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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. One of the 12 Titans & father of Zeus/Jupiter & who swallowed his children in an attempt to keep from being overthrown
rara avis
Cronus/Saturn
papyrus
ex libris
2. 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
Pax Romana
Uranus
persona non grata
3. 'note well' i.e. take note
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
per capita
N.B./nota bene
post mortem
4. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
rostra
Arachne
Punic Wars
Jason
5. 'firm ground/solid earth'
P.M./post meridiem
Cyclops
terra firma
et tu & Brute?
6. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen
Persephone/Proserpina
Paris
semper fidelis
Pax Romana
7. 'Word for word'
lapsus linguae
pax vobiscum
sic transit gloria mundi
verbatim
8. '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
valedictorian
Uranus
et tu & Brute?
9. Temple in Rome dedicated to all the Roman gods
muses
terra incognita
Pantheon
Theseus
10. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Palatine Hill
sedentary
11. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
tempus fugit
Ithaca
terra firma
et tu & Brute?
12. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
patrician
Hercules/Heracles
fasces
Mt. Olympus
13. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
Paris
p.o./ per os
verbatim
Ares/Mars
14. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead
Charon
i.e./id est
Odysseus/Ulysses
Aegean Sea
15. 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
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Paris
marathon
16. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
ex officio
ad infinitum
the Odyssey
errare humanum est
17. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally
mentor
muses
L (Roman numeral)
p.o./ per os
18. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
Troy
Parthenon
Cerberus
19. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
satyr
Jason
Golden Fleece
Elysian Fields/Elysium
20. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
SPQR
Jove
Priam
Orpheus & Eurydice
21. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Athens/Acropolis
ex officio
Arachne
Gorgons
22. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
ad infinitum
I (Roman numeral)
atrium
jovial
23. 'After death'
Penelope
I (Roman numeral)
mea culpa
post mortem
24. 'This for that &' a fair trade
sub rosa
Etruscans
quid pro quo
Golden Fleece
25. God of the sea
Athens/Acropolis
Poseidon/Neptune
tempus fugit
finis
26. 'And others'
Troy
Punic Wars
et al./ et alii
Hannibal
27. 'unknown land'
X (Roman numeral)
terra incognita
Tartarus
V (Roman numeral)
28. 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
epic
patrician
vs./versus
29. Writing after the body of a letter
Ithaca
Achilles' heel
semper paratus
P.S./post scriptum
30. Goddess of the hearth
Ares/Mars
Aphrodite/Venus
Hestia/Vesta
Hector
31. The river surrounding the Underworld
Theseus
Sparta
Golden Fleece
Styx
32. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Persephone/Proserpina
Pegasus
Apollo/Apollo
rara avis
33. 10
omniscient
X (Roman numeral)
polytheism
M (Roman numeral)
34. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Hercules/Heracles
semper paratus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Apollo/Apollo
35. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Hestia/Vesta
summa cum laude
Tiber
Icarus & Daedalus
36. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
status quo
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Circus Maximus
Dionysus/Bacchus
37. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
cave canem
i.e./id est
Tiber
Aegean Sea
38. Home of the Greek gods
ex libris
jovial
Mt. Olympus
fasces
39. One of the seven hills of Rome & south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace
quid pro quo
Pandora
Palatine Hill
aqueduct
40. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld
in memoriam
Hestia/Vesta
Cerberus
semper fidelis
41. 'great-souled & high-minded'
consul
paterfamilias
magnanimous
Aegean Sea
42. Market place/business center
rara avis
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Persephone/Proserpina
agora/forum
43. God of the sea
Zeus/Jupiter
fasces
Poseidon/Neptune
terra incognita
44. 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
M (Roman numeral)
Trojan Horse
Mt. Vesuvius
per annum
45. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
et al./ et alii
the furies
Saturnalia
fasces
46. 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
magnum opus
Ithaca
persona non grata
Hercules/Heracles
47. 500
post mortem
aqueduct
Hestia/Vesta
D (Roman numeral)
48. River that runs through the city of Rome
Hera/Juno
papyrus
agenda
Tiber
49. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing
C (Roman numeral)
et tu & Brute?
A.M./ante meridiem
Colosseum
50. 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')
Spartacus
in toto
Ides of March
rostra