Lecture 4

Question 1

Ambrosia

Answer 1

The food of the gods

Question 2

Anu

Answer 2

Hittite parallel to Uranus, Kumarbi defeats Anu by biting off his genitals

Question 3

Delphi

Answer 3

Title of Apollo, location of a sanctuary sacred to Apollo, as well as a center for games and contests

Question 4

Enceladus

Answer 4

Giant imprisoned under Mt Aetna

Question 5

Enuma Elish

Answer 5

Babylonian epic of creation, name meaning “when on high”

Question 6

Ephialtes

Answer 6

A giant who, along with Otus, attempted to storm heaven by piling mountains Olympus, Pelion and Ossa upon one another

Question 7

Otus

Answer 7

A giant who, along with Ephialtes, attempted to storm heaven by piling mountains Olympus, Pelion and Ossa upon one another

Question 8

Gigantomachy

Answer 8

Great battle between the Olympians and the Giants

Question 9

Kingship in Heaven

Answer 9

Epic Hittite poem

Question 10

Kumarbi

Answer 10

Hittite parallel to Cronus, defeats Anu by biting off his genitals and swallowing them

Question 11

Marduk

Answer 11

Babylonian parallel to Zeus, defeats the monster Tiamat

Question 12

Mount Aetna

Answer 12

Volcano under which Enceladus was imprisoned

Question 13

Mount Othrys

Answer 13

Mountain from which Cronus and the Titans fought against Zeus and the Olympians

Question 14

Mount Olympus

Answer 14

Mountain in northern Greece, home of the Olympians

Question 15

Nectar

Answer 15

The special drink of the gods

Question 16

Omphalos

Answer 16

Egg-shaped stone marking Delphi as the centre of the earth

Question 17

Tiamat

Answer 17

Babylonian parallel to Typhon, defeated by Marduk

Question 18

Typhon

Answer 18

Also known as Typhoeus or Typhaon, a dragon with 100 heads and 100 sounds