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Myths Quiz 1: Intro Flashcards

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Mnemosyne

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  • Memory
  • Titan
  • Mother to 9 muses
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Helios

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-Sun god

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Selene

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-Moon Goddess

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Oceanus

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  • Titan

- Ocean

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Aphrodite

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-Came from the castration of Father Sky

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According to the Greeks, what existed before all else?

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-Chaos

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What two entities came from Chaos?

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  • Night

- Death (Erebus)

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What was born from Night and Death (Erebus)?

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-Love

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What companion was born alongside Light?

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-Day

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What was the name for Mother Sky?

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-Gaea

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What was the name for Father Sky?

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-Ouranos

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Which children of Earth and Sky had only one eye?

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-Cyclops

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To which group of creatures did Cronus belong?

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-Titans

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Whom did Cronus harm?

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  • Father Sky

- This castration created Aphrodite

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Which creatures were created from the blood of Cronus harming Father Sky?

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  • The Furies

- Giants

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16
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What was Cronus’ Roman name?

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-Saturn

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Who was Cronus’ sister-wife?

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-Rhea (Ops)

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What horrible act did Cronus commit with his children?

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-He ate them

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Why did Cronus eat his children?

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-They would eventually dethrone him

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Who tricked Cronus by hiding their sixth baby and replacing him with a rock?

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-Rhea

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Where did the rock Cronus swallowed end up?

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-Delphi

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Which Titan sided with Zeus in the great battle?

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-Prometheus

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Which Titan was condemned to hold up the world (heavens)?

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-Atlas

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What still did not exist after the great battle?

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-Humans

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Epimetheus’ name meaning

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-Afterthought

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Prometheus’ name meaning

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-Forethought

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What two gifts did Prometheus bestow upon man?

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  • Fire

- Standing upright

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What are the five metal races?

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  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Brass
  • Heroic
  • Iron
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Who was sent by Zeus as a punishment to mankind?

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-Women (Pandora)

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What made Zeus angry?

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  1. Prometheus stole fire

2. Humans get the best part of sacrifice (meat), gods get bones (worst part)

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What does Pandora mean?

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-“gift of all”

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Why did Pandora open the box?

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-She was curious

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What was in the box that Pandora opened?

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  • Plagues
  • Sorrow
  • Mischief
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What remained in the box Pandora opened?

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-Hope

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Who was bound and tortured because he had a secret?

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  • Prometheus

- Liver picked at by a vulture each day, it would go back

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What was the secret that Prometheus knew?

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-Wouldn’t reveal the name of the woman Zeus would sleep with that would produce the child that would dethrone him

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Who eventually freed Prometheus?

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-Hercules

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Who was saved from the destructive flood?

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  • Deucalion (Son of Prometheus)

- Pyrrha (Daughter of Epimetheus)

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Which race began out of the “bones” of Earth (stones from Mother Earth)?

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-The stone race

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Who came from Mother Earth and Father Sky?

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  • Titans
  • Cyclops
  • Monsters
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Definition of Myths

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  • An imaginable, fantastical story
  • Filled with truth about the human condition
  • A story not true on the outside, but true on inside
  • Truths= relational (human relationships)
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Purpose of Mythology

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  1. Early science: How something came to be or why something happens
  2. Sacred history: gods/goddesses, beliefs about creation and afterlife
  3. Entertainment: Richest collection of stories next to Bible
  4. Truth of Human Condition: Connect to and convey love, loss, war, suffering
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Characteristics of Mythology

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  • Greek Miracle
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Polytheistic
  • Nontranscendental
  • Mythical in time: time not specific or scientific
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Greek Miracle

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  • Man moves from fairly insignificant to the epitome of strength and beauty
  • World becomes place of light and loveliness instead of darkness and fear
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Anthropomorphic

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  • Gods/goddesses given human characteristics
  • All lived with gusto
  • Deities very flawed, not always admirable
  • Making possible God-like heroes, human-like gods
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Polytheistic

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  • Different deities have different turf
  • Comparable to Catholic tradition of patron saints
  • Makes for tension and conflict
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Nontranscendental

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-Not otherworldly like other religions

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Mythology is full of motifs and themes

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  • “Don’t mess with the gods”

- Myths connect with each other, as well as other “non-contact” cultures

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Dark Spots

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  • Beastly characters (sphynx, satyrs, centaurs)
  • Human sacrifice
  • Occasional cruelty of deities

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