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| Stories primarily concerned with the Gods and their relationships with humankind. |
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| What are legends and sagas? |
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| Stories that are rooted in history even if they are fantastical. |
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| A story like a legend but their primary purpose it to entertain. |
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| Stories with moral lessons that are aimed at the young. |
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| Myths mostly concerned with gods, religion and the supernatural. Usually takes place in the past and has no actual dates. |
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| What is an Etiological Myth? |
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| A myth that explains the cause of certain phenomenon. i.e. women have periods because of eve. |
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| Who came up with the Oedipus Complex? |
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| Who came up with the collective unconscious? |
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| Define Collective unconscious. |
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| Things in myths that are universal to people around the world. i.e. wise old man, nurturing mother. |
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| Who is the author of the golden bough? |
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| Who was the 8th century poet of the Iliad, the odyssey and the homeric hymns? |
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| Who was the 7th century poet of the theogony? |
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| List three 5th century Athenian Playwrites |
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| Euripides, Sophocles and Aschylus. |
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| The Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. |
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Calliope - muse of epic poetry.
Clio - muse of history.
Erato - muse of love poetry.
Euterpe - muse of music.
Melpomene - muse of tragedy.
Polyhymnia - muse of sacred poetry.
Terpsichore - muse of dance.
Thalia - muse of comedy.
Urania - muse of astronomy. |
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| What poems did the Muse's inspire? |
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| Who is called mother earth? |
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| Who was turned into a spider by Athena? |
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| Which goddess is associated with the moon? |
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| The affair of Aphrodite and Ares is finally exposed to all the other gods by whom? |
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| From what material does Hermes create the lyre? |
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| What function does Artemis share with Hera and Eileithyia? |
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| What is the hallmark of the Greek conception of the Olympians? |
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| How was Ixion punished in the Underworld? |
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| According to Herodotus, which Lydian king wrongly believed that he was the happiest of all men? |
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| Poseidon is associated with: |
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| What does Prometheus’s name mean in Greek? |
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| Who is the goddess of the hearth? |
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| Where is the most important sanctuary of Asclepius? |
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| What was the name of the satyr who was flayed alive? |
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| What is the name of the wand carried by Dionysus and his followers? |
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| The Hecatonchires have 100: |
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| In the underworld Achilles tells Odysseus: |
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| What is the name of the ideal image of the female that each man has within him? |
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| Who was the hunter who was killed by his own dogs after he witnessed Artemis bathing? |
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| Which of these is a judge in the underworld? |
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| Who was the youth whom Apollo loved but accidentally killed with a discus? |
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| In order to escape Apollo, Daphne’s father changes her into a: |
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| What is the term used for Zeus’s battle with the Titans? |
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| During the celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries, worshippers walk to Eleusis from what town? |
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| The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to |
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Which of these are associated with darkness?
A)Hyperion
B)Night
C)Erebus
D)Tartarus
E)Helios |
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| Night, Erebus and Tartarus |
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| a region of the Greek underworld where the dead pass immediately after dying |
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| Abyss far below Hades where people were judged after death and wicked were punished |
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| What was the fate of Semele? |
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| She asked to see Zeus in his true form and blew up when he was revealed to her |
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| Who said "Man is the measure of all things"? |
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| “True myth” is primarily concerned with: |
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| Where in Greece is the famous 'Lion Gate' located? |
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Who is a child of Zeus and Hera?
A)Poseidon
B)Ares
C)Hebe
D)Eileithyia
E)Hephaestus |
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All of the following might be Priapus's father except:
Question 33 options:
A)Hermes
B)Dionysus
C)Apollo
D)Pan
E)Adonis |
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| In response to the theft of fire by Prometheus, Zeus and the other Olympians created: |
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| In his role as Psychopompos, Hermes is charged with: |
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| Who is the mother of Apollo? |
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| What is the main function of etiological myths? |
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| to explain the origins of certain phenomena |
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| After she reneged on her promise to love Apollo, Cassandra's punishment was to: |
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| To prophesy and not be believed |
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| According to Greek myth, what is the very first thing that existed? |
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| According to the Homeric Hymn, Demeter at Eleusis tried to make whom immortal: |
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| Who castrated his father Uranus? |
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