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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.37-53
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Bonus 1: Medea, however, got her revenge for being abandoned by Jason. What did she do? Killed their children.
Bonus 2: Medea was a maga a witchwho came from what Black Sea land? Colchis.
Give the 1st person plural, future active indicative form of porto, portare . Portabimus.
Bonus 1: Now make that passive. Portabimur.
Bonus 2: Now make the active, pluperfect. Portaveramus.
Name a Roman historian. Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, etc.
Bonus 1: Name a Roman playwright. Terence, Plautus, Seneca.
Bonus 2: Name a famous Roman writer of letters. Pliny, Cicero, Fronto.
What famous ruins still exist in Rome, to the east of the Circus Maximus, which were enormous baths built by one of the sons of Septimus Severus. Baths of Caracalla.
Bonus 1: The baths would have different types of pools. Name one of them and tell me what type of bath it was. Frigidarium (cold bath), tepidarium (warm bath), calidarium (hot bath).
Bonus 2: Do the same for another. Frigidarium (cold bath), tepidarium (warm bath), calidarium (hot bath).
What three animals were involved in the great sacrifice suovetaurila ? Pig, sheep, bull.
Bonus 1: During the sacrifice, the Romans would attempt to determine the will of the gods. How was this done? By inspecting the entrails of the animals.
Bonus 2: After the sacrifice, the Romans would have a feast, eating the best part of the animal and leaving only the fat, bones, and guts for the gods. What son of a Titan tricked Zeus into choosing the worst part of the sacrifice, thus establishing the custom? Prometheus.
There are a number of famous lovers in ancient mythology. Philemon and Baucis lived in Babylon, but what lovely maiden was spirited off to a never-never land by her invisible lover Cupid? Psyche.