LIT MISSED QUESTIONS Flashcards
Sabinus and Cotta..
Book V De Bello Gallico
over 1500 short poems..
Martial
work of Ovid not in elegiac couplet
Metamorphoses
letter to Pisones..
Horace’s Ars Poetica
Dialogus De Oratoribus
Tacitus
tutored great nephews of Domition
Quintillian
first rhetorician to receive state salary
Quintilian
wrote in Asiatic style
Quintus Hortensius
writes Theseus and Ariadne story
Catullus
“Roman Callimuchus”
Propertius
Who did Pliny the Younger write Vesuvius letters to
Tacitus
Catullus was inspired by..
Callimuchus and Sappho
What period does Sallust’s Historiae cover
post abdication of Sulla (78-67)
meter of Roman tradegy
Iambic senarius
what circle was Paenaetius of Rhodes part of
Scipionic circle
Cicero work that shares name with Aristotle work
Topica
Tutor of St Jerome
Donatus
wrote, “is there such resentment in heavenly minds”
Vergil
horsewhipped by Milo..
Sallust
Governor of Numidia and gained wealth
Sallust
Work that discusses history of art
Naturalis Historia (Pliny the Elder)
Naturalis Historia dedicated to..
Titus
Carmen Saeculare dedicated to..
Apollo, Diana, and Capitoline dieties
Another name for Horace’s Saturae
Sermones
Age of literature Augustus wrote during
Gold age
What verse is Naevius’ Punica
Saturnian
What events does Pollio’s Historiae cover
Caesar’s civil war
Under whose name did Sulpicia write
Tibullus
Who wrote Menippean satire
Varro of Reate
Which author refers to Petronius as arbiter elegantiae
Tacitus
Father of Latin prose
Cato the Elder
Who may have written Ciris
Gallus or Messalla Corvinus
Wrote a treatise on the pronunciation of a final “s” in a word
Messalla Corvinus
What was Lucan’s full name
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
De Familiis
Varro of Reate
Who said, “Non omnis moriar” (I shall not wholly die)
Horace
Who said, “Quo Usque tandem abutere..”
Cicero (when talking about Cataline”
Uncle of Pacuvius
Quintus Ennius
Enchiridion, mentioned in compilation of Justinian
Pomponius
What book recounts conversion of the author and his friend Salvius to Christianity
Octavius
Octavius
Minucius Felix
What genre did Pompeius Trogus write
History
Symposium
Lactantius
What did Marcus Furius write
Epic poetry
Who translated the Bible for common man
Jerome
What was the Bible called that was translated for common man
The Vulgate
Who wrote a history picking up where Tacitus’ left off
Marcellinus
Who depicted Venus as a huntress
Vergil
Greek pastoral poet
Theocritus
“Greatest satirist”
Juvenal
“Old-fashioned”, “puritanical”
7
How many books in Origines
7
How many books in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
15
Who said “E Pluribus Unum”
Vergil (referring to salad)
Father of Roman poetry
Ennius
What does Tacitus’ Annales cover?
The Julio-Claudians
What emperors did Velleius Paterclus write about
Augustus and Tiberius
Eclogues is influenced by
Theocritus
What ethnicity was Livius Andronicus
Greek
What poet introduced the myth of Aeneas
Naevius
Culex is about
A gnat
What time period did Plautus write during
Second Punic War
Clytemnestra
Accius
Wrote works on cooking
Apicius
Wrote on astrology
Manilius
Cupid and Psyche story found in..
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
Cicero’s earliest extant speech
Pro Quinctio
Wrote History of Alexander of Great
Curtius Rufus
Zmyrna
Cinna
How many of Terence’s comedies are extant
6
Naturales Quaestiones
Seneca the Younger
Controversiae
Seneca the Elder
Suasoriae
Seneca the Elder
Name 3 authors who wrote Medea
Ennius, Ovid, Seneca the Younger
Who preserved Epistulae ad Familiares
Tiro
What book of Vergil’s is didactic
Georgics
What was Mucius Scaevola’s literary audience
Jurists
Who is the hero of the Bellum Civile
Pompey
What event began Tacitus’ Annales
Death of Augustus
“Facit Indignatio Versum”
Juvenal
Who did Augustus write a tradegy on
Ajax
Star named Arcturus appears in
Rudens
“Wise man can suffer neither wrong nor insult”
Seneca the Elder
Work of Cicero that is a survey of the greatest Roman speakers
Brutus
What were Cicero’s beliefs
Eclectic
What kind of poet was Lucan
Stoic
Who wrote the only Latin novel to survive
Apuleius
What is the only surviving Latin novel
Metamorphoses (the golden ass)
What animal was affiliated with Horace
Mouse
“Exegi monumentum aere perennius”
Horace
What genre did Persius write
Satire
Who was known for his theatrical deliveries of oratory
Hortensius
Which book of the Aeneid does Vergil describe Augustus’ nephew, Marcellus
6
Whose Annales was about months and festivals
Accius
Who tutored Marcus Aurelius
Cornelius Fronto
What meter is De Rerum Natura
Dactylic Hexameter
Name for parchment scraped and used again
Palimpsest
Who distrusted everything Greek
Cato the Elder
How many books in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
11
Epitome means..
