Final Review

Question 1

When 2 religious traditions combine over time

Answer 1

syncretism

Question 2

in the middle of things

Answer 2

in medias res

Question 3

a mythological hero specific to a group, changes the world through invention, discovery, and tasks

Answer 3

culture hero

Question 4

a ceremony; a legal transfer of something into the ownership of the numen

Answer 4

sacrificium

Question 5

ritual impurity: religiously tainted because of a dishonorable murder

Answer 5

miasma

Question 6

known for civilizing early Greek world, but is not praised for violence, excessiveness

Answer 6

Hero of Contrasts

Question 7

honor

Answer 7

time

Question 8

magic and/or medicine powered by herbs or drugs; pharmacy

Answer 8

pharmakia

Question 9

a poem called “the Returns” takes place before the Odyssey but after the Iliad.

Answer 9

Nostoi

Question 10

story of a hero returning home, often by sea

Answer 10

nostos

Question 11

double headed axe

Answer 11

labrys

Question 12

a mythological hero specific to a group, changes the world through invention, discover, and tasks.

Answer 12

Hero Culture

Question 13

The story of the Apple of Eris. How Paris chose to give the Apple to Aphrodite because she promised Helen over Athena and Hera.

Answer 13

Judgement of Paris

Question 14

*where Laius orders a servant to place the baby Oedipus
*where Antiope gives birth

Answer 14

Mt. Cithaeron

Question 15

place where Helle fell off the lamb with golden fleece

Answer 15

Hellespont

Question 16

Hospitality, ritual/protocol of proper guest/ host relationship

Answer 16

Xenia

Question 17

known all over Greece

Answer 17

Panhellenic Hero

Question 18

Odysseus thinks up this plan

Answer 18

Trojan Horse

Question 19

War with the Amazons
Invade Attica
Athenians eventually are able to defeat them

Answer 19

Amazonomachy

Question 20

when you have an argument; take an example and try to force it into an argument; stretch it or shorten it to fit what you want it to fit

Answer 20

Procrustean bed

Question 21

sprung from the earth
Erichtonius - Hephaestus seed and the ground

Answer 21

Autochthonus

Question 21

journey to the underworld and back

Answer 21

Katabasis

Question 22

anger/rage

Answer 22

menin

Question 23

piety

Answer 23

pietas (duty)

Question 24

Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tulius, Tarquin the Proud

Answer 24

Kings of Rome

Question 25

roman gods; spirits

Answer 25

Numen/Numina

Question 26

republic- "the thing of the pople"

Answer 26

Res Publica

Question 27

a victory parade throughout the streets of Rome

Answer 27

Triumph

Question 28

Manliness Prowess in military victory

Answer 28

Virtus

Question 29

○ Host needs to offer ■ Food & drink ■ Bed & bath ■ Protection. and THEN ask questions ● Who are you? (name) ● Where are you coming from? (story/journey) ● Where do you come from and who are you people? ○ Guest must offer: ■ story/entertainment ■ Follow rules ■ Do not harm anyone ○ Both exchange guest-gifts

Answer 29

Xenia

Question 30

metamorphoses

Answer 30

Ovid

Question 31

Oedipus Rex, Antigone

Answer 31

Sophocles

Question 32

Medea, Hippolytus

Answer 32

Euripedes

Question 33

Argonautica

Answer 33

Apollonius of Rhodes

Question 34

Iliad and Odyssey

Answer 34

Homer

Question 35

7 Against Thebes, Oresteia

Answer 35

Aeschylus

Question 36

Aeneid

Answer 36

Vergil

Question 37

○ Enkidu ○ Humbaba ○ Ishtar

Answer 37

Gilgamesh

Question 38

○ Danae ○ Andromeda ○ Medusa ○ The Graeae ○ Gorgon ○ Chrysaor ○ Pegasus ○ Bellerophon ○ Chimera

Answer 38

Perseus

Question 39

○ King Eurystheus ○ Queen Omphale ○ Deianeira ○ Megara ○ Atlas ○ Cerberus ○ 12 labors

Answer 39

Heracles

Question 40

Cecrops Minotaur King Aegeus Ariadne Daedalus Icarus Pasiphae Europa Minos Phaedra Hippolytus Procustes

Answer 40

Theseus

Question 41

○ Cadmus ○ Oedipus ○ Jocasta ○ Tiresias ○ Creon ○ Laius ○ Sphinx ○ Eteocles ○ Polynices ○ Antigone ○ Ismene ○ Haemon

Answer 41

Theban Cycle

Question 42

Orpheus Hylas King Aeetes Argo Clashing Rocks Medea Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) Atalanta Meleager Lemnian Women Golden Fleece

Answer 42

Jason and the Argonauts

Question 43

Peleus Thetis Eris Menelaus Leda/Swan Iphigenia Achilles Agamemnon Hector Priam Aphrodite Helen Patroclus Penthesilia Laocoon Cassandra Clytemnestra Orestes Furies

Answer 43

Trojan War/Iliad

Question 44

Odysseus Penelope Telemachus Circe Calypso Eurykleia Polyphemus Nausicaa Athena Poseidon Hermes The adventures of Odysseus (Skylla, lotus eaters, etc.)

Answer 44

Odyssey

Question 45

Lulus/Ascanius Pallas Evander Dido Venus Juno Mars Turnus

Answer 45

Aeneas

Question 46

Romulus & Remus Rhea Silva Numitor Quirinus Sabines Lucretia Tarquin and the proud. Cincinnatus Coriolanus Brutus Augustus Julius Caesar

Answer 46

Legends of Rome

Question 47

Unusual Birth Danae's imprisonment and Zeus impregnation of her when he turned into a shower of gold

Answer 47

Perseus

Question 48

Defeats a Beast Battles Medusa after Polydectes asks for her head as a wedding gift. He succeeds and does decapitate Medusa.

Answer 48

Perseus

Question 49

Marries a Princess On his way home he sees Andromeda chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. He goes to King Cepheus and says he will kill the sea monster for Andromeda's hand. He kills the sea monster and marries Andromeda

Answer 49

Perseus

Question 50

Unusual Birth Alcemene is seduced by Zeus in the shape and form of her husband, Amphitryon. The next night she is seduced by Amphitryon. They have two sons. One born from Zeus and one from Amphitryon.

Answer 50

Hercules

Question 51

Early Attempt on his life Hera is jealous of Zeus affair with Alcemene, so she sends two snakes to kill Zeus' child. However, her plan fails because he strangles the snakes saving himself and his brother.

Answer 51

Hercules

Question 52

Defeats a Beast He defeats many beasts. He defeats the nemean lion by choking it to death. He is able to defeat the Stymphalian birds by rattling castanets which startles them, and then he shoots them.

Answer 52

Hercules