Latin in Our School
What is the motto of Harriton High School, displayed at the front of the school?
Carpe Diem
What famous book, written by Madelin Miller, tells the story of the Trojan War through the eyes of the companion of Achilles?
Song of Achilles
Who founded Rome?
Romulus
What does the motto of Harriton High School mean, in English?
Seize the day
What is the name of the main character in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, coming from a Roman origin?
Coriolanus
Who was the brother of the founder of Rome?
Remus
Who is featured in the blue duct-tape mural at the corner of the chemistry hallway?
Constantine
Name one thing that the Disney movie Hercules got wrong from the original myth.
Zeus and Hera are Hercules’s parents.
Pegasus was Hercules’s companion.
Hercules didn’t kill Megara.
Philoctetes was Hercules’s personal trainer.
Hades wanted to kill Hercules.
Who ended the Roman Republic, and now has a salad and a pizza place named after him?
Caesar
How many Latin teachers are there at Harriton High School?
2
In Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, what were Caesar’s last words?
Et tu, Brute?
Which Roman emperor persecuted the Christians and watched Rome burn while playing his fiddle?
Nero
What are the names of the two Latin teachers at Harriton High School?
Magistra Cambria and Kohne
What movie, made in 2000, starring Russel Crowe, was about a once powerful general forced to become a gladiator?
Gladiator
Who was the first emperor of Rome, who also started the census and the Pax Romana?
Augustus