random questions Flashcards
who are the three goddesses that took the chastity vow?
- Artemis
- Athena
- Hestia
To which of one of the Olympians was Hephaestus married?
aphrodite
the stone pillar called a herm was an apotropaic object and associated with which olympian?
Hermes
in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, what object does Hermes design and give to Apollo as recompence for stealing his cattle?
Lyre
The Theban Actaeon was turned into ______ and killed by his own hunting dogs when he accidentally came upon Artemis bathing naked in a spring.
deer
Aphrodite’s companion _____, sometimes considered her child by Ares, is the Roman Cupid.
Eros
The goddess ________ is one of the “elder Olympians” whose domain includes rulership over the hearth and the fire in the home. Her counterpart in Rome is worshipped by priestesses who guard the eternal flame
Hestia
Barry Powell describes the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer as “a long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of heroes.” What name does he say is this style of poetry called
Epic
The authors of Sophocles and Euripides are two of the famous authors of the form of play called a _________, in which the audience experiences intense emotions. Actors often wore masks and characters underwent a downfall because of their hubris or “tragic flaw.”
tragedy
Ironically enough, many of the Classical myths survive by being written down by the poet Ovid, who was not Greek, but ________.
Roman
