Facts

Question 1

Greeks and Romans were fascinated with…

Answer 1

The phenomena of blinding passion and equally compulsive virginity

Question 2

Rape

Answer 2

Many seductions were ultimately religious in nature

Question 3

Passion was usually evoked by…

Answer 3

Aphrodite and eros

Question 4

Man defines

Answer 4

Lust

Question 5

Woman defines

Answer 5

Chastity

Question 6

Force of chastity was symbolized by

Answer 6

Devotion to artemis

Question 7

Paris’ wooing of Helen is usually referred to as

Answer 7

The rape of Helen

Question 8

Hades raped

Answer 8

Persephone

She was unwilling

Question 9

Homosexuality

Answer 9

Accepted as part of life

Athens was a paradise for homosexuals

Lesbianism was a widespread practice in Sparta

Encouraged and respected as long as it was practiced within the bonds of societal demands

Question 10

Earliest written myth

Answer 10

The epic of gilgamesh (7th century BC)

Question 11

Women in Greek society

Answer 11

Were considered citizens

Athens citizenship depended on the condition that both parents must be citizens

Education was different from that of men

Appeared idealized and beautiful

Question 12

Fundamental in the politics and the mores of Greek city-state

Answer 12

Marriage and family

Question 13

Setting of myth

Answer 13

Time: past or unreal

Place: real, surreal, past real

Question 14

Greece was settled in

Answer 14

Paleolithic times (before 70000 BC)

Question 15

Mycenaeans worshipped

Answer 15

The sky God, Zeus

Question 16

Near Eastern myths

Answer 16

Sumerian, Semitic, hittites

Question 17

Phoebe

Answer 17

Artemis and Selene

Question 18

Phoebus

Answer 18

Helius Hyperion and Apollo