Latin Literature Regional Study Guide Flashcards
Who wrote “de platone?”
Apuleius
When was Vergil born?
70 B.C.
Who was the writer to adapt Greek hexameter verse into Latin?
Quintus Ennius
Who wrote “pseudolus?”
Plautus
How did Cicero reveal Catiline’s conspiracy?
In a series of speeches
What did Augustus order to be done with “the Aeneid?”
To edit it, deleting extraneous parts, but adding nothing
Who was a friend of the poet Lucan?
Persius
When was Livy born?
59 B.C.
Who wrote “epidicus?”
Plautus
When was Suetonius born?
70 A.D.
What play contains the only extant passages of Carthaginian language?
“Poenulus”
What friend did Martial write several epigrams to?
Julius Martialis
What is “agricola” about?
A complementary biography about Agricola (tacitus’ father-in-law) telling about his military exploits and virtue
What does “dialogus de oratoribus” discuss?
Decline of oratory in around 81 A.D.
When did “ab urbe condita” begin?
29 B.C.
What does “hecrya” mean?
‘The mother in law’
Who married the daughter of Cn. Julius Agricola?
Tacitus
What wass Martial’s full name?
Marcus Valerius Martialis
Who wrote “aulularia?”
Plautus
Who was the man who educated and eventually freed his slave, Terence?
Terentius Lucanus
Who wrote “eunuchus?”
Terence
Where was Vergil buried?
Naples
What was the “annales” about?
Rome’s story from the fall of Troy to Ennius’ time
What is another name for Lucan’s “bellum civile?”
“Pharsalia”
Who wrote “heroides”
Ovid
When was Quintus Ennius born?
239 B.C.
What was the effect of Catiline 2?
Senate named Catiline as a public enemy
Who wrote “bellum catilinae?”
Sallust
What piece of literature deals with many subjects (e.g. country/city life, virtue, friendship, and character sketches)?
“Saturae”
What was the earliest work attributed to Tacitus?
“Dialogus de oratoribus”
What did Maecenas give Horace?
A Sabine farm
What does Catullus call Clodia in his poems?
Lesbia
How many books of “suasoriae” survive?
1 book
Who wrote a 14-book long autobiography (now lost)?
Augustus
When did Cato the Elder die?
149 B.C.
When was “georgics” published?
29 B.C.
Who served as consul under Trajan?
Pliny the younger
What was Catiline 3 about?
How Cicero obtained his evidence against Catiline
What was the “fabulae palliatae?”
Latin comedies derived from Greek originals
How many books is “de rerum natura?”
6 books
Who was a nephew to Seneca?
Lucan
What was “origines” about?
The beginnings of Italian civilization and early Roman history
Who was a leading lawyer?
Caesar
When did Terence die?
159 B.C.
What does “germania” discuss?
German people— recognizing their flaws, but still considering them more virtuous than Romans of his time
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
Who worked for Trajan and Hadrian?
Suetonius
What was Quintilian’s full name?
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
How was the “annales” written?
In epic poetry, 18 books long, dactylic hexameter
Who wrote “phormio?”
Terence
Who suggested “the georgics?”
Maecenas
What age follows the golden age of latin literature?
The silver age
How many books of Martial’s epigrams survived?
14 books; total of 1500 epigrams
Who did Catullus fall in love with?
Clodia
Where did Terence die?
During a trip to Greece
What was Cicero’s first political speech?
“Pro sexto roscio amerino”
What was Caesar’s full name?
Gaius Julius Caesar
How many books was “commentarii de bello gallico?”
7 books (one for each year from 58-52 B.C.)
What does “adelphi” mean?
‘The brothers’
Who commended Silius Italicus’ work?
Martial
What did Vergil lose after Philippi?
His farm
What was Plautus’ favorite play?
“Epidicus”
Who spent the last 10 years of his life writing “the aeneid?”
Vergil
What book of “elegies” contains one mention of Cynthia’s death?
IV
Who wrote “epodes?”
Horace
When were both “agricola” and “germania” published?
98 A.D.
When does the history of “ab urbe condita” end?
