Quiz 3/4

Question 1

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Question 2

Tantalus

Answer 2

Who: Son of Zeus/Tmolus, Father of Pelops, Mythical King of Lydia
Background: Cut up his son Pelops to please the gods. He was punished in the underworld with eternal hunger and thirst.

Question 3

The Erinyes

Answer 3

Who: Eumenides, Furies
Attributes: Snakes, Whips
Areas of Concern: The punishment of murderers of family members
Background: Born from the blood of the castrated Ouranos (Uranus)

Question 4

Seneca

Answer 4

Born and Died: Spain, Rome
Background: Tutor of Nero, Stoic philosopher, Author of Thyestes

Question 5

Corduba

Answer 5

1. A Roman colony founded in the mid-second century BCE in modern Spain
2. Birthplace of Seneca and his father, a teacher of rhetoric, and his nephew Lucan, the poet
3. Lucan and Seneca were forced to commit suicide by Nero

Question 6

Seneca and Coduba

Answer 6

Corduba is the birthplace of Seneca and his father and his nephew ( Philosopher, Rhetoric, Poet)

Question 7

Seneca Happy Life

Answer 7

A happy Life is attained by acting according to the principles the gods adhere to.
Peace of mind and lasting tranquility, achievable through the greatness of soul and steadfastness in adhering to a recently formed good judgment and possessing all honorable qualities for an ideal existence.

Question 8

Constantia (Steadfastness)

Answer 8

A philosophical concept of self-control in the face of obstacles.

Question 9

Thyestes Observations: The Fury, Atreus, Tantalus

Answer 9

The Fury is the only one to consistently demonstrate steadfastness in the Thyestes.
1. The Fury never wavers in the face of resistance from Tantalus.
- Even when he tries to run away she stops him
- When he tries to warn his family the Fury forces him to do her bidding
2. The ghost of Tantalus only wants to go back to Hades and not face his descendants but still gives the Fury what she wants.
- The Fury ordered him to urge his family to violence
3. The language of the second scene and elsewhere hints that Atreus is not all that steadfast

Question 10

Theodicy

Answer 10

The defense of God’s goodness and omnipotency in view of the existence of evil.

Question 11

Delphi

Answer 11

1. Panhellenic sanctuary and sacred precinct of Apollo located in the region Phocis.
2. Site of the Delphic oracle overseen by the Pythia.
3. Setting of the first half of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo

Question 12

Artemis

Answer 12

Who: Daughter of Zeus and Leto, Twin sister of Apollo
Attributes: Bow and Arrow, Hunting Dog, Stag, Moon
Areas of Concern: Hunting, Childbirth, Virginity

Question 13

Orestes

Answer 13

Who: Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Background: Avengers his father by killing his mother. Suffers punishment for killing his mother from the Furies

Question 14

Aeschylus

Answer 14

Born/Died: Eleusis, Sicily
Background: Author of the Oresteia trilogy (including Agamemnon). Fought in the battle of Marathon (490 BCE).

Question 15

Areopagus

Answer 15

1. A Hill in Athens where the council of former Archons (chief officials of the Athenian state) met and set policy.
2. Reduced to a court for high crimes in 462 BCE
3. Setting of the second half of the Eumenides.