
Hestia/Vesta
Hercules/Heracles
vice versa
23. '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
sub rosa
toga
Saturnalia
et tu & Brute?
24. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
Hera/Juno
Minotaur
Pandora
25. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Medea
D (Roman numeral)
Pompeii
Aegean Sea
26. Home of the Greek gods
tribune
Theseus
Mt. Olympus
sine qua non
27. 'And others'
Icarus & Daedalus
et al./ et alii
finis
patrician
28. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
sub poena
Cerberus
marathon
Palatine Hill
29. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
veto
quid pro quo
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
P.S./post scriptum
30. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
toga
ambrosia and nectar
Circus Maximus
Etruscans
31. 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
Circus Maximus
iota
Daedalus
Athens/Acropolis
32. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
D (Roman numeral)
Daedalus
i.e./id est
Penelope
33. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
ambrosia and nectar
Palatine Hill
Mt. Parnassus
Theseus
34. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
tribune
apple of discord
sic semper tyrannis
per diem
35. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Apollo/Apollo
Jason
mores
apple of discord
36. God of war
Ares/Mars
mea culpa
rostra
Palatine Hill
37. Goddess of wisdom
Athena/Minerva
summa cum laude
agora/forum
Ge/Gaea
38. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
Mt. Vesuvius
A.D./anno Domini
Ariadne
39. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
SPQR
puerile
Caesar
40. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
magnum opus
toga
Punic Wars
41. 'per year'
Athens/Acropolis
Cronus/Saturn
per annum
ambrosia and nectar
42. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
ad infinitum
plebeian
quid pro quo
Icarus & Daedalus
43. 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
Hydra
Orpheus & Eurydice
Nike/Victoria
mellifluous
44. 'This for that &' a fair trade
quid pro quo
in memoriam
ex libris
post mortem
45. 'great work'
vice versa
magnum opus
plebeian
per capita
46. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
Excelsior!
Hector
Eros/Cupid
vice versa
47. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Atlas
L (Roman numeral)
et tu & Brute?
tempus fugit
48. 'unknown land'
terra incognita
e.g./exempli gratia
laurels
in loco parentis
49. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it
Pandora
Cyclops
ad nauseam
vice versa
50. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
Romulus and Remus
Medea
Hannibal
vice versa
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