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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'I refuse &' used by the president of the US to stop any bill he sees unfit from passing






2. 'Against' & used to show Who is up against who in sports matches & legal battles & etc.






3. 5






4. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






5. 'Thus always & to tyrants.' Allegedly said by Brutus during the assassination of Caesar. John Wilkes Booth also shouted it after shooting President Lincoln. It is now the motto of Virginia.






6. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth






7. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)






8. 'unknown land'






9. 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






10. City-state in ancient Greece known for its powerful army; fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars






11. 50






12. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)






13. 'unknown land'






14. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






15. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






16. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






17. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






18. The technical biological term for the human species

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19. 'peace be with you'






20. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






21. 1






22. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






23. Roman officials who were charged with protecting the people (the plebeians) from oppression; they were sacrosanct & meaning no one could harm them






24. 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






25. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created






26. 'Work conquers all'






27. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






28. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






29. 'After death'






30. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






31. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






32. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






33. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter






34. Festival of Saturn held on December 17th & during which social roles were temporarily reversed (slaves enjoyed relaxed discipline & etc)






35. 'This for that &' a fair trade






36. 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






37. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances






38. Half-man & half-goat creatures; companions of Pan and Dionysus






39. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus






40. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died






41. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey






42. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






43. 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.






44. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






45. 'great work'






46. 'note well' i.e. take note






47. 'great work'






48. 'per day'






49. 'Time flies/flees'






50. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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