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Oct. 21st lesson Flashcards

1
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True or False: Roman religion evolved from the Near East.

A

FALSE

The Romans got it from the Greeks, mostly through the Etruscans.

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True or False: The Roman pantheon does NOT have its own theogony or creation story.

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TRUE

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2
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Define: Hypostasis

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The concept of different epithets (formally considered aspects) for gods, depicting the different facades of their purpose and being

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3
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How many epithets did Zeus have?

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85

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What was Aphrodite Ourania?

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  • Pious, womanly Aphrodite
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What was Aphrodite Pandemos?

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  • Aphrodite the whore (pandemos means available to all)
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Define Aniconic Images:

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  • Simple stumps of stone instead of a formal statue representing the votive worship of a god/goddess
  • Often seen in Arcadia
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Why do some Greek coins have holes and letters stamped through them?

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  • Holes are from the nail that pinned the coin to the temple wall as an offering
  • The letters are the initials of the god/goddess the subject wanted to summon
  • Ex. letters EA = Eileithyia Athena
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What are Daimones?

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  • Liminal creatures that interact between the human world and that of the gods
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True or False: The Daimones in Ancient Greece did NOT have any moral implications.

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TRUE

Daimones weren’t seen as good or bad, just beings whose presence was existent

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10
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Plato stated that ______ was a Daimones.

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Eros

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True or False: Many people had personal patron Daimones.

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TRUE

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What did Socrates claim during his trial pertaining to Daimones?

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  • He claimed that he made no bad choices, for his Daimon guided him away from wrong choices throughout the period in question.
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13
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What were the Lasa?

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  • Etruscan female demons
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14
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What did the Lasa look like?

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Naked and winged

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15
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What are the Lasa responsible for?

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Escorting dead souls to the underworld

16
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Who is the Etruscan god of the underworld?

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Charun

17
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Who is the torch-welding Etruscan female underworld deity?

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Vanth

18
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What was a common Etruscan (and later Roman) symbol of death?

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Doors

(Seen as the gateway to the underworld)

19
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What was Tuchulcha?

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An Etruscan chthonic daimon

20
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Explain the Biblical story in Mark about the man possessed by a demon in the presence of Jesus:

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  • One day, a dirty spirit rips free of his chains in his tombs
  • He saw Jesus from a distance and ran to bow down at his knees
  • He begged Jesus not to torment him
  • Jesus asked him his name
  • He (or the demon within him) answered, my name is Legion, for we are many
  • AKA he was possessed by a demon
  • The man went to the swine herd where the demons left the poor man, and entered the soul of the pigs
  • The demon possesses the pigs to run into a cliff into the sea, where they all drowned
21
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YHWH was one of the seventy sons of:

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El

22
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Who was Satan?

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  • A member of YHWH’s heavenly court
23
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What signs of Polytheism are found in Monotheistic Zoroastrianism?

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  • The lesser deities and forces supporting Ahura Mazda and Ahriman respectively
24
Q

True or False: Christianity denied the existence of pagan gods.

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FALSE

25
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Instead of denying their existence, what did early Christians deem pagan gods?

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  • Demons
26
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Christian divergence of their god from the Jews began in the __________

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Late 1st Century AD

27
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What do many Christian apologists say about YHWH?

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  • That YHWH is an evil divergence from the one true God
28
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How do the Gnostics interpret Jesus?

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  • They reject the Trinity, and consider Jesus to be the only incarnation of Christ, whose goal is to save humanity from the evil demiurge
29
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What did Paul say about the Holy Trinity?

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  • The Son and Spirit are close to God, but are both still inferior
30
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Generally now, the Son is considered to be the ________ of the Father.

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Logos

31
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Who came up with the Fallen Angel theory?

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Basil of Caesarea

32
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The Christian demon is typically compared with it’s Roman counterpart, __________

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The Genius

33
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Why did many Christians deface old Pagan statues?

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They thought old pagan statues were possessed (since pagan gods were now considered to be demons).

34
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What did the Muslims accuse Christians of being?

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Polytheists

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