god and goddess

Question 1

Hera

Answer 1

Roman Name: Juno
Responsibility: aspects of existence, seasons, weather, etc.
Symbol: Peacock

Question 2

Poseidon

Answer 2

Roman Name: Neptune
Responsibility: natural and supernatural events
Symbol: Trident

Question 3

Ares

Answer 3

Roman Name: Mars
Responsibility: keeping civil order and city defense
Symbol: Spear

Question 4

Aphrodite

Answer 4

Roman Name: Venus
Responsibility: goddess of beauty and love, daughter of Zeus
Symbol: dove

Question 5

Apollo

Answer 5

Roman Name: Apollo
Responsibility: healing and plague, archery, art, and prophecy
Symbol: Harp, bow and arrow

Question 6

Artemis

Answer 6

Roman name: Diana
Responsibility: chastity, hunting, animals, forests, childbirth, fertility
Symbol: Bows, arrows, and stags

Question 7

Athena

Answer 7

Roman name: Minerva
Responsibility: goddess of wisdom, known as protectors of cities
Symbol: owl

Question 8

Hephaestus

Answer 8

Roman name: Vulcan
Responsibility: God of fire, weapons, maker of Olympus
Symbol: Hammer

Question 9

Dionysus

Answer 9

Roman name: Bacchus
Responsibility: God of fertility,
wine, and later patron of arts
Symbol: Grapevine

Question 10

Hermes

Answer 10

Roman name: Mercury
Responsibility: God of thieves
Symbol: Caduceus

Question 11

Demeter

Answer 11

Roman name: Ceres
Responsibility: Goddess of harvest
Symbol: Torch

Question 12

Hades

Answer 12

Roman name: Orcus
Responsibility: lord of the sky
Symbol: Cerberus

Question 13

Structure of the tragedy: Prologue

Answer 13

exposition of prior events-play begins just prior to climax

Question 14

Structure of the tragedy: Parados

Answer 14

entrance or chorus, chanting or singing

Question 15

Structure of the tragedy: episodes and stasimon

Answer 15

each episode was separated by choral songs called stasima-represented the passage of time-no curtain

Question 16

structure of the tragedy: exodus

Answer 16

final action and choral comment, departure or characters and chorus, sometimes included the deus ex machina

Question 17

function of the chorus:

Answer 17

provided the actor on stage with someone to talk with

Question 18

function of the chorus

Answer 18

introduced new character and often questioned them as to origin and purpose

Question 19

function of the chorus

Answer 19

recalled background information needed to clarify the dramatic situation in stage-exposition

Question 20

function of the chorus

Answer 20

provided a continuity between episodes

Question 21

function of the chorus

Answer 21

filled in for a time period

Question 22

function of the chorus

Answer 22

heightened dramatic tension through its expression of forboding

Question 23

function of the chorus

Answer 23

provided a means of generalizing from particulars of the play and offered opinions on occurrences

Question 24

function of the chorus

Answer 24

provided a medium for interpretive comment

Question 25

function of the chorus

Answer 25

provided a means of drawing wisdom and significance from legends and myths

Question 26

function of the chorus

Answer 26

often established ethical or social framework of the events and set up a standard against which the action might be judged

Question 27

function of the chorus

Answer 27

reacted to events and characters

Question 28

function of the chorus

Answer 28

set the overall mood of the play and individual scenes

Question 29

function of the chorus

Answer 29

added movement, spectacle, song and dance

Question 30

function of the chorus

Answer 30

served an important rhythmical function, creating pauses or retardations during which the audience might reflect upon events

Question 31

dramatic irony

Answer 31

audience know information the characters don't

Question 32

tragic flaw

Answer 32

fault that leads to destruction of hero

Question 33

deus ex machina

Answer 33

character, device, event brought in to untangle a plot

Question 34

festival of dionysius

Answer 34

singing, dancing, and drinking in honor of dionysus

Question 35

dithyrambic hymn

Answer 35

wildly emotional hymn sung in honor of Dionysus sung to the music of flute

Question 36

tragedy

Answer 36

ends with destruction and/or death of a hero(ine)

Question 37

comedy

Answer 37

has a non-tragic ending

Question 38

satyr play

Answer 38

performed in conjunction with a trilogy of tragedies, less elevated subject, the chorus consists of satyrs (man goats)

Question 39

recognition

Answer 39

awareness of fault or conflict

Question 40

complication

Answer 40

makes the conflict stronger and more complex

Question 41

denouement

Answer 41

unraveling of a plot

Question 42

strophe

Answer 42

lines repeated in a dramatic chorus as they pass chanting from the central altar to the side of the stage. literally "a turning" moves to the right of the stage

Question 43

antistrophe

Answer 43

moves back to the altar repeating rhythm, gestures, and meter of first verse but with different words

Question 44

unity of place

Answer 44

tragedy happens in only one place

Question 45

Zeus

Answer 45

Roman name: Jupiter Responsibility: controlled lightning Symbol: lighting