Greece

Question 1

Maia

Answer 1

daughter of Atlas, mother of Hermes

Question 2

Achilles

Answer 2

part mortal, part God

Question 3

Agathon

Answer 3

effeminate homosexual; Aristophanes’ rival

Question 4

Aristophanes

Answer 4

Lysistrata

Question 5

Atlas

Answer 5

Titan; revolted against Zeus, punished by holding up the heavens

Question 6

Hermes

Answer 6

son of Maia and Zeus; god of messengers, thresholds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and oratory; wide-brimmed hat, winged shoes, winged staff

Question 7

Scione

Answer 7

rebelled against Athens, had all the men killed and the women enslaved; Cleon argued for the killing

Question 8

Diogenes

Answer 8

cynic; antagonized Plato; destroyed the only wooden bowl that he had after seeing a peasant boy drink out of his hands

Question 9

Mytilene

Answer 9

on the Island of Lesbos; Athens voted to kill all the men and enslave the women, then changed its mind

Question 10

Cleon

Answer 10

argued for killing all the men and enslaving the women of Scione and Mytilene; Aristophanes hated him