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Classical Literacy
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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. The river surrounding the Underworld
ambrosia and nectar
Artemis/Diana
Eros/Cupid
Styx
2. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Hermes/Mercury
Ithaca
sub poena
C (Roman numeral)
3. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
A.M./ante meridiem
plebeian
quid pro quo
4. 10
Demeter/Ceres
X (Roman numeral)
ex officio
Artemis/Diana
5. Writing after the body of a letter
P.M./post meridiem
fresco
P.S./post scriptum
Jove
6. God of war
labyrinth
Ares/Mars
persona non grata
Pandora
7. The norms or values of a society
mores
Gorgons
errare humanum est
Caesar
8. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
in loco parentis
I (Roman numeral)
laurels
Odysseus/Ulysses
9. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Ides of March
mosaic
Achilles' heel
fresco
10. Goddess of love
N.B./nota bene
Ares/Mars
Mt. Parnassus
Aphrodite/Venus
11. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Mt. Vesuvius
sine qua non
Golden Fleece
Penelope
12. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Hera/Juno
pax vobiscum
puerile
Zeus/Jupiter
13. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'
Ge/Gaea
mea culpa
Gorgons
muses
14. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
valedictorian
Sisyphus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
A.M./ante meridiem
15. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Poseidon/Neptune
Ithaca
Excelsior!
Hercules/Heracles
16. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
Hydra
Jove
Hector
ambrosia and nectar
17. 'firm ground/solid earth'
carpe diem
magnum opus
ambrosia and nectar
terra firma
18. 'seize the day'
iota
ambrosia and nectar
Mt. Vesuvius
carpe diem
19. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
Ariadne
ex officio
Elysian Fields/Elysium
omniscient
20. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
ad nauseam
cornucopia
Pegasus
21. 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
the Fates
A.D./anno Domini
Minotaur
e pluribus unum
22. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
labor vincit omnia
mores
Athens/Acropolis
via
23. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele
ex officio
ambrosia and nectar
Dionysus/Bacchus
magnum opus
24. The technical biological term for the human species
25. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
ad nauseam
D (Roman numeral)
labyrinth
status quo
26. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
ad infinitum
Aegean Sea
Jove
sic semper tyrannis
27. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
X (Roman numeral)
Sicily
magnum opus
Golden Fleece
28. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Pandora
puerile
apple of discord
Poseidon/Neptune
29. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
A.M./ante meridiem
the furies
satyr
Hector
30. 'Work conquers all'
agenda
aqueduct
labor vincit omnia
Cronus/Saturn
31. 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
Penelope
errare humanum est
Hector
sic semper tyrannis
32. 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
Hannibal
Palatine Hill
X (Roman numeral)
pax vobiscum
33. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
apple of discord
Chaos
Golden Fleece
Circus Maximus
34. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
per capita
Ge/Gaea
ad nauseam
Pax Romana
35. 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.
Eros/Cupid
quid pro quo
marathon
Circus Maximus
36. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Spartacus
Medea
Carthage
veni & vidi & vici
37. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Ariadne
i.e./id est
ego
Odysseus/Ulysses
38. 'After death'
Hephaestus/Vulcan
post mortem
Hannibal
Hector
39. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece
Jason
ambrosia and nectar
ego
Poseidon/Neptune
40. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
sedentary
Theseus
cornucopia
magnanimous
41. 50
Hermes/Mercury
Cyclops
Perseus & Medusa
L (Roman numeral)
42. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Cerberus
Sicily
mentor
omniscient
43. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
omniscient
Apollo/Apollo
semper paratus
mellifluous
44. 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
X (Roman numeral)
pontifex maximus
C (Roman numeral)
Trojan Horse
45. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Persephone/Proserpina
Pan
Penelope
semper fidelis
46. 'A slip of the tongue'
Tantalus
Hannibal
lapsus linguae
carpe diem
47. 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
D (Roman numeral)
sub rosa
pro tempore
Orpheus & Eurydice
48. Goddess of wisdom
atrium
Parthenon
Athena/Minerva
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
49. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones
Ge/Gaea
agora/forum
labyrinth
Parthenon
50. Greek god of nature; had the torso and head of a man & but the legs and horns of a goat
Ge/Gaea
Zeus/Jupiter
Pan
Colosseum