Midterm

Question 1

Supplication

Answer 1

Homer; Iliad; gesture of appeal; Thetis uses supplication to appeal to Zeus when asking for help for restoring Achilles’ honor

Question 2

Timé/Timai (plural)

Answer 2

Homer; Iliad; honor; Achilles’ honor has been destroyed by Agamemnon, who disrespected him by taking his wife

Question 3

Geras

Answer 3

Homer; Iliad; war prize; Chryseis, the daughter of one of Apollo’s priest, is taken as a war prize by Agamemnon after a successful Achaean raid

Question 4

Xenia

Answer 4

Homer; Odyssey; host hospitality to guests; Odysseus house is raided by suitors in his absence and their actions transgress the bounds of xenia

Question 5

Teichoskopia

Answer 5

Homer; Iliad; viewing from the walls; Priam asks Helen to point out the soldiers on the battlefield but she laments about her current situation as Paris’ hostage

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

Homer; Iliad 16; comparison using “like” or “as”; As ravenous wolves come swooping down upon lambs, … so the Achaeans mauled the Trojans

Question 7

Nostos vs. Kleos

Answer 7

Homer; Iliad; return journey to home from war vs. glory through fighting; Achilles’ struggles with going to war because if he goes and dies, his legacy will be preserved but if he stays home, he will live a long and happy life but he forgotten after death

Question 8

Oikos

Answer 8

Aeschylus; Agamemnon; family unit; Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter in order to preserve the polis at the cost of damaging his relationship with his wife

Question 9

Phoinix

Answer 9

Homer; Iliad; foster parent of Achilles; part of embassy to Achilles, tells the story of Meleager

Question 10

Prometheus

Answer 10

Hesiod; Theogony; challenges Zeus, responsible for divisonof portions at sacrifice, responsible for creation of Pandora, gives fire to mankind

Question 11

Patroklos

Answer 11

Homer; Iliad; best friend of Achilles, killed by Hektor, avenged by Achilles

Question 12

Polyphemus

Answer 12

Homer; Odyssey; Cyclops, son of Poseidon; eats several of Odysseus’ companions, tricked and stabbed in his eye by Odysseus, responsible for Poseidon’s anger at Odysseus

Question 13

Map Identification

Answer 13

Ithaka
Olympia
Pylos
Sparkta
Mycenae
Tiryns
Corinth
Isthmus of Corinth
Salamis
Athens
Eleusis
Boeotia
Gulf of Corinth
Delphi
Euboea
Delos
Thera
Aegean Sea
Knossos
Chios
Troy
Hellespont