9 B.C. with the death of Drusus
What philosophy did Lucretius follow?
Epicurean philosophy
Who was revered by later Romans much more than Livius or Naevius?
Quintus Ennius
Where was Statius born?
Naples
What does the title “delia” mean?
The woman who Tibullus loved (possibly names Plania)
How many plays did Terence write?
6, but all extant
Who said “hominem pagina nostra sapit?”
Martial
What type of poem is “de rerum natura?”
An unfinished didactic epic poem
When was Catullus born?
84 B.C.
Who wrote “thebaid?”
Statius
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
Where did Ovid write each of the following: “fasti,” “tristia,” “epistulae ex ponto,” “halieutica,” and “ibis?”
Exiled in Tomi
What was Cato the Elder’s full name?
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder
What was “agave?”
A pantomime
What happened to Cicero as a result of his last “philippics?”
Executed at formiae
How many books of “controversiae” remain?
5 books
Who wrote an 8th book to “commentarii de bello gallico?”
Hirtius (Caesar’s officer)
Where did Pliny the younger become governor?
Bithynia
What book contains biographies on various literary figures such as Horace, Lucan, Terence and possibly Vergil, Tibullus, and Persius.
“De viris illustribus”
Who coined the phrase “on the Greek Kalends?”
Augustus
What are Periochae?
Abstracts
Who wrote “the eclogues?”
Vergil
What was “amphitryon” about?
Jupiter’s love for Alcmena (Amphitryon’s wife)
How many books of letters did Pliny the younger write?
10 books
What type of poet was Catullus?
A lyric poet
What other 3 authors did Martial meet and influenced him to start writing?
- Quintilian
- Lucan
- Seneca
Who did Antony reconcile with in response to the last “philippics?”
His opponent Octavian
What is Quintilian’s only extant work?
“Institutio oratoria”
Who did Propertius fall in love with?
A woman called Cynthia
What was Livy’s full name?
Titus Livius
What is Pliny the Elder’s only surviving work?
The “historia naturalis”
Who wrote a treatise about the use of javelin from horseback?
Pliny the elder
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
When did Ovid die?
A.D. 18 (still in exile)
When was Gnaeus Naevius born?
270 B.C.
What was Petronius’ full name?
Gaius Petronius Arbiter
What does “poenulus” mean?
‘The carthaginian’
Who wrote “andria”
Terence
What was “epistulae morales” about?
124 letters to his friend Lucilius on philosophy
Who wrote “historiae?”
Sallust
Who was governor of Bithynia?
Gaius Memmius
Who wrote 4 books of elegies?
Propertius
When was “pro quinctio” delivered?
81 B.C.
What group did Lucan join?
The Pisonian conspiracy
Who wrote 14 “philippics?”
Cicero
How many satires did Juvenal write?
16 satires
Who wrote “Phaedra?”
Seneca the younger
What was the last “phillipics” about?
Celebration of the defeat of Mark Antony at Mutina
What is Pliny the Elder’s full name?
Gaius Plinius Secundus
What does “saturae” mean?
Sermons
Who wrote “pro quinctio?”
Cicero
What work of Lucan promotes Stoicism?
“Bellum civile”
How was “the georgics” written?
Dactylic hexameter
When did Vergil die?
19 B.C.
When did Martial come to Rome?
63 A.D.
Who wrote a comparison of Cicero and Pollio?
Claudius
After Cicero defeated Catiline, who did he receive praise from?
The optimates (highest class)
What was the effect of Catiline 4?
Cicero convinced Senate to execute Catiline’s co-conspirators
Who wrote a lost treatise called “de cauis corruptae eloquentiae?”
Quintilian
Who wrote the “fasti?”
Ovid
When and where did Martial die?
104 A.D. back in Spain
Who is most famous for his letters?
Pliny the younger
What was the only name mentioned in “origines?”
The name of Hannibal’s lone elephant that survived the Alps
Who wrote “metamorphoses?”
Ovid
What was Cicero’s full name?
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Why was Juvenal banished to Egypt?