Summary
Cicero case on patricide
Pro Roscio Amerino
Where does the story of the country and city mouse appear
Sermones/Saturae 2.6 (Horace)
Equus Troianus
Gnaeus Naevius
What was preformed at the opening of the theater of Pompey in 55 b.c.
Equus Troianus (Naevius)
How many parts are in Cicero’s Actio Secunda in Verrem
5
Who was Cicero’s Epistulae ad Familiares addressed to because he was seeking wild animals for the games
M. Caelius Rufus
Who served as tribunus militum in Brutus’ army
Horace
What play by Terence was preformed for the Scipios at funeral games in 160 b.c.
Adelphi
160 b.c.
Adelphi preformed at funeral games of Aemilius Paullus
What is De Inventione about
Rhetorical arguements
Book II of Aeneid, who warns the Trojans
Laocoon
Seneca the Younger’s 3 book ethical treatise
Dialogi
How many books are in the Epodes/Iambi
17
Epicharmus
Ennius
How many books are in the De Bello Gallico
8
Strong believer of female characters
Titus Quinctius Atta
What did Atta write
Fabulae Togatae
In book IV of the Aeneid who is sent to remind Aeneas of his destiny
Mercury
What was Catullus’ circle called
Delicata iuventus
How many syllables are in Hendecasyllabic meter
11
“Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam”
Ovid’s Amores
Who wrote on a massive tsunami that hit Alexandria
Ammianus Marcellinus
365 AD
Ammanius Marcellinus (wrote on tsunami in Alexandria)
“Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus”
Lucretius
Euclio character in
Aulularia (Plautus)
Didascalica
Accius
Work that discusses history of poetry and theatre
Didascalica (Accius)
How many books is the Didascalica
9
Theseus and Ariadne story
Catullus 64
De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mecurii
Martianus Capella
How many books is the De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mecurii
9
Horace’s longest poem
Epistulae ad Pisones
Cicero delivered in 57 b.c.
De Haruspicum Responso
Who influenced Ibis
Callimachus
Encolpius and Ascyltus..
Satyricon (Petronius)
De Astris
Julius Caesar
Wrote lost work on the stars
Julius Caesar
Openly criticized Terence’s plays
Luscius Lanuvinus
Whose greatest commentary was on Vergil
Servius
Epitoma Rei Militaris
Vegetius
How many books is the Epitoma Rei Militaris
4
“Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet Bellum”
Vegetius (Epitoma Rei Militaris)
Tutored Augustus’ grandsons
Verrius Flaccus
De Verborum Significatu
Verrius Flaccus
First author to write epic in dactylic hexameter
Ennius
“Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum”
Livius Andronicus
What is De Fato about
A freedom of will that helped to determine a persons fate
Who is Fasti dedicated to
Germanicus
Unfinished work of Ovid..
Fasti
political opponent of Scipio Aemilianus who is tried for extravagant luxury by council of gods
Lentulus Lupus
Who does Cicero say is the oldest noteworthy orator
Appius Claudius Caecus
18 books on civil law..
Mucius Scaevola
journey to Brundisium..
Sermones/Satires (Horace)
80 b.c.
Pro Roscio Amerino
How many books in Bellum Civile
10
appointed consul in 97 AD..
Tacitus
Wrote Eclogues during reign of Nero
Calpurnius Siculus
soldier from Antioch..
