Week 8

Question 1

What defines a hero?

Answer 1

stronger, more powerful, more beautiful, and more courageous
than the ordinary human

Question 2

Pre-Trojan War Heroes

Answer 2

Heracles
Jason and the Argonauts
Theseus
Perseus
the Calydonian Boar hunters
the Seven against Thebes

Question 3

Trojan War Heroes

Answer 3

Odysseus
Achilles
Aeneas

Question 4

explain the reason for the Trojan War

Answer 4

a war fought between Greeks and Trojans, because a Trojan prince
(Paris Alexander) had stolen Helen, the wife of a Greek king
(Menelaus)

Question 5

Roman Heroes

Answer 5

Aeneas
Romulus
Julius Caesar

Question 6

who is Known for his strength, club, bow, lion skin
Performed 12 labors

Answer 6

Hercules

Question 7

what are the two fates of Achilles

Answer 7

he could live gloriously and die young,
live quietly and die old

Question 8

Who is the greatest warrior on the Greek side
main character of the Iliad
The greatest warrior on the

Answer 8

Achilles

Question 9

Which poetry
the most serious type of poetry
heroic: deeds of mytho-historic heroes
mythological: tales of gods and demigods
historical: poems relating historic, generally non-
mythological events
didactic: “teaching” the poetry

Answer 9

Epic poetry

Question 10

Which poetry
developed its distinctive form in 5th century Athens
almost all surviving tragedies and comedies were
written in 5th century Athens

Answer 10

Greek Drama poetry

Question 11

Which poetry
Non-poetic writing starts as purely practical – lists, inscriptions, receipts. Even the earliest philosophers usually wrote in poetry rather than prose

Answer 11

History poetry

Question 12

Which poetry
Life stories
Usually have moral goals as well

Answer 12

Biography poetry

Question 13

Hercules fits some of the general conditions for a hero’s birth and
family what are they

Answer 13

• his mother is a princess
• his father is a god
• his divine father tricks his mother into sex
• his mother suffers

Question 14

What ate 12 labors of heracles

Answer 14

1. The Nemean Lion
2. The Hydra
3. The Ceryneian Hind
4. The Erymanthian Boar
5. The Augean Stables
6. Stymphalian Birds
7. Cretan Bul
8. Mares of Diomedes
9. Girdle of Hippolyte
10. Geryon
11. Apples of Hesperides
12. Cerberus

Question 15

the ______ had poisonous breath

Answer 15

Hydra

Question 16

Heracles and the Apples of the
Hesperides

Answer 16

The Hesperides, daughters of Night
They guarded a tree which
grew golden apples
The tree was guarded by the
serpent Ladon

Question 17

Their sister is ____, goddess of
rainbows

Answer 17

Iris

Question 18

_________The study of peoples/tribes/groups

Answer 18

Ethnography

Question 19

_____ are storm deities, the
daughters of Thaumas
and the grandchildren of the
Earth and Sea
They are hostile spirits who
carry off the living

Answer 19

Harpies

Question 20

Great Grandson of Hermes
Favoured hero of Hera
He goes on a quest to regain his throne after his uncle had wrongfully
taken it from his father
His quest is to find the Golden Fleece, and he travels on the first ship,
the Argo, with a band of heroes to find it.

Answer 20

Jason

Question 21

Aeëtes gives Jason a challenge what are they

Answer 21

• harness bulls with bronze hooves
• plow the field
• plant the serpent’s teeth
• defeat the earth-born warriors

Question 22

What heros are involved in The Calydonian Boar Hunt

Answer 22

Dioscuri, Jason, Peleus,
Theseus and Pirithoüs, Iphiclesand Atalanta

Question 23

What makes Jason an anti-hero?

Answer 23

Has personality traits traditionally assigned to villains or unheroic people.

Question 24

The heroes are hunting
“_______” animals

Answer 24

monstrous

Question 25

What are the characteristics that make a creature (or person) a monster?

Answer 25

* they may be too big * they may have too many body parts * They may have body parts from multiple animals or a combination of humans and animals

Question 26

Two Distinct Eras of Greek Warfare

Answer 26

Bronze and Dark Ages: Unorganized bands in warfare, with individual challenges. Archaic and Classical Periods: Hoplite warfare, fought as a cohesive team for the glory of the polis.

Question 27

_______disciplined fighting unit, heavily armoured, each man pays for his own armour and weapons

Answer 27

phalanx

Question 28

_______ Similar to the phalanx, but with more advanced training and equipment

Answer 28

Legionary fighting

Question 29

kleos and geras

Answer 29

kleos: glory/reputation geras: war-prize, an outward sign of a man’s honour

Question 30

_______ are for transportation, not combat

Answer 30

chariots

Question 31

_______ is Achilles’ prize

Answer 31

Breseis

Question 32

Under the protection of Diana, goddess of the hung She was fed by a mare as a baby She is not an Amazon but her status as a female warrior makes her like an Amazon, and she is compared to them

Answer 32

Camilla

Question 33

______ presents himself as an infallible general who undertook necessary wars in the interest of the Roman people

Answer 33

Caesar

Question 34

______ hero’s journey to the underworld

Answer 34

Katabasis

Question 35

How and why does Hercules die?

Answer 35

Heracles cannot endure the pain and finally casts himself on a pyre on Mt. Oeta

Question 36

*Why would a hero undertake a katabasis? What does he gain from it?

Answer 36

To vist the underworld. Heroes are commemorated after their deaths, and some of them make the transition from hero to god

Question 37

How does the death of Caesar illustrate the Roman hostility to monarchy?

Answer 37

He was killed by group of senators because they felt like he was trying to make himself king

Question 38

_______ is when a human becomes a god

Answer 38

Apotheosis

Question 39

Hercules marries _____, goddess of youth

Answer 39

Hebe

Question 40

most well-known for defeating the Minotaur in the Labyrinth on Crete

Answer 40

Theseus

Question 41

_____ was driven out of Athens

Answer 41

Hippias

Question 42

divus and deus

Answer 42

divine god

Question 43

emperor is referred to as ____ and not _____

Answer 43

divus deus

Question 44

______ a glorious battle in which a hero displays his courage and virtue

Answer 44

Aristeia

Question 45

_________ are a popular narrative in modern culture

Answer 45

Succession myths