Midterm Flashcards
Socrates
Was instructed by Diotima
Arachne
Athens grew angry at Arachne since she was getting famous for her weaving and did not recognize Athena as her god. They had a competition for weaving and Arachne wove all the wrong doings of the gods
Zeus Swallowed…
Metis, while she was pregnant with Athena
East Pediment
Shows the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus
Chthonian vs. Olympians
Olympian gods lived in the upper world, while Chthonians lived in the underworld
Mortals vs. Gods
Gods are immortals
Ill-fated Man
Adrastus
Aphrodite’s Lover
Ares
What does Mnemosyne mean?
Memory
Goddess of Hearth
Hestia
Which god boasted that they would endure any number of shackles in order to lie with Aphrodite?
Hermes
Who was Argus slayed by?
Hermes
Who were the parents of the Cyclops?
Uranus and Gaia
Who drove the sun chariot disastrously?
Phaethon, son of Helius
What does “Hieros Gamos” mean?
holy marriage
Who is the next important author of myths after Homer?
Ovid
Who is associated with archetypes?
Carl Jung
What is the name of an interpretation of myth that sought to rationalize it by claiming that the gods were originally powerful men?
Euhermism
Who survived the flood sent by Zeus?
King Deucalion and his wife Pyrrah
Why did Zeus punish Prometheus?
Prometheus knew that if Zeus mated with the sea goddess Thetis then she would have a son that could overthrow Zeus, but he didn’t say anything
In what place did Apollo lay out his temple and slay the she-dragon?
Crisa
Which goddess was worshiped by eunuch priests?
Cybele
Who was the mortal by whom Aphrodite conceived the Trojan Aeneas?
Anchises
What is Phaedra’s principal motivation in her initial silence, her disclosure to her nurse, and
finally her suicide note?
She wanted to keep her nobleness and reputation
What is the meaning behind the Greek word sophronein as employed by various characters in Euripides’ Hippolytus?
to be temperate
Who was the woman whose children were slain because of their mother’s pride
Niobe
Who rejected the advances of Apollo and chose the mortal Idas instead?
Marpessa
For what action did Zeus kill Apollo’s son Asclepius?
Because Asclepius brought Hippolytus back from the dead, which was what Artemis wanted
What instrument did Hermes invent and give to Apollo?
the Lyre
Why was Apollo upset with the infant Hermes?
Hermes stole Apollos cattle
What function does Hermes serve in his role as Psychopompos?
He guides the souls of the dead into the Underworld
Who tries to convince Pentheus to revere the new god Dionysus?
Tiresias
What is the nature of human beings according to the variant myth of Dionysus’ origins?
humans are both titanic and divine at the same time
What does the term omophagy mean?
Eating of raw meat
Why was Demeter’s daughter required to spend a part of the year in the Underworld?
she ate the pomegranate
