LIT MISSED QUESTIONS Flashcards
1
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Sabinus and Cotta..
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Book V De Bello Gallico
2
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over 1500 short poems..
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Martial
3
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work of Ovid not in elegiac couplet
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Metamorphoses
4
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letter to Pisones..
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Horace’s Ars Poetica
5
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Dialogus De Oratoribus
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Tacitus
6
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tutored great nephews of Domition
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Quintillian
7
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first rhetorician to receive state salary
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Quintilian
8
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wrote in Asiatic style
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Quintus Hortensius
9
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writes Theseus and Ariadne story
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Catullus
10
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“Roman Callimuchus”
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Propertius
11
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Who did Pliny the Younger write Vesuvius letters to
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Tacitus
12
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Catullus was inspired by..
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Callimuchus and Sappho
13
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What period does Sallust’s Historiae cover
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post abdication of Sulla (78-67)
14
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meter of Roman tradegy
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Iambic senarius
15
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what circle was Paenaetius of Rhodes part of
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Scipionic circle
16
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Cicero work that shares name with Aristotle work
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Topica
17
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Tutor of St Jerome
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Donatus
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wrote, “is there such resentment in heavenly minds”
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Vergil
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horsewhipped by Milo..
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Sallust
20
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Governor of Numidia and gained wealth
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Sallust
21
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Work that discusses history of art
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Naturalis Historia (Pliny the Elder)
22
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Naturalis Historia dedicated to..
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Titus
23
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Carmen Saeculare dedicated to..
A
Apollo, Diana, and Capitoline dieties
24
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Another name for Horace’s Saturae
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Sermones
25
Age of literature Augustus wrote during
Gold age
26
What verse is Naevius’ Punica
Saturnian
27
What events does Pollio’s Historiae cover
Caesar’s civil war
28
Under whose name did Sulpicia write
Tibullus
29
Who wrote Menippean satire
Varro of Reate
30
Which author refers to Petronius as arbiter elegantiae
Tacitus
31
Father of Latin prose
Cato the Elder
32
Who may have written Ciris
Gallus or Messalla Corvinus
33
Wrote a treatise on the pronunciation of a final “s” in a word
Messalla Corvinus
34
What was Lucan’s full name
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
35
De Familiis
Varro of Reate
36
Who said, “Non omnis moriar” (I shall not wholly die)
Horace
37
Who said, “Quo Usque tandem abutere..”
Cicero (when talking about Cataline”
38
Uncle of Pacuvius
Quintus Ennius
39
Enchiridion, mentioned in compilation of Justinian
Pomponius
40
What book recounts conversion of the author and his friend Salvius to Christianity
Octavius
41
Octavius
Minucius Felix
42
What genre did Pompeius Trogus write
History
43
Symposium
Lactantius
44
What did Marcus Furius write
Epic poetry
45
Who translated the Bible for common man
Jerome
46
What was the Bible called that was translated for common man
The Vulgate
47
Who wrote a history picking up where Tacitus’ left off
Marcellinus
48
Who depicted Venus as a huntress
Vergil
49
Greek pastoral poet
Theocritus
50
“Greatest satirist”
Juvenal
51
“Old-fashioned”, “puritanical”
7
52
How many books in Origines
7
53
How many books in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
15
54
Who said “E Pluribus Unum”
Vergil (referring to salad)
55
Father of Roman poetry
Ennius
56
What does Tacitus’ Annales cover?
The Julio-Claudians
57
What emperors did Velleius Paterclus write about
Augustus and Tiberius
58
Eclogues is influenced by
Theocritus
59
What ethnicity was Livius Andronicus
Greek
60
What poet introduced the myth of Aeneas
Naevius
61
Culex is about
A gnat
62
What time period did Plautus write during
Second Punic War
63
Clytemnestra
Accius
64
Wrote works on cooking
Apicius
65
Wrote on astrology
Manilius
66
Cupid and Psyche story found in..