For (possibly) mentioning an actor, Paris, who had an affair with Domitian’s wife
What was “liber spectaculorum” written in honor of?
Titus’ opening of the Colosseum
What was Apuleius accused of?
Winning his wife by magic in order to gain her wealth
What was Terence’s full name
Publius Terentius Afer
Who wrote “dialogus de oratoribus?”
Tacitus
What was Seneca the younger’s “thyestes” about?
- one of seneca’s most liked plays
- deals with Atreus’ revenge on his brother Thyestes for stealing his wofe and other injustices; Thyestes’ sons are fed to their father and cursed.
What time period is the Silver Age?
From the end of the Golden Age until the Christian Period
Who wrote a Greek history of the Etruscans?
Claudius
When did Persius die?
62 A.D.
Who wrote the “epistulae ex ponto?”
Ovid
What was “de deo socratis” about?
Socrates’ conception of the gods and daimones
What time period is the golden age of latin literature?
First century B.C.
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
How many books of “ab urbe condita” survived?
21 (or 35?)
What was Seneca the younger’s “phaedra” based off of?
Euripedes’ Hippolytus
When was Juvenal born?
60 A.D.
When was Propertius born?
50 B.C.
What type of philosophy does “bellum civile” promote?
Stoicism
Who wrote “oedipus?”
Seneca the younger
Who wrote “adelphi?”
Terence
Who (possibly) introduced Vergil to Octavian?
Maecenas
Who exposed Catiline’s conspiracy?
Cicero
Whose father was a friend of Caesar?
Catullus’
How many lines survive from Ovid’s “medea?”
2 lines
How many books were completed of “commentarii de bello civili?”
Only 3 books
Who rose to the rank of tribune?
Martial
How many books long is “annales?”
18 books
How many extant orations did Cicero write?
58 extant; and at least 48 lost orations
What was “naturales quaestiones about?
Natural science from a stoic viewpoint
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
When did Livy die?
19 A.D.
What author was a writer and statesmen?
Petronius
What was Plautus’ full name?
Titus Maccus Plautus
What does “miles gloriosus” mean?
‘The braggart soldier’
Who wrote “the golden ass?”
Apuleius
What was Persius’ full name?
Aulus Persius Flaccus
Who wrote a study about linguistics?
Pliny the elder
Why did Catullus go to Bithynia in 57 B.C.?
To become a staff member of Gaius Memmius
What did Cato the younger call Cicero?
“The father of his country”
Who could Cynthia possibly be?
Hostia, a courtsan
Where was Apuleius born?
Madura, a Roman colony
Who was the only Roman woman to have extant poems?
Sulpicia
Who wrote a book of epistles?
Horace
What book of “ab urbe condita” discuss the monarchy?
Only book 1
How many plays were written by Plautus? How many survived?
About 130 were written; 20 fully survived; a large fragment of the Vidularia survived
What is the longest surviving part of the “satyricon?”
The “cena trimalchionsis”
To whom was “de rerum natura” addressed?
Lucretius’ friend Gaius Memmius
Who wrote 32 “Silvae?”
Statius
Who wrote “agamemnon?”
Seneca the younger
How many books long is “the georgics?”
4 books (poems)
Who wrote a history of German wars in 20 books?
Pliny the elder
Who was considered the founder of Latin literature?
Livius Andronicus
Who wrote “medicina faciei?”
Ovid
What is “the golden ass” about?
- lucius transformed into a donkey
- includes story of cupid and psyche
Who wrote “punica?”
Silius italicus
Who did Suetonius work for?
Trajan and Hadrian
Who is most famous for epigrams?
Martial
Who wrote four books of “odes?”
Horace
Who was the first famous Roma writer of note?
Gnaeus Naevius
What does the third book of poems by Tibullus contain?
- 6 poems by Sulpicia
- poems by Tibullus
- poems by other authors
What is “bellum civile” about?
Caesar’s struggle against the senatorial party
Who wrote “commentarii de bello civili?”
Caesar
How was the Odyssey translated by Livius Andronicus?
Into Latin as poetry in Saturnian verse
Who wrote “ibis?”
Ovid
