Quiz 1

Question 1

logos

Answer 1

word, reason; rational account

Question 2

mythos

Answer 2

myth; traditional account

Question 3

naive realism

Answer 3

claim that reality is exactly as perceived by the senses

Question 4

structuralism

Answer 4

claim that the human mind categorizes experience in terms of binary oppositions

Question 5

apkallu

Answer 5

mythical fish-man as Mesopotamian culture-bringer

Question 6

asu

Answer 6

Mesopotamian herbalist, doctor, medical practitioner

Question 7

masmassu

Answer 7

Mesopotamian expert in divinatory medical diagnosis and treatment

Question 8

materia medica

Answer 8

substances used in treatment of diseases

Question 9

miqtu

Answer 9

mesopotamian disease characterized by convulsions and loss of consciousness (epilepsy)

Question 10

siknu

Answer 10

inner character, nature of a thing (Mesopotamian)

Question 11

swnw

Answer 11

Egyptian physician

Question 12

wab

Answer 12

Egyptian priest, sometimes involved in medical care

Question 13

sau

Answer 13

Egyptian magician

Question 14

ukhedu

Answer 14

Egyptian morbid disease matter, excrement

Question 15

metu

Answer 15

vessels through which various materials move in the body

Question 16

per ankh

Answer 16

egyptian “House of Life”; library, scriptorium

Question 17

mammisi

Answer 17

birth-house within Egyptian temple precinct

Question 18

Sekhmet

Answer 18

lioness-headed goddess of plague and healing

Question 19

loimos

Answer 19

plague, epidemic

Question 20

nosos

Answer 20

(individual) sickness, disease

Question 21

daimon

Answer 21

unidentified divine power

Question 22

miasma

Answer 22

physical, moral pollution (dirt)

Question 23

pharmakon

Answer 23

plant, medicine, poison, charm, scapegoat

Question 24

katharsis

Answer 24

purification, cleaning

Question 25

epode

Answer 25

sung or spoken charm or spell

Question 26

phylakterion

Answer 26

protective amulet