Latin Literature

Question 1

Who was considered the founder of Latin Literature?

Answer 1

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Question 2

Where was Lucius Livius Andronicus from?

Answer 2

A Greek from Tarentum

Question 3

When was Lucius Livius Andronicus born?

Answer 3

c 284 B.C.

Question 4

What is Lucius Livius Andronicus famous for?

Answer 4

Translating the Odyssey into Latin using Saturnian verse and writing Fabulae Palliatae

Question 5

What was Saturnian Verse, and when was it used?

Answer 5

The first Latin Literature verse, used during the golden age

Question 6

Who was the first Latin Native writer of note?

Answer 6

Gnaeus Naevius

Question 7

When was Gnaeus Naevius born?

Answer 7

c 270 B.C.

Question 8

What is Gnaeus Naevius most famous for?

Answer 8

Writing the Bellum Punicum(Piece on the first punic war) in Saturnian Verse

Question 9

What type of literature did Gnaeus Naevius invent?

Answer 9

Fabulae Praetextae

Question 10

Where and when was Quintus Ennius born?

Answer 10

Rudiae in 239 B.C.

Question 11

What form was Quintus Ennius first to adapt?

Answer 11

Dactylic Hexameter

Question 12

What are two things that Quintus Ennius is known for?

Answer 12

Writing the Annales, and being the first to adapt Latin into Greek Dactylic Hexameter.

Question 13

Why did people say Quintus Ennius had 3 hearts?

Answer 13

He spoke three languages, Oscan, Latin, and Greek

Question 14

Where and when was Titus Maccus Plautus born?

Answer 14

c. 255 B.C. in Sarsina

Question 15

What did Plautus write?

Answer 15

Comedy

Question 16

How many of the original 130 of Plautus’ plays are still standing?

Answer 16

20

Question 17

Amphitryon(by Plautus)

Answer 17

concerns Jupiter’s love for Alcmena, wife of Amphitryon

Question 18

Aulularia(By Plautus)

Answer 18

Pot of Gold

Question 19

Captivi(By Plautus)

Answer 19

(The captives) A man named Hegio searches for his lost sons, no female characters

Question 20

Epidicus(By Plautus)

Answer 20

Plautus’ Favorite

Question 21

Menaechmi(by Plautus)

Answer 21

(The twin Menaechmi) one of Plautus most successful comedies; in it two separated brothers discover each other and are reunited in Syracuse, the city of their births. The play is the model for Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors.

Question 22

Miles Gloriosus(By Plautus)

Answer 22

The Braggart Soldier

Question 23

Mostellaria(By Plautus)

Answer 23

The Haunted House

Question 24

Poenulus(By Plautus)

Answer 24

(‘The Carthaginian’): contains the only extant passages of Carthaginian
language; in the play Hanno prevents his daughters from being sold into prostitution.

Question 25

Pseudolus(By Plautus)

Answer 25

play in which the title character helps his master obtain enough money to free a courtesan named Phoenicium from Simo the procurer and a Macedonian officer who almost buys her.

Question 26

Rudens(By Plautus)

Answer 26

Rope

Question 27

Where and when was Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder born?

Answer 27

Tusculum in 234 B.C.

Question 28

In what war did Cato the Elder fight?

Answer 28

2nd Punic War

Question 29

How did Cato the Elder end all speeches?

Answer 29

Carthago Delenda Est

Question 30

What are two important things about Cato the Elder?

Answer 30

He was the first to write in Prose, and he was the first to write history in Latin

Question 31

De Re Rustica/De Agri Cultura(Cato the Elder)

Answer 31

First piece written in prose, CABBAGE!

Question 32

Origines(Cato the Elder)

Answer 32

The first written book of roman history, composed of 7 books, only name mentioned was that of one of Hannibal's elephants

Question 33

Where and when was Publius Terentius Afer(Terrence) born?

Answer 33

In Carthage and brought to Rome as a slave, in 195 B.C.

Question 34

When did Cato the Elder die?

