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Lines 1.117-1.137
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.117-137
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14) Toss-Up: A common inscription on tombstones was Si tibi terra levis . What does this mean? "MAY THE EARTH BE LIGHT UPON YOU"
Bonus: What about the phrase Qui vixit annos quinque, menses novem, et dies viginti-duos ? "WHO LIVED FIVE YEARS, NINE MONTHS, AND TWENTY-TWO DAYS"
15) Toss-Up: Who explained to the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades, the crashing rocks at the entrance to the Black Sea? PHINEUS
Bonus: What service did the Argonauts have to perform to get this advice? RID PHINEUS OF THE HARPIES
16) Toss-Up: Numa Pompilius is said to have added two months to the original ten-month calendar. What two months did he add? JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
Bonus: Who further reformed the calendar in 45 BC? JULIUS CAESAR
17) Toss-Up: Who was the wife of Hector whom Aeneas found married to Helenus in Buthrotum? ANDROMACHE
Bonus: What was the name of Hector and Andromache's son? ASTYANAX
18) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: Oenotria, Hesperia, Ausonia. OTHER NAMES FOR ITALY
Bonus: What is the phrase which describes the Greek territory in Southern Italy and Sicily? MAGNA GRAECIA
19) Toss-Up: Given the semi-deponent verb audeo, audere ,what is the third person singular, pluperfect subjunctive? AUSUS ESSET
Bonus: Change ausus esset to the imperfect passive. AUDERETUR
20) Toss-Up: Quae cum ita sint, Catilina, perge quo coepisti: egredere aliquando ex urbe; patent portae; proficiscere . What is the idiomatic meaning of Quae cum ita sint ? "THEREFORE"
Bonus: What forms are perge, egredere, and proficiscere ? IMPERATIVES
Round 4
1) Toss-Up: The Golden Age of Latin Literature traditionally ends in AD 17 with the death of what exiled poet? OVID
Bonus: What year marked the end of the Augustan Age with the death of Augustus? AD 14
2) Toss-Up: Which emperor was responsible for dividing the empire between East and West? DIOCLETIAN
Bonus: Diocletian named himself and Maximian "Augustus." What did he name his subordinates Constantius I and Galerius, who were to inherit the possession of Augustus? CAESARS or CAESARES
3) Toss-Up: A sign from ancient Pompeii advertises games to be held on the day before the Kalends of June. They advertise venatio et vela erunt. What is a venatio and in what form does a venatio survive in the world today? AN ANIMAL HUNT; BULL-FIGHTING