quizes Flashcards

(16 cards)

1
Q

who does ovid say was responsible for fashioning the first human being

A

prometheus

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2
Q

what is the location of the feast where Zeus is tricked into accepting the lesser portion of the sacrifice

A

mecone

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3
Q

how should this sentence be completed? to say that hesiod story of pandora is misogynistic is to say that

A

assumes and promotes the hatred of women

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4
Q

who wrote prometheus bound

A

aeschylus

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5
Q

which one of the hesiod five human races was the race of legendary heroes

A

the fourth

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6
Q

which one of hersiod 5 human races was ruled by cronus

A

the first

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7
Q

what was the meaning of the delphic oracle’s instructions to deucalion and pyrrha for reestablishing the race of humans

A

sow the earth with stones

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8
Q

who was the most important of deucalion and pyrrha children

A

hellen

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9
Q

which two gods helped Demeter to identify her daughter abductor

A

hecate and helius

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10
Q

where did demeter come to rest in her search for Persephone

A

Elesusis, in attica

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11
Q

in the hymm how did Iambe the servant of metaneira cheer up demeter

A

told dirty jokes

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12
Q

how did hades ensure that persephone would have to return to him

A

made her eat a pomegranate seed

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13
Q

who took inanna place in the underworld

A

dumuzi

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14
Q
which of the following is not associated with demeter
1- darkness and toorches
2-herald announcing a truce
3- initiates meal of bread and wine
4- revelation of the hiera
A

3

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15
Q

how did typhoeus kill osiris

A

managed to lock him into a body-shaped box and threw him into the nile

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16
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when jealous agdestis who was born of zeus semen and the phrygian rock, drave the wedding guest mad who was the bridegroom