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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Hesiod

A

Tells the story of creation

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2
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patriarchy

A

rule by men

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3
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Typhoeus

A

Zeus slays this monster

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4
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philanthropia

A

“love of human-kind”

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5
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Epimetheus

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receives a gift (Pandora) from Zeus, younger brother of Prometheus. the name means After-thought.

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6
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Daedalus is a native of

A

Athens

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7
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Which of these did not emerge from Chaos? A. Gaia B. Titans C. Eros D. Tartaros

A

B

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8
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Metis’ name means

A

Intelligence

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9
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A myth is etiological when

A

It explains a cause

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10
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One of these are not Zeus’ son

A. Hephaestos B. Ares C. Hermes D. Apollo

A

A

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11
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Who were the Titans and how were they like?

A

Oversize characters who are the children of Gaia and Ouranos

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12
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We now use the word “mythology” to mean two different things:

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a. a collection of stories
b. the study of myth

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13
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Pandora’s name means “all gifts”. How does Hesiod give this seemingly positive name a negative meaning?

A

He suggests that Pandora is created by gifts given by all of the gods; these gifts include beauty given by Aphrodite, which seduces and misleads men, and a deceptive character, which is given by Hermes.

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14
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cosmogony

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how the universe was created in the beginning

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16
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cosmology

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how the universe is structured and operates now

17
Q

mysonmae

A

memory

18
Q

The Greeks borrowed central elements of their myth of creation from

A. Babylonia

B. Mesopotamia

C. Egypt

D. Assyria

A

B

19
Q

pregnancy envy

A

resentful of and desire to emulate the creativity of the mother

ex. Zeus producing Athene and Dionysos

20
Q

Kronos

A
  • Generation of Titans
  • marries Rhea
  • youngest child
  • castrates Ouranous
21
Q

How does Kronos act as if he’s the oldest when he’s the youngest?

A
  • Associated with time
  • as time goes by, time becomes older
22
Q

Crete

A
  • Zeus birthplace
  • the center of Minoans
23
Q

Athena’s virginity BEST symbolizes to the Greeks:

A. Aggression

B. Masculinity

C. Wisdom

D. Loyalty

A

D

24
Q

Pygmalion sculpted his own ideal woman because

A

He lived among scandalous women

25
Q

Aphrodite’s painting represents

A

the rebirth of seasons

26
Q

Which of the following is symbolically out of place in this list?

A. Belly full of meat

B. Prometheus philantropia

C. Fire in a fennel stalk

D. Pandora’s jar

A

B

not package, but humant rait

27
Q

9 Hill Move

A

like the relationship between Pandora and Etimetheus (warned by Prometheus to not take in any gift by Zeus)

28
Q

View of Prometheus between Hesiod vs. Aeschylus

A

Hesiod –> Prometheus is the rebel

Aeschylus –> Prometheus is the savior

29
Q

Prometheus is released from the 10,000 years of bird pecking because

A

He knew a secret about Thetis’ son –> Zeus can be overthrown

30
Q

When Deucalion and Pyrrha create new human race, they do so by:

a. making love
b. throwing stones
c. sculpting clay
d. hatching eggs

A

b. throwing stones

31
Q

Autochthony

A
  • creation from the earth itself
  • alternative from creation when woman and men create
  • this concept found outside of Greek myth
32
Q

Erichthonius

A
  • Hephaestos and Athena
  • Semen on earth –> Erichthonius –> earth
  • first Athenean
33
Q

Cadmus and the Dragon teeth

A
  • fighters emerge
  • best fighters remain
34
Q

why should greeks have been so uncomfortable with sexual reproduction?

A
  • power to women
  • weaken men
  • produce children to feed
  • reduce man to an animal
35
Q

allegory

A

a mode of interpretation which argues that a story seems to mean one thing on the surface but that its real meaning, which is only found below the surface, is something else

36
Q

the consequence of Ouranos’ castration

A

Aphrodite and Erinyes (Furies)

Love and hate

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