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Term 1 - Lecture 2 Flashcards

1
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What does the name Hebe mean?

A

Youth

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2
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How did Hesiod learn how to sing?

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The muses inspired him with a divine voice… this gives Hesiod authority to sing his song

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3
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Who competed for the patronage of Athens? Who won?

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Athena and Poseidon - Poseidon gave a spring of water, but lost because it was salty. Athena gave an olive tree.

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4
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What does the name “Aphrodite” mean?

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Sprung from the foam. She was born from Ouranos’ genitals which made foam in the sea

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5
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What generation are the Titans?

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Second

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6
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What does Hephaistos do as his job?

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He makes things for the gods, he is a worker. The rest of the gods have aristocratic functions.

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7
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What is thrown up first by Kronos?

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The stone

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8
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Who are the offspring of Zeus and Eurynome?

A

Graces

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9
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Who were the Giants born from?

A

Ouranos’ genital blood

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10
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Who did Gaia produce asexually?

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Ouranos (night, lying flat on top of her), the mountains, and the ocean

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11
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Before there were any gods, what was there?

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Just chaos/chasm = meaning empty space in this context

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12
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Who did Hera give birth to asexually?

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Hephaistos, the lame god. Ugly and deformed. Significant because Hera tried to outsmart Zeus but it didn’t work.

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13
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How did Rheia trick Kronos and save Zeus?

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She wraps a rock in swaddling clothes after Zeus is born and hidden on Crete. The stone is swallowed by Kronos in Zeus’ place

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14
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What is the significance of Zeus swallowing Athena?

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He is taking female intelligence inside of him… no longer just strength

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15
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Who was Herakles the son of?

A

Zeus and Alkmene

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16
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How many times did Hesiod invoke the muses?

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3x

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17
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Where was Zeus raised?

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On Crete in a cave

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18
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Who is the offspring of Metis and Zeus?

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Athena. Zeus swallowed Metis and gave birth to Athena out of his head. She has cunning intelligence. Male outsmarts female for the first time

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19
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What was the Titanomacy, what happened?

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The battle with Zeus/Olympians and the Titans. The hundred handed ones helped. Zeus imprisoned them in Tartaros.

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20
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What does Ouranos do to prevent himself from being overthrown by one of his offspring?

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He shoves them all in his body

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21
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Who did Zeus free first as he began establishing his rule?

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The 3 hundred handed ones and the 3 cyclopes, imprisoned in Gaia by Ouranos

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22
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Why was the stone known as the omphalos?

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Because omphalos means “centre”, the stone at Delphi became the centre/hub of the universe

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23
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What is a cosmogony?

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A birth of world-order

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24
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Who helped Zeus give birth to Athena?

A

Hephaistos

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25
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Who is the offspring of Zeus and Leto?

A

Twins Apollo and Artemis

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26
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Who becomes subordinate to Aphrodite upon her birth?

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Eros - the two of them become lovers

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27
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Who are the offspring of Gaia and Ouranos?

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The 12 Titans, the 3 cyclopes, and the 3 hundred handed ones

28
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Which 3 gods were there after chasm?

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Gaia (earth), Tartarus (underworld depths), and Eros (desire - gives an explanation for creation of other things)

29
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What generation are the Olympians? (Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Zeus)

A

Third generation, but first generation Olympians

30
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In oral epic song, what is the meter?

A

Diactylic hexameter, with 6 dactyls, long short short in each line

31
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What happened to the Zeus stone after Kronos threw it up?

A

It was placed at Pytho/Delphi, known as the omphalos

32
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How does Kronos try to suppress being overthrown by his children?

A

He swallows them (he swallows Hestia first)

33
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What type of tradition does Hesiod’s theogony reflect?

A

Oral epic tradition

34
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Who was born from the castration of Ouranos? (3)

A
  1. Furies (blood) 2. Giants (blood) 3. Aphrodite (genitals)
35
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Who is the offspring of Zeus and Maia?

A

Hermes

36
Q

Who makes Zeus’ lightning bolts? Why?

A

The cyclopes, because Zeus rescued them from inside Gaia

37
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Who are the children of Kronos and Rheia?

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  1. Hestia (first-born) 2. Hera 3. Demeter 4. Poseidon 5. Hades 6. Zeus (last-born)
38
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Where is Hesiod from?

A

Boeotia, which means cowland

39
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Who is the first and last born?

A

Hestia - first to be born, last to be thrown up by Kronos

40
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What is the symbolism behind Aphrodite being born of male genitals?

A

It relates females to violence, right off the bat

41
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What was the first act of violence ever?

A

Kronos castrating Ouranos

42
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Who are the children of Hera (sister) and Zeus?

A

Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia

43
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What did the Ancient Greeks think about the universe?

A

Flat like a dinner plate, where everyone lives is a reflection of their status

44
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What is the trick that Gaia plays on Ouranos?

A

She creates flint and uses it to make a sickle, Kronos, the youngest Titan also hates his father. Gaia gives him the sickle. When Ouranos comes to make love with Gaia, Kronos castrates his father and flings them.

45
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Who marries Hebe?

A

Herakles - becomes immortal through apotheosis, wins “YOUTH” which is what Hebe means.

46
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Who are the muses?

A

Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyn (authority + memory), Zeus mingled in love for 9 nights, producing 9 muses –> goddesses

47
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What influence was on the Theogony?

A

A Near-Eastern influence

48
Q

Which god do the muses favour?

A

Apollo

49
Q

What natural disaster was Typhoios said to have caused?

A

The eruption of Mt. Etna in Sicily

50
Q

How does Zeus trick his father?

A

He tricks him into vomiting up the stone and all of Zeus’ siblings

51
Q

What is an epithet an example of?

A

A formulaic expression

52
Q

What does theogony mean?

A

Birth of the gods

53
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Who were the Furies born from?

A

Ouranos’ genital blood

54
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Who are the 4th generation Olympians?

A
  1. Athena 2. Persephone 3. Apollo 4. Artemis 5. Ares 6. Hephaistos 7. Hermes 8. Dionysus
55
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Who is Kronos’ lover?

A

Rheia

56
Q

Who are the offspring of Zeus and Themis?

A

The seasons, justice, fates

57
Q

Where do the muses live?

A

Mt. Helikon

58
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What was the Typhonomachy, what happened?

A

The battle with Typhoios, the worst god. Dragon heads - Zeus defeated him by shooting lightning bolts at his head.

59
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Who is the offspring of Zeus and Demeter?

A

Persephone

60
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Who is the offspring of Zeus and Semele? Why was it significant?

A

Dionysus - Semele was a mortal, who gave birth to the divine Dionysus. Dionysus was actually born from the thigh of Zeus

61
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Who is the theogony an elaborate hymn to?

A

Zeus

62
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What did Zeus do to establish his rule?

A
  1. Free cyclopes and hundred handed ones from Gaia (uncles) 2. Punished Prometheus and glorified Herakles 3. Titanomachy 4. Typhonomachy 5. Distributes roles and privileges
63
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What does Metis mean?

A

Cunning intelligence

64
Q

Who wrote works and days, and the theogony? When?

A

Hesiod - 700 BCE

65
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What instrument do the muses play?

A

The lyre

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