GREEK WORDS

Question 1

Son of Aeolus

Answer 1

Sisyphus

Question 2

Father of Demophoon

Answer 2

Keleos

Question 3

Parthenon

Answer 3

Temple of Athena

Question 4

What happens when Oedipus dies?

Answer 4

According to Oedipus at Colonus, he is exiled, and has a supernatural death with a hero cult.

Question 5

Acropolis

Answer 5

Hill that Athena’s temple is on

Question 6

Exogamous

Answer 6

`Took a girl away from home

Question 7

Merope

Answer 7

Oedipis’ adopted mother in Corinth

Question 8

Polis

Answer 8

Loyalty to the larger community

Question 9

Erikthoneous

Answer 9

Son of Hephaestus: rape of Athena

Question 10

Great sinner, son of Zeus

Answer 10

Tantalus

Question 11

Who challenged truths as a great philosopher but was put to death for it?

Answer 11

Socrates

Question 12

Choregos

Answer 12

The one who funded the dithyramb

Question 13

Hunter becomes the hunted

Answer 13

Callisto, Actaeon, Pentheus

Question 14

Two philosphophers who were put to death

Answer 14

Socrates and Alcibiades (violated Eleusinian mysteries)

Question 15

Oikos

Answer 15

Loyalty to the household

Question 16

Dionysus drives mad:

Answer 16

1. Pentheus/Agave 2. Lycurgus 3. Minyads

Question 17

Arcas

Answer 17

Son of Callisto, catasterized

Question 18

Time

Answer 18

Honour for being great, war spoils

Question 19

Aristotle

Answer 19

“the father contributes the nature of the child, the mother was just the nurse to the child that brought the child to age.”

Question 20

Miasma

Answer 20

ritual pollution

Question 21

Caduceous

Answer 21

Hermes

Question 22

Oedipus ____ is destroyed, but the health of his ____ is restored

Answer 22

Oikos, polis

Question 23

Coronis

Answer 23

mother of Asclepius (Apollo killed her)

Question 24

Aulos

Answer 24

Pipe

Question 25

Paeaon

Answer 25

Healer

Question 26

Camilla

Answer 26

Amazon-like warrior killed by Aeneas—ally of Turnus

Question 27

How were the centaurs born?

Answer 27

Ixion tried to sleep with Hera

Question 28

Demeter

Answer 28

The Mother

Question 29

Latinus and Amata

Answer 29

Parents of Lavinia

Question 30

When did Anchises and Aeneas travel to Rome? When was Rome founded?

Answer 30

1225 BCE, founded in 753 BCE

Question 31

Performed at city dionysia

Answer 31

Prometheus Bound, Oresteia

Question 32

First to kill own kinsmen

Answer 32

Ixion

Question 33

Athena is the divine protector of...

Answer 33

Perseus, Herakles, Odysseus, Jason

Question 34

Metamorphosis into a snake

Answer 34

Cadmus

Question 35

Where was Dionysus raised? Born?

Answer 35

Mt. Nysa, born in Thebes

Question 36

Dithyrambs

Answer 36

Chorus of 50 boys at City Dionysia

Question 37

Where does Orestes travel from?

Answer 37

From Argos --\> Delphi --\> Athens

Question 38

Aeschylus history of Delphic oracle?

Answer 38

Gaia --\> Themis --\> Phoebe --\> Apollo (mother to daughter)

Question 39

Who does Clytemnestra consult when she sees the omen of the hare?

Answer 39

Calchus

Question 40

Admetus

Answer 40

Husband of Alcestis, Apollo serves him

Question 41

Antigone works for \_\_\_\_, Creon works for \_\_\_\_

Answer 41

Oikos, polis

Question 42

Ephebe

Answer 42

Young man—Apollo is a model

Question 43

Where was Procne from? Where was Tereus from?

Answer 43

Procne: Athens Tereus: Thracia

Question 44

Aeneas tried to embrace ____ 3x.

Answer 44

Creusa and Anchises

Question 45

Who held a similar perspective on the father being the only true parent? (Apollo)

Answer 45

Aristotle

Question 46

Who drove the furies in Oresteia?

Answer 46

The ghost of Clytemnestra

Question 47

Eggue

Answer 47

Parthenos is taken from home

Question 48

Hephaestus' cult site is located on:

Answer 48

Lemnos (also Philoktetes)

Question 49

Deiphobus

Answer 49

Helen ruined his household

Question 50

Archon

Answer 50

Chose choregos

Question 51

Transformation of Justice

Answer 51

Oresteia

Question 52

Pythia

Answer 52

Female priestesses who gave answers for Apollo

Question 53

Kleos

Answer 53

Glory for dying in battle

Question 54

Both women are angry at their husbands for sacrificing their daughters

Answer 54

Demeter and Clytemnestra

Question 55

Polybus

Answer 55

Oedipus' adopted father in Corinth

Question 56

Dios

Answer 56

Sky-father

Question 57

Sacrificium

Answer 57

Sacrificing to a god, do ut des

Question 58

Dike

Answer 58

Justice (Zeus)

Question 59

Do ut des

Answer 59

I give, so you can give

Question 60

Nightingale

Answer 60

Procne

Question 61

Who released Thanatos after Sisyphus captured him?

Answer 61

Ares

Question 62

Alcibiades

Answer 62

violated the Eleusinian mysteries

Question 63

Aidos

Answer 63

Modesty

Question 64

It is my nature to join in love, not hate

Answer 64

Antigone

Question 65

Festival of Consualia

Answer 65

Rape of Sabine women

Question 66

Pandora

Answer 66

All-gifts

Question 67

Itylus

Answer 67

Son of Procne and Tereus

Question 68

Virilocal

Answer 68

Took a girl to the husband's house

Question 69

Where does Oedipus travel?

Answer 69

From Thebes to Delphi to Corinth

Question 70

Brauronia

Answer 70

Festival dedicated to Artemis, for young girls.

Question 71

Quirinus

Answer 71

Apotheosis of Romulus

Question 72

Lesser Ajax tried to rape \_\_\_\_\_

Answer 72

Cassandra

Question 73

Gamos

Answer 73

Marriage, consummation on wedding night. Gyne, woman, mother

Question 74

Xenia

Answer 74

Hospitality (Zeus)

Question 75

Callisto

Answer 75

Killed by Artemis, after being raped by Zeus. Mother of Arcas.

Question 76

Liber

Answer 76

Dionysus: meaning free

Question 77

Ekdosis

Answer 77

Nymphe transitional phase. Rituals marking liminal nature of marriage.

Question 78

Who was Antigone engaged to?

Answer 78

Haemon, Creon's son