Answer 34

149 B.C.

Question 35

Who brought Terence to Rome, and then freed and adopted him?

Answer 35

Terentius Lucanus

Question 36

Who was Terence's notable friend?

Answer 36

Scipio Aemilianus

Question 37

How many notable plays did Terence write?

Answer 37

6

Question 38

Where were all of Terence's plays set?

Answer 38

Athens

Question 39

Andria(Terence)

Answer 39

Woman of Andros

Question 40

Hecyra(Terence)

Answer 40

The mother in-law

Question 41

Heauton Timorumenos(Terence)

Answer 41

The self-tormentor

Question 42

Eunuchus(Terence)

Answer 42

The Eunuch

Question 43

Phormio(Terence)

Answer 43

Name of Character in Play

Question 44

Adelphi(Terence)

Answer 44

The brothers

Question 45

When and where was Titus Lucretius Carus born?

Answer 45

Rome in 99 B.C.

Question 46

What philosophy did Lucretius follow?

Answer 46

Epicurean Philosophy

Question 47

According to St. Jerome, how did Lucretius die?

Answer 47

He took a love potion, went insane, and then committed suicide at 44 years old in 55 B.C.

Question 48

What was Lucretius' only surviving work?

Answer 48

De Rerum Natura

Question 49

De Rerum Natura(Lucretius)

Answer 49

An unfinished didactic epic poem, unfinished, composed of six books, and addressed to his friend Gaius Memmius, the governor of Bithynia

Question 50

Where and when was Marcus Tullius Cicero born?

Answer 50

Arpinum in 106 B.C.

Question 51

What three titles are accredited to Cicero?

Answer 51

Novus Homo from Arpinum, greatest Latin orator, and by Cato the Elder, Pater Patriae

Question 52

How many orations did Cicero give?

Answer 52

58 given, and 48 written but unspoken

Question 53

What does the name Cicero mean?

Answer 53

Chickpea(because of his nose)

Question 54

What was Cicero's earliest speech?

Answer 54

Pro Quinctio

Question 55

Pro Quinctio(Oration by Cicero)

Answer 55

Delivered in 81 B.C., on behalf of Publius Quinctius in a dispute over gallic land

Question 56

Who did Cicero famously argue against?

Answer 56

Hortensius

Question 57

What was Cicero's first POLITICAL speech?

Answer 57

Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino

Question 58

Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino(Oration by Cicero)

Answer 58

Given in 80 B.C., defending Sextus Roscius who had been accused of patricide

Question 59

When did Cicero serve as consul?

Answer 59

63 B.C.

Question 60

What conspiracy did Cicero uncover?

Answer 60

The Catiline Conspiracy to take over the republic

Question 61

How many orations did Cicero write on the Catiline Conspiracy?

Answer 61

4

Question 62

Catilinam 1(Oration by Cicero)

Answer 62

Delivered on November 8th, and forced Catiline to leave Rome for Faesulae

Question 63

Catilinam 2(Oration by Cicero)

Answer 63

Delivered the day after Catilinam 1 on November 9th, which convinced the Senate to declare Catiline a public enemy

Question 64

Catilinam 3(Oration by Cicero)

Answer 64

Given on December 3rd, explained how Cicero obtained the evidence against Catiline

Question 65

Catilinam 4(Oration by Cicero)

Answer 65

Given on December 5th, convinced the Senate to execute Catiline's co-conspirators

Question 66

What two familial events hit Cicero where it hurts?

Answer 66

His daughter Tullia died, and he divorced his new wife because she wasn't compassionate

Question 67

What eventually caused Cicero's death?

Answer 67

His relentless attacks at Marc Antony

Question 68

What were the 14 speeches that Cicero wrote against Marc Antony called?

Answer 68

Philippics, named after Demosthenes' speeches against Phillip of Macedon?

Question 69

Where and when was Cicero executed?

Answer 69

Formiae in December of 43 B.C.

Question 70

De Rerum Natura(Cicero)

Answer 70

Cicero's first work on political philosophy composed of six books, sixth book called Somnius Scipionis