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Mythology Test 2 Flashcards

1
Q

City of Troy is located in which modern day country

A

Turkey

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2
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Who must Agamemnon sacrifice in order to get winds to sail for Troy?

A

Iphigenia

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3
Q

Who is the God of Plagues?

A

Apollo

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4
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Whose wedding is disrupted by apple throwing?

A

Thetis

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5
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Who did Tyndareus (Helen’s legal dad) offend?

A

Aphrodite (so she cursed him)

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6
Q

Which is not a word used as a general reference to the Greeks in the iliad?

A

Dardanians

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7
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Who offered Paris to be ruler of Asia?

A

Hera

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8
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Who is Aeneas’ mom?

A

Aphrodite (she wanted to make sure he’d survive the fall of Troy to take his descendants to Italy, who then founded Rome)

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9
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Where was Nestor the king of?

A

King of Pylos

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10
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The Troy of the iliad is

A

Troy VIIa (the one that falls)

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11
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Who convinces the Greeks not to leave Troy after Agamemnon’s speech?

A

Nestor and Odysseus

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12
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When a young girl, Helen of Troy is kidnapped by who?

A

Theseus

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13
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Agamemnon refused to give back Apollo’s priest his daughter, named

A

Chryseïs

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14
Q

Agamemnon’s seer at Aulis (his prophet’s name):

A

Calchas

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15
Q

The Aristeia would be part of which interpretive mode:

A

Structuralism

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16
Q

Anything with steps is:

A

Structuralism

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17
Q

Amalgamation of different regions is called

A

Syncretism

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18
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Which of the following is not true about the fights that take place among the Olympians?

A

Athena beats down Artemis

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19
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Who DOES Athena beat in the fights among the Olympians?

A

Aphrodite (by punching her in the breast)

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20
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Achilles kills her and then falls in love with her:

A

Penthesilea

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21
Q

Who wrote the code of the streets?

A

Anderson

22
Q

Helen of Troy’s biological parents:

A

Zeus and Leda

23
Q

Briefly describe argument between Hector and Paris

A

Hector is angry with Paris because he (Paris) will not fight with the men who are fighting for him. Paris says he will fight once he has his armor.

24
Q

Briefly describe fight between Paris and Menelaus

A

Fighting over Helen - Menelaus’ wife. To establish peace between the Trojans and Achaeans.

25
Q

Aftermath of fight between Paris and Menelaus

A

Aphrodite saves Paris.

26
Q

Athena tricks a Trojan archer into shooting an arrow at:

A

Menelaus

27
Q

Helen’s suitors swear an oath to aid whomever is chosen to marry her, whose idea was this?

A

Odysseus

28
Q

Which of the following Gods is not aligned with the Greeks?

A

Apollo

29
Q

Who is Achilles’ tutor?

A

Chiron

30
Q

Step by step analysis of literary berserking:

A

Aristeia

31
Q

What proves the rightful king of Mycenae in the generation after Pelops?

A

The possession of a gold-fleece ram

32
Q

Hippodamia’s chariot-racing father

A

Oenomaus

33
Q

For solving Tyndareus’ problem of deadly suitors, who is promised as payment?

A

Penelope

34
Q

Which is Hera’ bribe at the judgment of Paris?

A

Master of all of Asia

35
Q

Who adopts Patroclus?

A

Peleus

36
Q

Who is Aegisthus’ mom?

A

Pelopia

37
Q

Who does Hector kill?

A

Patroclus

38
Q

Who kills Hector?

A

Achilles

39
Q

Athena appears as this person to Hector in order to convince him to stand and fight Achilles:

A

Deiphobus

40
Q

Who curses Pelops?

A

Myrtilus

41
Q

Film clip from this movie was most similar to the argument between Achilles and Agamemnon?

A

8 Mile

42
Q

Athena gets a person to shoot an arrow and break the truce after Paris and Menelaus’ duel:

A

Pandarus

43
Q

Is NOT present during the judgment of Paris

A

Artemis

44
Q

____ is about to kill Achilles, but is stopped by ____

A

Xanthus, Hephaestus

45
Q

Why does Xanthus want to kill Achilles?

A

because he is polluting the river with bodies (the first environmental argument)

46
Q

Why does Hephaestus stop Xanthus from killing Achilles?

A

Hera sent him because she wants Troy to fall

47
Q

Hector’s son, who will be thrown off a rampart to his death after Troy falls:

A

Astanyx

48
Q

Who rapes Pelopia?

A

Thyestes

49
Q

Who is a product of the rape of Pelopia?

A

Agathus

50
Q

Leda and the Swan (describing her rape) was written by:

A

Yeats

51
Q

What is the order of the Aristeia?

A

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