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
67
Cicero’s earliest extant speech
Pro Quinctio
68
Wrote History of Alexander of Great
Curtius Rufus
69
Zmyrna
Cinna
70
How many of Terence’s comedies are extant
6
71
Naturales Quaestiones
Seneca the Younger
72
Controversiae
Seneca the Elder
73
Suasoriae
Seneca the Elder
74
Name 3 authors who wrote Medea
Ennius, Ovid, Seneca the Younger
75
Who preserved Epistulae ad Familiares
Tiro
76
What book of Vergil’s is didactic
Georgics
77
What was Mucius Scaevola’s literary audience
Jurists
78
Who is the hero of the Bellum Civile
Pompey
79
What event began Tacitus’ Annales
Death of Augustus
80
“Facit Indignatio Versum”
Juvenal
81
Who did Augustus write a tradegy on
Ajax
82
Star named Arcturus appears in
Rudens
83
“Wise man can suffer neither wrong nor insult”
Seneca the Elder
84
Work of Cicero that is a survey of the greatest Roman speakers
Brutus
85
What were Cicero’s beliefs
Eclectic
86
What kind of poet was Lucan
Stoic
87
Who wrote the only Latin novel to survive
Apuleius
88
What is the only surviving Latin novel
Metamorphoses (the golden ass)
89
What animal was affiliated with Horace
Mouse
90
“Exegi monumentum aere perennius”
Horace
91
What genre did Persius write
Satire
92
Who was known for his theatrical deliveries of oratory
Hortensius
93
Which book of the Aeneid does Vergil describe Augustus’ nephew, Marcellus
6
94
Whose Annales was about months and festivals
Accius
95
Who tutored Marcus Aurelius
Cornelius Fronto
96
What meter is De Rerum Natura
Dactylic Hexameter
97
Name for parchment scraped and used again
Palimpsest
98
Who distrusted everything Greek
Cato the Elder
99
How many books in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
11
100
Epitome means..
Summary
101
Cicero case on patricide
Pro Roscio Amerino
102
Where does the story of the country and city mouse appear
Sermones/Saturae 2.6 (Horace)
103
Equus Troianus
Gnaeus Naevius
104
What was preformed at the opening of the theater of Pompey in 55 b.c.
Equus Troianus (Naevius)
105
How many parts are in Cicero’s Actio Secunda in Verrem
5
106
Who was Cicero’s Epistulae ad Familiares addressed to because he was seeking wild animals for the games
M. Caelius Rufus
107
Who served as tribunus militum in Brutus’ army
Horace
108
What play by Terence was preformed for the Scipios at funeral games in 160 b.c.
Adelphi
109
160 b.c.
Adelphi preformed at funeral games of Aemilius Paullus
110
What is De Inventione about
Rhetorical arguements
111
Book II of Aeneid, who warns the Trojans
Laocoon
112
Seneca the Younger’s 3 book ethical treatise
Dialogi
113
How many books are in the Epodes/Iambi
17
114
Epicharmus
Ennius
115
How many books are in the De Bello Gallico
8
116
Strong believer of female characters
Titus Quinctius Atta
117
What did Atta write
Fabulae Togatae
118
In book IV of the Aeneid who is sent to remind Aeneas of his destiny
Mercury
119
What was Catullus’ circle called
Delicata iuventus
120
How many syllables are in Hendecasyllabic meter
11
121
“Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam”
Ovid’s Amores
122
Who wrote on a massive tsunami that hit Alexandria
Ammianus Marcellinus
123
365 AD
Ammanius Marcellinus (wrote on tsunami in Alexandria)
124
“Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus”
Lucretius
125
Euclio character in
Aulularia (Plautus)
126
Didascalica
Accius
127
Work that discusses history of poetry and theatre
Didascalica (Accius)
128
How many books is the Didascalica
9
129
Theseus and Ariadne story
Catullus 64
130
De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mecurii
Martianus Capella
131
How many books is the De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mecurii
9
132
Horace’s longest poem
Epistulae ad Pisones
133
Cicero delivered in 57 b.c.
