Test 1

Question 1

*emphasis is on the gods

*a different time than human time

*establishing the world, its features, & who rules

*roughly corresponding to philosophy & science

Answer 1

Myth/Myth Proper

Question 2

A focus on human beings, specific heroes & their deeds and descendants

Answer 2

Legend

Question 3

*generic time, place, and characters

*magic & adventure are frequent elements

*associated with education & entertainment

*a “one upon a time” story

Answer 3

Folktale

Question 4

What technical term indicates that a story explains the origin or cause of some feature of the world?

Answer 4

Etiology

Question 5

What technical term refers to a story that tells how the world came into being?

Answer 5

Cosmogony

Question 6

What technical term refers to a story that recounts the origin of the gods?

Answer 6

Theogony

Question 7

______ cared for the baby Zeus, while _____, the goat, fed and nurtured Zeus

Answer 7

Adamanthea, Althea

Question 8

What deity emerged from a cosmic egg and had four eyes, four horns, two golden wings, and both male and female genders?

Answer 8

Phanes

Question 9

In the Orphic creation account, the the deity “Phanes” is also called

Answer 9

Protogonus, Eros

Question 10

According to Hesiod, Ge (earth) and what other primal deities emerge from the yawing open void?

Answer 10

Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Night

Question 11

______ is not so much a name but a description that means “shining”.

Answer 11

Phoebus

Question 12

After the universal flood, the couple _____, _____ find a temple and pray to the goddess Themis.

Answer 12

Pyrrha, Deucalion

Question 13

Who was the son of Helios who was allowed to drive his father’s chariot but was blasted by Zeus’ lightning?

Answer 13

Phaethon

Question 14

What is the Latin name for Eos?

Answer 14

Aurora

Question 15

Who is punished for his crimes against Zeus by being tied to a fiery, constantly spinning wheel?

Answer 15

Ixion

Question 16

Who is the evil-doer who is punished in the realm of the dead by being forever hungry and thirsty but always unable to reach the water and fruit that is close to him? (Hint: He cooked his son Pelops and tried to serve the meat to the Gods).

Answer 16

Tantalus

Question 17

Luna is the Latin name for the Greek goddess

Answer 17

Selene

Question 18

Who boasted against the Muses and as punishment was blinded and forgot how to play the lyre?

Answer 18

Thamyris

Question 19

What is the title given to Apollo’s prophetess at his temple in Delphi?

Answer 19

Pythias

Question 20

Who was the woodland being that found Athena’s discarded musical instrument, challenged Apollo to a music contest, and was skinned alive when he lost?

Answer 20

Marsyas

Question 21

What was the name of Athena’s armor

Answer 21

Aegis

Question 22

For what mortal king did the god Apollo work as a shepherd?

Answer 22

Admetus

Question 23

Who was the first autochthonous king of Athens who was conceived when, in his passion for Athena, Hephaestus inadvertently fertilized the ground (Ge)

Answer 23

Erichthonius

Question 24

What woman who was loved by both Apollo and the hero Idas, when she was given the choice, chose the mortal man over the god?

Answer 24

Marpessa