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Classical Literacy
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'Time flies/flees'
puerile
toga
tempus fugit
finis
2. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
rostra
Ge/Gaea
ad nauseam
pontifex maximus
3. 'note well' i.e. take note
Pan
N.B./nota bene
satyr
P.S./post scriptum
4. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Jason
P.M./post meridiem
iota
rostra
5. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Excelsior!
Circus Maximus
Athens/Acropolis
Pax Romana
6. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
D (Roman numeral)
Hephaestus/Vulcan
aqueduct
summa cum laude
7. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
consul
valedictorian
Romulus and Remus
Troy
8. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Aphrodite/Venus
Augustus
Cyclops
Pompeii
9. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
aqueduct
pontifex maximus
epic
Tiber
10. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
p.o./ per os
SPQR
Tantalus
satyr
11. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death
mellifluous
vice versa
atrium
Icarus & Daedalus
12. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
ego
labor vincit omnia
errare humanum est
finis
13. 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
sic semper tyrannis
Etruscans
Hannibal
ad infinitum
14. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
mea culpa
Spartacus
Romulus and Remus
fresco
15. 'firm ground/solid earth'
rostra
Artemis/Diana
terra firma
the Fates
16. 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
Athena/Minerva
mores
labyrinth
Trojan Horse
17. 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
agora/forum
Tiber
Trojan Horse
the furies
18. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Hermes/Mercury
Troy
mellifluous
per diem
19. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts
via
muses
post mortem
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
20. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Zeus/Jupiter
rara avis
et al./ et alii
SPQR
21. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
et tu & Brute?
Romulus and Remus
Etruscans
Medea
22. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hades/Pluto
Helen
patrician
23. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
ex libris
Iliad
mea culpa
in toto
24. 'great work'
magnum opus
Nike/Victoria
Gorgons
Homer
25. 'horn of plenty' a symbol of food and abundance
in toto
cornucopia
sic transit gloria mundi
aqueduct
26. 'beware of the dog'
Trojan Horse
Aegean Sea
cave canem
ambrosia and nectar
27. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Hector
Hermes/Mercury
ambrosia and nectar
Zeus/Jupiter
28. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Mt. Parnassus
toga
Pan
Aphrodite/Venus
29. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
Artemis/Diana
satyr
mores
etc./et cetera
30. 'peace be with you'
aqueduct
laurels
lapsus linguae
pax vobiscum
31. 'Time flies/flees'
tempus fugit
agora/forum
mores
pontifex maximus
32. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Sicily
Parthenon
Romulus and Remus
plebeian
33. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
semper paratus
Athens/Acropolis
iota
Saturnalia
34. 'Always prepared'
semper paratus
Aphrodite/Venus
P.M./post meridiem
Minotaur
35. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
e pluribus unum
polytheism
Ithaca
Hestia/Vesta
36. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
ad nauseam
quid pro quo
mea culpa
37. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian
Augustus
L (Roman numeral)
Dionysus/Bacchus
D (Roman numeral)
38. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Hector
plebeian
rara avis
Spartacus
39. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
sic semper tyrannis
pontifex maximus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Tiber
40. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
Hydra
atrium
ad infinitum
41. 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')
pontifex maximus
the Odyssey
rostra
Mt. Parnassus
42. Goddess of love
Pompeii
et tu & Brute?
tempus fugit
Aphrodite/Venus
43. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
mosaic
SPQR
Odysseus/Ulysses
Cerberus
44. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Pantheon
Nike/Victoria
Zeus/Jupiter
ad nauseam
45. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
errare humanum est
Penelope
Tiber
e.g./exempli gratia
46. 'Word for word'
M (Roman numeral)
labor vincit omnia
verbatim
laurels
47. 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
Persephone/Proserpina
Hannibal
Ithaca
Apollo/Apollo
48. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
Ariadne
Mt. Olympus
et tu & Brute?
Nike/Victoria
49. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
epic
Poseidon/Neptune
Palatine Hill
iota
50. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
i.e./id est
Icarus & Daedalus
labyrinth