De Haruspicum Responso
134
Who influenced Ibis
Callimachus
135
Encolpius and Ascyltus..
Satyricon (Petronius)
136
De Astris
Julius Caesar
137
Wrote lost work on the stars
Julius Caesar
138
Openly criticized Terence’s plays
Luscius Lanuvinus
139
Whose greatest commentary was on Vergil
Servius
140
Epitoma Rei Militaris
Vegetius
141
How many books is the Epitoma Rei Militaris
4
142
“Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet Bellum”
Vegetius (Epitoma Rei Militaris)
143
Tutored Augustus’ grandsons
Verrius Flaccus
144
De Verborum Significatu
Verrius Flaccus
145
First author to write epic in dactylic hexameter
Ennius
146
“Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum”
Livius Andronicus
147
What is De Fato about
A freedom of will that helped to determine a persons fate
148
Who is Fasti dedicated to
Germanicus
149
Unfinished work of Ovid..
Fasti
150
political opponent of Scipio Aemilianus who is tried for extravagant luxury by council of gods
Lentulus Lupus
151
Who does Cicero say is the oldest noteworthy orator
Appius Claudius Caecus
152
18 books on civil law..
Mucius Scaevola
153
journey to Brundisium..
Sermones/Satires (Horace)
154
80 b.c.
Pro Roscio Amerino
155
How many books in Bellum Civile
10
156
appointed consul in 97 AD..
Tacitus
157
Wrote Eclogues during reign of Nero
Calpurnius Siculus
158
soldier from Antioch..
Ammianus Marcellinus
159
restored statue of Victory to senate house
Symmachus
160
Mosella
Ausonius
161
“equal to Vergil”
Ausonius
162
Pagan, manichee, and neo-platinest before Christian
St Augustine
163
work not actually written by Seneca the Younger
Octavia
164
Alternate name of Apocolocyntosis
Ludus de morte claudii
165
How many books in Odes
4
166
Who was Catullus’ main patron
Memmius
167
Who was Aulus Gellius’ tutor
Fronto
168
Famous fable in Noctes Atticae
Androcles and the lion
169
called “tarsus atque elegans”
Tibullus
170
Who was best friends with Martial
Juvenal
171
Where was Silius Italicus born
Patavium
172
Who paid for Martials way to Spain
Pliny the Younger
173
Lead actor in Terence plays who produced
Ambivius Turpio
174
Caecilius base plays off of
Menander
175
Semi-paganus
Persius
176
Wrote Lydia and Dictina
Valerius Cato
177
Neoteric from Cremona
Furius Baboculus
178
Oedipus
Caesar
179
Laudes Herculis
Caesar
180
Bellum Alexandrinum
Aulus Hirtius
181
Aelius Verus (son of Hadrian) called who “His Vergil”
Martial
182
Apophoreta
Martial
183
mottoes for Saturnalia..
Martial (Apophoreta)
184
Stage carpenter..
Plautus
185
Longest play of Plautus
Miles Gloriosus
186
Palaestrio..
Plautus (Miles Gloriosus)
187
Called “facundus” by Martial
Juvenal
188
Which satire of Juvenal describes downsides of living in Rome
3rd
189
Called “scribebat carmina maiore cura quam ingenio” by Pliny the Younger
Silius Italicus
190
Called “puri sermonis amator” by Caesar
Terence
191
Plocium
Caecilius Statius
192
Where was Persius from
Volaterrae
193
Who did Persius dedicate his 6th satire to
Caesius Bassus
194
Accompanied Catullus on his expedition to Bithynia
Cinna
195
Lucubrationes
Furius Babuculus
196
studied under Antiochus of Ascalon
Varro of Reate
197
De imaginibus
Varro of Reate
198
Biographical dictionary of important Greek and Roman figures
De Imaginibus
199
Began practicing law at age of 18
Pliny the Younger
200
What contains a consolation of Cornelius Gallus and lament of death of Daphnis
Eclogues (Vergil)
201
Who writes on a singing contest with Asinius Pollio
Vergil (Eclogues)
202
Which of Vergil’s works was most likely not written by him
Appendix Vergiliana
203
How many books was Celsus’ encyclopedia
8
204
appointed by Augustus to be head of library
Hyginus
205
Where was Mela from
Tingenterra
206
believed the Earth is flat..
