Myth Ch4

Question 1

What term refers to the assignment of human characteristics to the gods

Answer 1

anthropomorphism

Question 2

What is the food of the gods

Answer 2

ambrosia

Question 2

On what mountain do most of the Greek gods live

Answer 2

Mt. Olympus

Question 2

What do the gods drink

Answer 2

nectar

Question 3

What terms refers to gods of the realm below Olympus

Answer 3

chthonian

Question 4

What substance, clearer than blood, runs through the veins of the gods

Answer 4

ichor

Question 4

What bird is associated with Zeus

Answer 4

eagle

Question 5

What animal is associated with Ares

Answer 5

boar

Question 6

With which Greek deity is the dove associated

Answer 6

Aphrodite

Question 6

What bird is associated with Athena

Answer 6

owl

Question 7

With which Greek deity is the sparrow associated

Answer 7

Aphrodite

Question 8

What name was given to the nymphs of rivers in particular

Answer 8

Potomiads

Question 8

What names was given to the nymphs of water, springs, lakes and rivers

Answer 8

Naiads

Question 8

With which Greek deity is the goose associated

Answer 8

Aphrodite

Question 9

What one term describes the Muses, Nereids and Oceanids

Answer 9

nymphs

Question 10

What name was given to the nymphs of trees

Answer 10

Dryads (or Hamadryads)

Question 11

Who were the nymphs of ash trees

Answer 11

Meliae

Question 12

What is the term for a mixed offspring of gods and mortals

Answer 12

demigods

Question 12

With which deity was Athens most closely associated

Answer 12

Athena

Question 13

With which deity was Argos most closely associated

Answer 13

Hera

Question 14

With which deity was Lemnos most closely associated

Answer 14

Hephaestus

Question 15

What Greek tragedian wrote Agamemnon

Answer 15

Aeschylus

Question 15

Who wrote Works and Days

Answer 15

Hesiod

Question 16

With which deity were Delphi and Delos most closely associated

Answer 16

Apollo

Question 16

Who was the Greek god of thunder, lightning and rain

Answer 16

Zeus

Question 17

What philosopher proclaimed "man is the measure of all things"

Answer 17

Protagoras

Question 18

What Greek tragedian wrote Antigone

Answer 18

Sophocles

Question 18

What historian tells us the most about Croesus, Solon and Cyrus

Answer 18

Herodotus

Question 18

Who composed the Odyssey

Answer 18

Homer

Question 19

What king of Lydia was visited by Solon in Sardis

Answer 19

Croesus

Question 19

Who wrote the myth of Er, which appears in the Republic

Answer 19

Plato

Question 20

Who said he would rather be a slave on earth than king of dead souls

Answer 20

Achilles

Question 21

Who was the Greek deity of vengeance

Answer 21

Nemesis

Question 22

With what city was Solon associated

Answer 22

Athens

Question 22

Whom does Solon call the happiest man on Earth

Answer 22

Tellus

Question 23

What brothers does Solon call the second happiest men on Earth

Answer 23

Cleobis and Biton

Question 24

Who yoked themselves to a chariot to carry their mother

Answer 24

Cleobis and Biton

Question 25

What priestess of Hera was the mother of Cleobis and Biton

Answer 25

Cydippe

Question 26

What brothers were rewarded for their good works with eternal sleep in a temple

Answer 26

Cleobis and Biton

Question 27

What son of Croesus was killed in a dream

Answer 27

Atys

Question 28

Who was the son of Midas

Answer 28

Gordias

Question 28

What son of Gordias came to live with Croesus, according to Herodotus

Answer 28

Adrastus (not 7 against Th.)

Question 29

Who guarded Croesus' son Atys while hunting a boar

Answer 29

Adrastus

Question 30

Who was told he would destroy a mighty empire if he attacked Persia

Answer 30

Croesus

Question 30

What kingdom was destroyed when Croesus attacked Persia

Answer 30

Lydia

Question 31

Who told Croesus he would destroy a great kingdom if he attacked Persia

Answer 31

Delphic oracle

Question 32

Who was the king of Persia when Croesus attacked

Answer 32

Cyrus the Great

Question 33

What was the capital city of Lydia

Answer 33

Sardis

Question 34

Whose name was called out three times by Croesus as Cyrus began to burn him

Answer 34

Solon

Question 35

What god put out the flames before Croesus was burned alive

Answer 35

Apollo

Question 35

What goddess of doom and destruction inspired the name of Croesus' son

Answer 35

Ate

Question 35

Who became archon of Athens in 594 BC

Answer 35

Solon