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100

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Homer.

100

In what year was Rome founded?

753 BCE.

100

Who is Hercules' father?

Zeus.

100

What does SPQR stand for?

Senatus Populusque Romanus.

100

What change does Disney make about Hercules' parentage?

Hera isn't actually Hercules' mother.

200

Who wrote the Aeneid?

Virgil.

200

Which two main powers fought in the Peloponnesian War?

Athens and Sparta.

200

What is the Roman name for the goddesss, Hera?

Juno.

200

Translate: "In vino veritas."

There is truth in wine.

200

How many books are in Homer's Odyssey?

24.

300

Who are the three great Greek tragedians?

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

300

The Battle of Marathon occured in which war?

The Persian Wars.

300

Who fathered Romulus and Remus?

Mars.

300

Who coined the term "carpe diem"?

Horace.

300

Greek comedy is divided into how many categories? Name them.

Three. Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy.

400

Which Greek tragedy specifically relates to Ancient Greek democracy?

Sophocles' Antigone.

400

What form of government was the Roman Republic desperately trying to avoid?

Monarchy.

400

Which titan is tasked with holding up the world?

Atlas.

400

What does the phrase "γνώθι σαυτόν" mean?"

"Know yourself."

400

Who won The Great Homeric Race?

Liddy, obviously.

500

Maecenas was Caesar Augustus's close advisor. Which two prominent poets were under the patronage of Maecenas?

Horace and Virgil.

500

What caused the burning of the library of Alexandria in 48 BCE?

Julius Caesar's siege of Alexandria.

500

In the Iliad, a pregnant Hecuba has a dream about carrying a fiery torch in her womb that would bring ruin to Troy. Who represents that fiery torch?

Paris/Alexander.

500

What does "μηδέν άγαν" mean?

Nothing in excess.

500

Recite the Ancient Greek Alphabet in the correct order. Go!

α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ω