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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)
labor vincit omnia
Priam
Poseidon/Neptune
sic semper tyrannis
2. 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.
C (Roman numeral)
D (Roman numeral)
Eros/Cupid
marathon
3. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
ex libris
Circus Maximus
valedictorian
Hestia/Vesta
4. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Hera/Juno
quid pro quo
Aegean Sea
Homer
5. 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
Nike/Victoria
agora/forum
Nike/Victoria
apple of discord
6. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Dionysus/Bacchus
Eros/Cupid
Pompeii
7. Queen of Sparta Who was promised to Paris by Aphrodite for choosing her (Aphrodite) as the fairest goddess; Helen was already married to Menelaus and her kidnapping began the Trojan War
Helen
Parthenon
the furies
Aegean Sea
8. Home of the Greek gods
Etruscans
Charon
Jason
Mt. Olympus
9. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Hydra
SPQR
patrician
Pan
10. 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
X (Roman numeral)
ad nauseam
laurels
I (Roman numeral)
11. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
muses
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
et tu & Brute?
Ides of March
12. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
pax vobiscum
pro tempore
veni & vidi & vici
satyr
13. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
Parthenon
Sparta
fasces
et al./ et alii
14. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
Daedalus
marathon
cave canem
15. 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')
etc./et cetera
rostra
Odysseus/Ulysses
e pluribus unum
16. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
D (Roman numeral)
A.M./ante meridiem
Excelsior!
Priam
17. 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
Prometheus
Carthage
Circus Maximus
the Fates
18. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Ge/Gaea
Hermes/Mercury
N.B./nota bene
Jason
19. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
Odysseus/Ulysses
per annum
Cerberus
sic transit gloria mundi
20. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
pax vobiscum
Ithaca
Ithaca
21. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Pantheon
Pax Romana
persona non grata
Persephone/Proserpina
22. 'After death'
pax vobiscum
post mortem
Parthenon
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
23. The 15th of March & the day in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated
Ides of March
mosaic
Hydra
Pantheon
24. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
labyrinth
persona non grata
Athens/Acropolis
25. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome
Achilles' heel
Pegasus
Spartacus
Romulus and Remus
26. God of the sea
Mt. Parnassus
Poseidon/Neptune
sic semper tyrannis
Ides of March
27. The daughter of king Minos of Crete & who helped Theseus escape from the labyrinth after he killed the minotaur
veto
polytheism
Paris
Ariadne
28. Kingdom in Asia Minor which fought against Greece in Homer's Iliad
Arachne
Prometheus
Troy
Sicily
29. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
magnum opus
Achilles' heel
e.g./exempli gratia
Charon
30. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
ad nauseam
Sparta
satyr
Paris
31. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Styx
Penelope
Jove
Ithaca
32. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
Paris
et tu & Brute?
in loco parentis
Ithaca
33. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Parthenon
rara avis
Minotaur
toga
34. 'Work conquers all'
Arachne
Excelsior!
epic
labor vincit omnia
35. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
apple of discord
Hera/Juno
Hector
veto
36. 'for the time being' - temporary
mea culpa
Pax Romana
Eros/Cupid
pro tempore
37. 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
patrician
marathon
Hector
M (Roman numeral)
38. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
vice versa
paterfamilias
Apollo/Apollo
39. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
Hestia/Vesta
p.o./ per os
mosaic
Arachne
40. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Athena/Minerva
apple of discord
Ge/Gaea
Golden Fleece
41. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
Tantalus
ambrosia and nectar
Hector
Arachne
42. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
Chaos
Atlas
Ithaca
sic semper tyrannis
43. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
puerile
quid pro quo
carpe diem
Homer
44. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
veni & vidi & vici
ex libris
Odysseus/Ulysses
Sisyphus
45. Doctor of medicine
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
aqueduct
e.g./exempli gratia
Hestia/Vesta
46. 1
Athena/Minerva
Mt. Parnassus
I (Roman numeral)
Homer
47. 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.
marathon
Jove
Jason
Excelsior!
48. 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
Sisyphus
the Odyssey
mores
rara avis
49. 50
rostra
Romulus and Remus
L (Roman numeral)
patrician
50. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.
Poseidon/Neptune
ego
vs./versus
Hercules/Heracles