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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Work conquers all'
labor vincit omnia
Iliad
Pax Romana
semper fidelis
2. '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
Sicily
ad nauseam
i.e./id est
valedictorian
3. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
mellifluous
Hera/Juno
Mt. Vesuvius
Palatine Hill
4. 'I came & I saw & I conquered &' famous words of Julius Caesar
veni & vidi & vici
V (Roman numeral)
fasces
Apollo/Apollo
5. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Athens/Acropolis
Charon
atrium
Minotaur
6. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
cornucopia
paterfamilias
Athens/Acropolis
Medea
7. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
vice versa
Carthage
p.o./ per os
8. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Delphic Oracle
labor vincit omnia
ad infinitum
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
9. 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
Hannibal
Hercules/Heracles
Athena/Minerva
Trojan Horse
10. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
Colosseum
Parthenon
Sicily
Hercules/Heracles
11. Goddess of childbirth; married to Zeus; queen of the gods
Hercules/Heracles
Hera/Juno
Etruscans
et al./ et alii
12. 'beware of the dog'
cave canem
ego
Mt. Parnassus
N.B./nota bene
13. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Hera/Juno
terra firma
rara avis
mores
14. Doctor of medicine
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Tantalus
quid pro quo
carpe diem
15. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Augustus
Palatine Hill
Hannibal
Hephaestus/Vulcan
16. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite
agora/forum
Gorgons
Eros/Cupid
ex officio
17. 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
mellifluous
Hercules/Heracles
Etruscans
mores
18. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
Minotaur
vs./versus
Hephaestus/Vulcan
labyrinth
19. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
tribune
V (Roman numeral)
mosaic
Aegean Sea
20. 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
omniscient
V (Roman numeral)
Hannibal
ex libris
21. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus
jovial
Delphic Oracle
satyr
Hermes/Mercury
22. 'great work'
Hannibal
etc./et cetera
terra firma
magnum opus
23. The plebs were the free but non-aristocratic citizens of Rome; today & plebeian means 'of a low class'
Jason
plebeian
Carthage
muses
24. 'The end'
Minotaur
Atlas
Sicily
finis
25. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned
labyrinth
Penelope
fasces
Pandora
26. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)
semper paratus
Pandora
Carthage
P.M./post meridiem
27. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died
Saturnalia
Paris
Colosseum
Hermes/Mercury
28. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
puerile
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Odysseus/Ulysses
Ares/Mars
29. 'Time flies/flees'
Helen
tempus fugit
Cyclops
Perseus & Medusa
30. Goddess of the hunt
ex officio
Artemis/Diana
e.g./exempli gratia
magnanimous
31. 'per year'
finis
Iliad
per annum
pax vobiscum
32. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
lapsus linguae
cave canem
A.M./ante meridiem
the furies
33. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Styx
errare humanum est
Aegean Sea
satyr
34. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)
Medea
Prometheus
Saturnalia
L (Roman numeral)
35. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines
Parthenon
i.e./id est
sedentary
semper fidelis
36. The king of the gods; god of thunder and lightning
Zeus/Jupiter
pontifex maximus
aqueduct
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
37. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
per diem
Cronus/Saturn
tempus fugit
in loco parentis
38. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
via
ad infinitum
Minotaur
terra firma
39. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
verbatim
ex officio
ex libris
Achilles' heel
40. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.
Cyclops
agora/forum
ex libris
consul
41. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens
Parthenon
in loco parentis
atrium
Charon
42. The food of the gods; some believe it kept them immortal
iota
Cyclops
tempus fugit
ambrosia and nectar
43. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Hermes/Mercury
Tantalus
Hydra
44. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Hannibal
pax vobiscum
pax vobiscum
errare humanum est
45. 'great-souled & high-minded'
magnanimous
marathon
Pandora
Penelope
46. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')
polytheism
I (Roman numeral)
Sisyphus
Hector
47. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
mosaic
per annum
Persephone/Proserpina
Atlas
48. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
magnum opus
p.o./ per os
Colosseum
Cyclops
49. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
Palatine Hill
Mt. Olympus
A.D./anno Domini
Ithaca
50. 'per head' 'per person'
Hannibal
iota
per capita
semper paratus