Exam1 - LCT1: A Greek Myth of Creation

Question 1

Chaos

Answer 1

an empty gap, void

Question 2

Gaia

Answer 2

female, the ground/soil/foundation

Question 3

From Gaia -

Answer 3

Tartaros = depths of the earth
Eros = sexual energy/desire

Question 4

From Chaos -

Answer 4

Erebos = the “gloomy darkness” of Tartaros

Night

Question 5

Erebos got together with who? Who was their child?

Answer 5

Erebos + Night = Aather (brightness) and Day

Question 6

Children of Gaia (3)

Answer 6

Ouranos = the sky/heavens
Mountains
Sea

Question 7

Gaia got together with who? Who were their children?

Answer 7

Gaia + Ouranos (earth+sky) = Titans, Cyclopes, Hundred-handers

Question 8

Anthropomorphism

Answer 8

having a human shape

Question 9

How many titans were there?

Answer 9

12 - 6 males, 6 females

Question 10

Who/what were the cyclopes?

Answer 10

three strong craftsmen

Question 11

Who/what were the hundred-handers?

Answer 11

Gaia’s most dreadful offspring - three hecatonchires (100 hands and 50 heads each

Question 12

Who feared all of the powerful children (titans, cyclopes & HH)? What does he do with them?

Answer 12

Ouranos (their father) - stuffs them right back into Gaia

Question 13

What does Gaia do in revenge to Ouranos?

Answer 13

creates a flint sickle for one of her children to kill her husband with

Question 14

Who steps up to Gaia’s wishes? What does he do?

Answer 14

Cronos (the youngest Titan) volunteers to take action, and castrates his father –> symbolic separation of earth and sky

Question 15

From genitals blood that drops on land (Gaia), arise who?

Answer 15

The Giants

The Furies = spirits of vengeance, especially for murder within the family

Question 16

What grew from the genitals?

Answer 16

Aphrodite (“genital-loving”) - floats near island of Cythera and ages ashore on Cypros