Ammianus Marcellinus
restored statue of Victory to senate house
Symmachus
Mosella
Ausonius
“equal to Vergil”
Ausonius
Pagan, manichee, and neo-platinest before Christian
St Augustine
work not actually written by Seneca the Younger
Octavia
Alternate name of Apocolocyntosis
Ludus de morte claudii
How many books in Odes
4
Who was Catullus’ main patron
Memmius
Who was Aulus Gellius’ tutor
Fronto
Famous fable in Noctes Atticae
Androcles and the lion
called “tarsus atque elegans”
Tibullus
Who was best friends with Martial
Juvenal
Where was Silius Italicus born
Patavium
Who paid for Martials way to Spain
Pliny the Younger
Lead actor in Terence plays who produced
Ambivius Turpio
Caecilius base plays off of
Menander
Semi-paganus
Persius
Wrote Lydia and Dictina
Valerius Cato
Neoteric from Cremona
Furius Baboculus
Oedipus
Caesar
Laudes Herculis
Caesar
Bellum Alexandrinum
Aulus Hirtius
Aelius Verus (son of Hadrian) called who “His Vergil”
Martial
Apophoreta
Martial
mottoes for Saturnalia..
Martial (Apophoreta)
Stage carpenter..
Plautus
Longest play of Plautus
Miles Gloriosus
Palaestrio..
Plautus (Miles Gloriosus)
Called “facundus” by Martial
Juvenal
Which satire of Juvenal describes downsides of living in Rome
3rd
Called “scribebat carmina maiore cura quam ingenio” by Pliny the Younger
Silius Italicus
Called “puri sermonis amator” by Caesar
Terence
Plocium
Caecilius Statius
Where was Persius from
Volaterrae
Who did Persius dedicate his 6th satire to
Caesius Bassus
Accompanied Catullus on his expedition to Bithynia
Cinna
Lucubrationes
Furius Babuculus
studied under Antiochus of Ascalon
Varro of Reate
De imaginibus
Varro of Reate
Biographical dictionary of important Greek and Roman figures
De Imaginibus
Began practicing law at age of 18
Pliny the Younger
What contains a consolation of Cornelius Gallus and lament of death of Daphnis
Eclogues (Vergil)
Who writes on a singing contest with Asinius Pollio
Vergil (Eclogues)
Which of Vergil’s works was most likely not written by him
Appendix Vergiliana
How many books was Celsus’ encyclopedia
8
appointed by Augustus to be head of library
Hyginus
Where was Mela from
Tingenterra
believed the Earth is flat..
Mela
De Chorographica (describes Earth as disc)
Mela
Style of writing called “lutulentus” by Horace
Lucilius
Who was Lucilius’ mistress
Collyra
De Compendiosa Doctrina
Nonius Marcellus
De Differentiis et..
Macrobius
Dialogue in 7 books during Saturnalia
Saturnalia (Macrobius)
Saturnalia
Macrobius
“Movements of planets makes sounds”..
Macrobius
3 political pamphlets, 1 against Cicero and two addressed to Caesar
Suasoriae (Sallust)
Studied under Sulpicius Apollinaris while in Rome
Aulus Gellius
Who did Aulus Gellius write Noctes Atticae for
His son
“Platonicus”
Apuleius
Erotopagenia
Laevius
Sirencirca
Laevius
Translated Homers Iliad into hexameter
Matius
Pulli and Moretum
Sueius
Lost works include De Bello Germanico and Agave
Papinius Statius
Two epics in form of Vergil
Papinius Statius
Silvae
Papinius Statius
Called “Ardens et concitatus” by Quintillian
Lucan
“Anti-Aeneid”..
Lucan’s Pharsalia
Ars Minor and Ars Maior
Aelius Donatus
Interpretationes
Claudius Donatus
Liber Medicinalis
Serenus Sammonicus
First attested use of “abracadabra”
Serenus Sammonicus
Laus Serenae
Claudian
Gigantamochy
Claudian
Wrote epithalamium on marriage of Manlius Torquatus and Vinia Arunculeia
Catullus
Gladiolus
Livius Andronicus
Wrote first Latin tradegy preformed at Ludi Romani
Livius Andronicus
240 b.c.
Livius Andronicus presented first Roman tradegy at Ludi Romani
Institutiones Divinae
Lactantius
Neotaric poet that produced free translation of Apollonius Argonautica
Varro Attacinus
Accius’ Decius and Brutus are
Fabula praetexta
Son of Magia Polla..
