Identify and Define

Question 1

Ziggurat

Answer 1

The ziggurats were Mesopotamian religious buildings, built of mud dried brick in stepped patterns. They were created to house the city god and were also city centers.

Question 2

Sargon

Answer 2

Sargon was an Akkadian ruler who created the first empire. He ruled around 2350 BCE.

Question 3

Enhueduanna

Answer 3

Enhueduanna was an Akkadian priestess of the moon god. She may have been the first woman author.

Question 4

Cuneiform

Answer 4

Cuneiform was a Mesopotamian form of writing that involved making wedge shapes in wet clay. It may have been the first form of writing.

Question 5

Hammurabi

Answer 5

Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who ruled during the late to mid 1700’s BCE. He is best known for his set of laws called the Code of Hammurabi.

Question 6

In Medias res

Answer 6

A literary device which involves starting a story in the middle of an action. For example, the Odyssey, which employs this device, picks up with the gods arguing.

Question 7

Demodocus

Answer 7

Demodocus was the minstrel who sang in King Alicinous’s court. He sang many songs which foreshadowed or related to events that would happen in Odysseus’s journey.

Question 8

Antinous

Answer 8

Antinous was the most outspoken of all the suitors. He insults Odysseus often.

Question 9

Diaspora

Answer 9

Diaspora is the displacement of a group of people. An example of diaspora would be the Jewish exile in Babylon.

Question 10

stock epithet

Answer 10

adjective or adjective phrase that is used so often it becomes part of the name. An example would be found in Homer’s Odyssey, in which Athena is often called the “grey eyed goddess”.

Question 11

Name three themes in the Odyssey

Answer 11

Hospitality, the maturation of Telemachus, faithfulness, civilized vs. uncivilized