Language
The Romans were known for the great network of roads they constructed. What is the Latin word for road?
Via
How many lines are in one “elegiac couplet”?
Two
Who was Heracles' father?
Zeus
Against which Empire did the Greeks fight in the Persian Wars?
In what city is the Pantheon located?
Rome
What is the ancient Greek word for 'ten'?
δέκα
What name did Catullus give to his female love interest?
Lesbia
Who was Achilles’ mother?
Thetis
What kind of structure is a Greek or Roman construction specifically used to transport water, as its name implies?
Which well-known Greek city did Sulla sack en route to his victory over the forces of Mithridates?
Athens
What ancient Greek verb beginning with epsilon means ‘I have'?
ἔχω
The story of the lost island of Atlantis appears in the works of which ancient Greek Philosopher?
Plato
Which enchantress turned Odysseus’ men into swine?
Circe
What two materials were prominent in the construction of the great statue of Athena in the Parthenon?
Ivory and Gold
I was a helpful dictator in early republican Rome. There is a city in southern Ohio named after me, that also boasts that it has seven hills. What is my name?
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus
The Greeks and Romans loved fish products. What is the ancient Greek or Latin word for fish?
Latin: piscis, Greek: ἰχθύς
Which Greek writer is known as “The Father of History”?
Herodotus
What word describes the wand that Dionysos and his followers carried?
Thyrsus
What was the original reason that Romans had for making their network of roads?
Quick movement of military forces
In what city did Alexander the Great die?
Babylon
The Latin word pecunia comes from the word pecus, pecoris, which was an early indicator of wealth. What does pecus, pecoris mean?
cattle, herd, flock
We have 19 tragedies by Euripides. Name one of them.
Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidai, Hippolytus, Andromache, Hecuba, Suppliants, Heracles, Ion, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Helen, Phoenician Women, Orestes, Bacchae
When Odysseus and his crew were stranded on the island of the sun god, why did the crew begin to eat fish when their provisions ran out?
They were hungry for beef, but had been warned not to eat the sun god’s cattle.
What kind of structure do the Latin words balneum and thermae describe?
Baths
The Via Appia originally connected Rome with Capua, then Beneventum, and finally, in its last stage it reached as far as what city on the south east coast of Italy?
Brundisium