Vergil
Educated in Cremona and Mediolanum before coming to Rome
Vergil
De Deo Socratis
Apuleius
Who did Macrobius dedicate his commentary to
Eustachius
Pamphila and Panegyris are characters in
Plautus (stichus)
mentioned as a source by Tacitus, Cassius Dio, and Josephus
Cluvius Rufus
Which book of Metamorphoses has story of Orpheus and Eurydice
Book 10
Who wrote two epigrams on Memnon
Julia Balbilla
Epigram called Cicuta
Marsus
Play of Seneca with killing of family members and cannibalism
Thyestes
Who does Macrobius quote in Saturnalia
Aulus Gellius
“Quintili Vare, legiones redde!” -Augustus
Suetonius
Who did Julius Victor write critism on
Quintillian
Ora maritime
Avienus
Iohannis by Corippus is known by what other name
De bellis Libycis
“Dabit Zeus his quoque finem”
Vergil
Wrote Latin version of Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
Varro
De Vita Beata (On happiness)
Seneca the Younger
Seneca work dedicated to prefect in charge of food supply..
De Brevitate Vitae (on the shortness of life)
Annals
Tacitus
Governor of Asia under Trajan
Tacitus
Meter of Roman satire
Dactylic hexameter
Who revised Tacitus’ Historiae
Pliny the Younger
Wrote treatise on duties of priests
Ambrose
What work laments death of Tibullus
Fasti
Tutored Constantine’s son Crispus
Lactantius
Quintillian called equal to Greek Thucydides
Sallust
Xenia
Martial
De Legibus
Cicero
“Story within a story”
Ecphrasis
Cicero’s congenial to later Christian’s
Somnium Scipionis
What did Pacuvius write
Tradegies
Which Catalinarian gave concrete evidence
3rd
Pomptine Marshes..
Horace
What were scholia
Notes in the margins of texts
Cicero work that discusses 3 schools of philosophy
De Natura Deorum
Writer under Tiberius and wrote history of Greece and Rome
Valerius Paterculus
Last work published by Ovid
Epistulae ex Ponto
Scipio
Ennius
Cicero stoic guide to living moral life
De Officiis
Which emperor is missing from Tacitus’ Annales
Caligula
Empress that wrote memoirs on her exploits (now lost)
Agrippina the Younger
Wrote about dead parrot
Statius
Taught to write poetry by father
Statius
Tradegy of Seneca not influenced by Euripides
Agamemnon
First to write satire
Ennius/Lucilius
Cicero defends man accused of murdering the tribune Saturninus 37 years previously
Pro Rabirio
How many books in Caesars civil war
3
Whose Medea is no longer extant
Ovid
Who wrote commentaries on Cicero’s speeches
Asconius
Fabula cothurnata Niptra
Pacuvius
Nephew of Ennius
Pacuvius
Claimed to write “sine Ira et studio”
Tacitus
Author given an equestrian state in the Forum Ulpium
Claudian
Apologeticus
Tertullian
Catullus’ poem on Peleus and Thetis contains an ecphrasis on subject of
Theseus and Ariadne
Which work covers the wars of 69 AD
Tacitus’ Historiae
Poem in trochaic tetrameters celebrates renewal of life on Sicily
Pervigilium Veneris
De Raptu Proserpinae
Claudian
Compendium of observations on matters scientific was compiled by..
Pliny the Elder
Also known as Eusebius Hieronymus
Jerome
Earliest playwright
Ennius
Where was Pacuvius from
Brundisium
Paullus
Pacuvius
Antiopa
Pacuvius
Teucer
Pacuvius
Type of oratory known for its rich, exuberant, and exclamatory style
Asianic
According to Livy, which author was first to introduce plot to Roman stage preformances
Livius Andronicus
Jewish author..
Josephus
Contra Apionem
Josephus
Bellum Judeacum
Josephus
Starts, “ urbem Romam a principio Regis”
Tacitus’ Annales
no political office..
Livy
“Dissertissime Romuli nepotum”
Catullus about Cicero
What was the first thing to be inscripted with Latin literature
Safety pin
What was Lucius Varius Rufus’ most famous tradegy
Thyestes
Criticized Caesar often
Catullus
Natural pause in a line of verse
Caesura
Emperor that wrote a poem to his soul
Hadrian
Who was emperor while Celsus wrote his works
Tiberius
Troica
Nero
Where was Titus Livius born
Patavium
Cicero speech on governor of Sicily
In Verrem
How many philipics are there
14
What literary circle was Persius
Stoic
Described as “sand without lime” by Caligula
Seneca the Younger
What were the two books in Cicero’s Academia
Lucullus and Catulus
What was Terence’s first play
Andria
Who are the interlocutors in Cicero’s De Amicitia
Fannius, Laelius, and Mucius Scaevola
Write commentary on Cicero
Asconius (Pedianus)
What was the date of the first In Catalinam delivered
November 8th 63 B.C.