Mela
207
De Chorographica (describes Earth as disc)
Mela
208
Horace called his style of writing “lutulentus”
Lucilius
209
Who was Lucilius’ mistress
Collyra
210
De Compendiosa Doctrina
Nonius Marcellus
211
De Differentiis et..
Macrobius
212
Dialogue in 7 books during Saturnalia
Saturnalia (Macrobius)
213
Saturnalia
Macrobius
214
“Movements of planets makes sounds”..
Macrobius
215
3 political pamphlets, 1 against Cicero and two addressed to Caesar
Suasoriae (Sallust)
216
Studied under Sulpicius Apollinaris while in Rome
Aulus Gellius
217
Who did Aulus Gellius write Noctes Atticae for
His son
218
“Platonicus”
Apuleius
219
Erotopagenia
Laevius
220
Sirencirca
Laevius
221
Translated Homers Iliad into hexameter
Matius
222
Pulli and Moretum
Sueius
223
Lost works include De Bello Germanico and Agave
Papinius Statius
224
Two epics in form of Vergil
Papinius Statius
225
Silvae
Papinius Statius
226
Called “Ardens et concitatus” by Quintillian
Lucan
227
“Anti-Aeneid”..
Lucan’s Pharsalia
228
Ars Minor and Ars Maior
Aelius Donatus
229
Interpretationes
Claudius Donatus
230
Liber Medicinalis
Serenus Sammonicus
231
First attested use of “abracadabra”
Serenus Sammonicus
232
Laus Serenae
Claudian
233
Gigantamochy
Claudian
234
Wrote epithalamium on marriage of Manlius Torquatus and Vinia Arunculeia
Catullus
235
Gladiolus
Livius Andronicus
236
Wrote first Latin tradegy preformed at Ludi Romani
Livius Andronicus
237
240 b.c.
Livius Andronicus presented first Roman tradegy at Ludi Romani
238
Institutiones Divinae
Lactantius
239
Neotaric poet that produced free translation of Apollonius Argonautica
Varro Attacinus
240
Accius’ Decius and Brutus are
Fabula praetexta
241
241
Son of Magia Polla..
Vergil
242
Educated in Cremona and Mediolanum before coming to Rome
Vergil
243
De Deo Socratis
Apuleius
244
Who did Macrobius dedicate his commentary to
Eustachius
245
Pamphila and Panegyris are characters in
Plautus (stichus)
247
mentioned as a source by Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Josephus
Cluvius Rufus
248
Which book of Metamorphoses has story of Orpheus and Eurydice
Book 10
249
Who wrote two epigrams on Memnon
Julia Balbilla
250
Epigram called Cicuta
Marsus
251
Play of Seneca with killing of family members and cannibalism
Thyestes
252
Who does Macrobius quote in Saturnalia
Aulus Gellius
253
“Quintili Vare, legiones redde!” -Augustus
Suetonius
254
Who did Julius Victor write critism on
Quintillian
255
Ora maritime
Avienus
256
Iohannis by Corippus is known by what other name
De bellis Libycis
257
“Dabit Zeus his quoque finem”
Vergil
258
Wrote Latin version of Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
Varro
259
De Vita Beata (On happiness)
Seneca the Younger
260
Seneca work dedicated to prefect in charge of food supply..
