chapter 15- mythology

Question 1

theogony

Answer 1

offspring of the gods

Question 2

mantheon

Answer 2

all the gods, collection of important people

Question 3

cosmos

Answer 3

universe

Question 4

cosmogony

Answer 4

branch of science concerned with origin of the universe

Question 5

titanic

Answer 5

of exceptional strength, power, size

Question 6

parthenogenesis

Answer 6

reproduction from an ovum without feritilisation

Question 7

Junoesque

Answer 7

tall and shapely woman

Question 8

aphrodisiac

Answer 8

food or drink that stimulates sexual appetite

Question 9

venereal

Answer 9

relating to disease caused by sexual activity with an infected person

Question 10

mercurial

Answer 10

fickle

Question 11

cupidity

Answer 11

greedily desire something

Question 12

Bacchanalian

Answer 12

drunken party

Question 13

a labour of Hercules

Answer 13

hard task

Question 14

hydra

Answer 14

persistent evil

Question 15

nacissicism

Answer 15

vain mortal who was punished for humiliating women- falls in love with self and dies staring at his reflection

Question 16

stygian

Answer 16

gloomy, ferry man who carries dead bodies across river in afterlife

Question 17

tantalise

Answer 17

mortal who wanted to trick the gods. invited them to dinner and cooked his child, no gods ate it except Demita who made him come back to life

Question 18

Sisyphean task

Answer 18

endless task (hercules many headed snake)

Question 19

judgement of Paris

Answer 19

difficult decision

Question 20

a Helen

Answer 20

beautiful woman

Question 21

to work like a Trojan

Answer 21

to work very hard

Question 22

beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Answer 22

dont rust your enemies

Question 23

Trojan horse

Answer 23

something intended to undermine an enemy. programme designed to breach security of a computer system while appearing to perform an innocuous task.

Question 24

to hector

Answer 24

to talk to someone in a bullying way

Question 25

stentorian

Answer 25

very loud

Question 26

odyssey

Answer 26

a long adventure-filled journey

Question 27

a Circe

Answer 27

a bewitching woman

Question 28

a siren

Answer 28

a woman who is alluring but dangerous

Question 29

between Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 29

between a rock and a hard place

Question 30

a Penelope

Answer 30

a loyal woman

Question 31

a Cassandra

Answer 31

occurs when valid warnings or concerns are dismissed or disbelieved

Question 32

Draconian

Answer 32

extremely severe Athenean chief magistrate, Draco compiled the first written legal code for the city. even minor offences carried harsh punishment. his laws were said to be written in blood and was repealed except for homicide