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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. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)
Hephaestus/Vulcan
via
P.M./post meridiem
Tartarus
2. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
persona non grata
C (Roman numeral)
Punic Wars
Mt. Parnassus
3. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars
ad infinitum
veto
etc./et cetera
Sparta
4. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
mentor
Homer
papyrus
Charon
5. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
epic
e.g./exempli gratia
Excelsior!
mea culpa
6. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing
veto
ex officio
Circus Maximus
Hercules/Heracles
7. Goddess of the hearth
et al./ et alii
Aegean Sea
Odysseus/Ulysses
Hestia/Vesta
8. 'The end'
finis
status quo
semper fidelis
sine qua non
9. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
apple of discord
agora/forum
SPQR
summa cum laude
10. 'per day'
veto
per diem
terra incognita
satyr
11. The technical biological term for the human species
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12. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
Eros/Cupid
Cyclops
p.o./ per os
13. 'for the sake of an example' - abbreviation used when providing an example
e.g./exempli gratia
jovial
Etruscans
Charon
14. Goddess of love
persona non grata
Aphrodite/Venus
Tantalus
Hannibal
15. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Circus Maximus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Ithaca
Aphrodite/Venus
16. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
marathon
quid pro quo
rara avis
puerile
17. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
muses
Hermes/Mercury
Jove
Sicily
18. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
i.e./id est
agenda
consul
Homer
19. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Hercules/Heracles
post mortem
Pandora
Spartacus
20. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
consul
ambrosia and nectar
status quo
Cyclops
21. 'firm ground/solid earth'
terra firma
M (Roman numeral)
Hercules/Heracles
polytheism
22. 'peace be with you'
Jove
epic
rostra
pax vobiscum
23. 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.
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Circus Maximus
sub rosa
Spartacus
24. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Mt. Vesuvius
Persephone/Proserpina
lapsus linguae
post mortem
25. 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
labyrinth
atrium
26. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
in memoriam
Artemis/Diana
terra firma
27. 1000
Charon
Cerberus
M (Roman numeral)
per capita
28. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them
A.D./anno Domini
tribune
SPQR
Dionysus/Bacchus
29. 'per head' 'per person'
Paris
per capita
ambrosia and nectar
Nike/Victoria
30. 'note well' i.e. take note
N.B./nota bene
laurels
ad infinitum
Arachne
31. 'unknown land'
Nike/Victoria
e.g./exempli gratia
laurels
terra incognita
32. Literally refers to the heel of Achilles (a character from the Iliad who killed Hector)
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33. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Jove
N.B./nota bene
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
quid pro quo
34. The norms or values of a society
terra incognita
carpe diem
mores
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
35. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
puerile
Ariadne
Prometheus
Carthage
36. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
i.e./id est
Cyclops
atrium
Hera/Juno
37. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Aphrodite/Venus
Tartarus
labor vincit omnia
Hestia/Vesta
38. God of war
Ares/Mars
Tartarus
Saturnalia
Trojan Horse
39. 'Always prepared'
pontifex maximus
Jove
Persephone/Proserpina
semper paratus
40. 'I'
Tiber
Dionysus/Bacchus
ego
terra incognita
41. 500
D (Roman numeral)
Cyclops
i.e./id est
Eros/Cupid
42. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
vs./versus
Artemis/Diana
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Apollo/Apollo
43. The male head of a Roman family
Hestia/Vesta
Persephone/Proserpina
Sparta
paterfamilias
44. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
Artemis/Diana
A.M./ante meridiem
puerile
Paris
45. Goddess of wisdom
Uranus
carpe diem
Athena/Minerva
Minotaur
46. Epic poem written by Home chronicling the Trojan War
M (Roman numeral)
Arachne
Iliad
etc./et cetera
47. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
Tiber
persona non grata
valedictorian
Daedalus
48. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
ego
vs./versus
Eros/Cupid
via
49. 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
Prometheus
omniscient
Achilles' heel
L (Roman numeral)
50. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
summa cum laude
magnum opus
Parthenon
Sisyphus