Lecture 1 - Greek and Roman Mythology

Question 1

What does “Myth is not static” mean?

Answer 1

There is no one correct or one wrong version of a myth

Question 2

What is special about the cities in Greek mythology?

Answer 2

They are all real

Question 3

Bronze Age

Answer 3

Age of warriors, 2000-1100 BCE

Question 4

Dark Age

Answer 4

Massive collapse in Greek affairs, 1100-800 BCE

Question 5

Archaic Period

Answer 5

Homer (Iliad and Odyssey), 800-480 BCE

Question 6

Classical Period

Answer 6

Rise of Athens, Greek democracy, Playwrights (Sophocles, Euripides, Sisicles*?) 480-323 BCE

Question 7

Hellenistic Period

Answer 7

Romans engage in Greek myth, 323-31 BCE

Question 8

“All myths start off true, but turn into fantasy “ is a…

Answer 8

Euhemures

Question 9

“Myths start off true, but get carried away” is an…

Answer 9

Allegory

Question 10

” Tradition of gods are a metaphore “

Answer 10

Stoic

Question 11

“The study of purging unwanted aspects in the body “

Answer 11

Pharmacology, Oedipus for example

Question 12

Examples of sources of mythology

Answer 12

Poems, plays, Vase paintings, sculptural reliefs, frescoes, mosaics

Question 13

Importance of Hesiode

Answer 13

Theogony (story about creation of the gods and everything)

Question 14

Importance of Sappho

Answer 14

Female. Odes about love, hymns to Aphrodite

Question 15

Importance of Ovid

Answer 15

Most myths kept alive because of him. Metamorphoses

Question 16

Importance of Homer

Answer 16

Father of poetry, The Iliad and the Oddesey

Question 17

Importance of Vergil

Answer 17

The Aeneid and Rome