De Brevitate Vitae (on the shortness of life)
261
Annals
Tacitus
262
Governor of Asia under Trajan
Tacitus
263
Meter of Roman satire
Dactylic hexameter
264
Who revised Tacitus’ Historiae
Pliny the Younger
265
Wrote treatise on duties of priests
Ambrose
266
What work laments death of Tibullus
Fasti
267
Tutored Constantine’s son Crispus
Lactantius
268
Quintillian called equal to Greek Thucydides
Sallust
269
Xenia
Martial
270
De Legibus
Cicero
271
“Story within a story”
Ecphrasis
272
Cicero’s congenial to later Christian’s
Somnium Scipionis
273
What did Pacuvius write
Tradegies
274
Which Catalinarian gave concrete evidence
3rd
275
Pomptine Marshes..
Horace
276
What were scholia
Notes in the margins of texts
277
Cicero work that discusses 3 schools of philosophy
De Natura Deorum
278
Writer under Tiberius and wrote history of Greece and Rome
Valerius Paterculus
279
Last work published by Ovid
Epistulae ex Ponto
280
Scipio
Ennius
281
Cicero stoic guide to living moral life
De Officiis
282
Which emperor is missing from Tacitus’ Annales
Caligula
283
Empress that wrote memoirs on her exploits (now lost)
Agrippina the Younger
284
Wrote about dead parrot
Statius
285
Taught to write poetry by father
Statius
286
Tradegy of Seneca not influenced by Euripides
Agamemnon
287
First to write satire
Ennius/Lucilius
288
Cicero defends man accused of murdering the tribune Saturninus 37 years previously
Pro Rabirio
289
How many books in Caesars civil war
3
290
Whose Medea is no longer extant
Ovid
291
Who wrote commentaries on Cicero’s speeches
Asconius
292
Fabula cothurnata Niptra
Pacuvius
293
Nephew of Ennius
Pacuvius
294
Claimed to write “sine Ira et studio”
Tacitus
295
Author given an equestrian state in the Forum Ulpium
Claudian
296
Apologeticus
Tertullian
297
Catullus’ poem on Peleus and Thetis contains an ecphrasis on subject of
Theseus and Ariadne
298
Which work covers the wars of 69 AD
Tacitus’ Historiae
299
Poem in trochaic tetrameters celebrates renewal of life on Sicily
Pervigilium Veneris
300
De Raptu Proserpinae
Claudian
301
Compendium of observations on matters scientific was compiled by..
Pliny the Elder
302
Also known as Eusebius Hieronymus
Jerome
303
Earliest playwright
Ennius
304
Where was Pacuvius from
Brundisium
305
Paullus
Pacuvius
306
Antiopa
Pacuvius
307
Teucer
Pacuvius
308
Type of oratory known for its rich, exuberant, and exclamatory style
Asianic
309
According to Livy, which author was first to introduce plot to Roman stage preformances
Livius Andronicus
310
Jewish author..
Josephus
311
Contra Apionem
Josephus
312
Bellum Judeacum
Josephus
313
Starts, “ urbem Romam a principio Regis”
Tacitus’ Annales
314
no political office..
Livy
315
“Dissertissime Romuli nepotum”
Catullus about Cicero
316
What was the first thing to be inscripted with Latin literature
Safety pin
317
What was Lucius Varius Rufus’ most famous tradegy
Thyestes
318
Criticized Caesar often
Catullus
319
Natural pause in a line of verse
Caesura
320
Emperor that wrote a poem to his soul
Hadrian
321
Who was emperor while Celsus wrote his works
Tiberius
322
Troica
Nero
323
Where was Titus Livius born
Patavium
324
Cicero speech on governor of Sicily
In Verrem
325
How many philipics are there
14
326
What literary circle was Persius
Stoic
327
Described as “sand without lime” by Caligula
Seneca the Younger
328
What were the two books in Cicero’s Academia
Lucullus and Catulus
329
What was Terence’s first play
Andria
330
Who are the interlocutors in Cicero’s De Amicitia
Fannius, Laelius, and Mucius Scaevola
331
Write commentary on Cicero
Asconius (Pedianus)
332
What was the date of the first In Catalinam delivered
November 8th 63 B.C.
