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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. 'All-knowing'
Trojan Horse
Hades/Pluto
cornucopia
omniscient
2. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Trojan Horse
I (Roman numeral)
cave canem
Theseus
3. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
vs./versus
ex libris
Tantalus
omniscient
4. The norms or values of a society
jovial
Saturnalia
plebeian
mores
5. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
Hydra
the Odyssey
p.o./ per os
persona non grata
6. Goddess of the hunt
Dionysus/Bacchus
semper fidelis
Artemis/Diana
polytheism
7. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
A.M./ante meridiem
toga
sic transit gloria mundi
terra incognita
8. 'great-souled & high-minded'
e.g./exempli gratia
magnanimous
the furies
I (Roman numeral)
9. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
fasces
A.M./ante meridiem
Trojan Horse
10. God of the sea
Poseidon/Neptune
valedictorian
laurels
quid pro quo
11. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
Ariadne
Cerberus
Dionysus/Bacchus
the furies
12. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
labyrinth
Cyclops
Medea
Aegean Sea
13. Refers to an action or condition necessary for something to happen
Sparta
sine qua non
pro tempore
Penelope
14. 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
sic transit gloria mundi
the Fates
Eros/Cupid
Athens/Acropolis
15. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
M (Roman numeral)
Theseus
aqueduct
Minotaur
16. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Cyclops
valedictorian
marathon
17. God of the sea
Pantheon
Poseidon/Neptune
veto
terra incognita
18. 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
N.B./nota bene
Pantheon
M (Roman numeral)
Hercules/Heracles
19. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
terra incognita
e pluribus unum
Persephone/Proserpina
pax vobiscum
20. 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
Hermes/Mercury
papyrus
Pax Romana
Hector
21. 'This for that &' a fair trade
the Fates
quid pro quo
Icarus & Daedalus
D (Roman numeral)
22. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Saturnalia
Pantheon
Sicily
fresco
23. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
M (Roman numeral)
persona non grata
Athens/Acropolis
jovial
24. The river surrounding the Underworld
Styx
papyrus
Athens/Acropolis
Augustus
25. 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)
Gorgons
Etruscans
pax vobiscum
Hestia/Vesta
26. Home of the Greek gods
Pan
Romulus and Remus
Demeter/Ceres
Mt. Olympus
27. 'in memory of'
per diem
Aphrodite/Venus
in memoriam
post mortem
28. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
Paris
Palatine Hill
sine qua non
Pompeii
29. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
the Fates
Homer
Caesar
Hydra
30. 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
Priam
I (Roman numeral)
Prometheus
P.M./post meridiem
31. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
p.o./ per os
Mt. Vesuvius
marathon
Athens/Acropolis
32. 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
Styx
Pandora
Helen
the furies
33. 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.
sub rosa
Styx
Hannibal
I (Roman numeral)
34. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
p.o./ per os
Circus Maximus
Excelsior!
satyr
35. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head
Pegasus
magnanimous
et tu & Brute?
vice versa
36. '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
ex libris
et tu & Brute?
Uranus
Aegean Sea
37. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
papyrus
ex libris
muses
valedictorian
38. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
ad infinitum
the Fates
Ariadne
Sparta
39. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
P.M./post meridiem
agenda
Saturnalia
in loco parentis
40. 'great work'
Penelope
Jason
Pan
magnum opus
41. 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
Hera/Juno
Athena/Minerva
Cyclops
Hannibal
42. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
iota
V (Roman numeral)
summa cum laude
Augustus
43. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
Excelsior!
per capita
C (Roman numeral)
44. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Romulus and Remus
Tartarus
magnanimous
Saturnalia
45. 'And others'
Uranus
Paris
et al./ et alii
Aegean Sea
46. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
sedentary
e pluribus unum
Charon
i.e./id est
47. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Carthage
Excelsior!
verbatim
SPQR
48. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
iota
Ge/Gaea
P.S./post scriptum
Hera/Juno
49. 'An unwelcome person' - used in diplomacy to indicate a person Who is barred from entering a certain country
magnum opus
persona non grata
M (Roman numeral)
Etruscans
50. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
semper fidelis
Chaos
Tantalus