Term 2 - Lecture 3 Flashcards
Who married Thetis? Who initiated this?
Peleus. This is what Prometheus initated. Prometheus warned Zeus not to sleep with Thetis because he would bear a son greater than himself (and be overthrown).
Which three heroes were subdued by Amazon women?
- Herakles (retrieving the girdle of Hippolyta)
- Theseus (is seduced by Hippolyta/Antiope)
- Achilles (Penthisilea)
How is Alcestis the perfect wife? Who is she married to?
Alcestis is married to Admetus. Admetus is a friend of Apollo. Admetus is fated to die young, but if he can find someone to die in his place he will be granted more time. His parents refuse, saying that they already gave him enough; life. Alcestis dies in his place.
Admetus then realizes and regrets it, realizing that Alcestis was the only thing worth living for. Herakles realizes, and brings her back to life. Alcestis performs katabasis “due to her husband’s heroic efforts”.
Where does the judgment of Athena, Aphrodites, and Hera occur?
Mt. Ida, by Paris
Who chooses “The Good Mother”?
A god.
How was Ariadne a Helper Maiden?
She helped Theseus navigate the labyrinth to kill the minotaur.
Who begins as the commander of the Greek army?
Agamemnon, the brother of Menelaus.
Who suggested that Helen chooses her own husband? What oath bound the suitors?
Odysseus gave the advice to Tyndareus. All suitors were bound by the oath to protect Helen’s marriage, despite who was finally chosen. It will be Helen’s own choice (dangerous).
Who is involved in the Trojan Royal House?
Laomedon has a child, Priam.
Priam marries Hecuba.
Their children are Paris, Hector, Cassandra, Polyxena etc.
Hector and Andromache have a child named Astyanax.
Who is in the house of Atreus (Argos)?
Tantalus has a son named Pelops.
Pelops has two sons: Atreus and Thyestes.
Atreus has two sons with Aerope: Agamemnon and Menelaus
Thyestes has two sons: Aegisthus and two other sons
Who is the only female mortal ever produced by Zeus through sleeping with a mortal?
Helen
How does Thetis feel about marrying Peleus?
She doesn’t want to. This means that her children will be subject to death, which is something that no goddess should have to go through.
What is Paris’ roman name?
Alexander
Who exposed Achilles?
Odysseus
Which story depicts the following:
- Agave killing her own son
- The story of Clytemnestra
- The story of Medea
- Euripides’ Bacchae
- Aeschylus’ Libation Bearers
- Euripides’ Medea
How does the beauty contest between Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera arise?
From eris bringing the apple of discord, which was “for the fairest”.
What is important about the wedding of Thetis and Peleus? What can it be compared to?
It involves the commensality of gods and mortals. It can be compared to the feast at Mekone.
It is sometimes also said to be the last occasion of commensality between gods and mortals.
What instrument does Paris play?
The lyre; as shepherds do
Who are “agents of change”? Who are “agents of exchange”?
Change: men
Exchange: women
What does Menelaus do after returning home to find out what Paris has done?
He invokes the oath of the suitors. They all agreed to protect Helen’s marriage in the hope to marry her. Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon commands the Greek army, and all of the suitors follow to attack Troy.
What order do the three contestants in the divine beauty contest go in?
- Hera
- Athena
- Aphrodite
There are two major sources of literature that cover the Trojan war… what are they? When were they written?
- Epic Cycle (Archaic period)
- involves some lost Greek epic poems such as Cypria
- preserved in fragments, quotations, and summaries - Later literature based on early myths
- Greek tragedy and Pindar (Classical period)
- Latin epic (Roman period)
How is Penelope the perfect wife? Whose wife is she?
She is married to Odysseus. Odysseus is away from the home for more than 20 years. Penelope remains faithful the entire time. Many men want to marry her (to claim Odysseus’ belongings), and yet she still remains faithful.
How is Persephone a bride of death?
She marries (/is kidnapped by) Hades. Their marriage ritual is funeralistic, and her marriage entails her succumbing to the underworld.
How is Agave a bad mother?
Bacchae is a king, who refuses to worship Dionysus. Dionysus makes Bacchae’s mother Agave insane. She thinks that Bacchae is an animal, so she tears him to pieces. She is a bad mother under the influence of Dionysus.
Who does Helen choose to be her husband?
Menelaus, an important king, the son of Atreus at the city of Argos.
How is Medea a bad mother?
When she finds out Jason was prepared to take a new bride (that was Greek, and wasn’t her) she killed her and her own offspring.
Why does Helen have to choose her own husband?
There are so many suitors who want Zeus as the grandfather of their children. Also Helen is just beautiful.
If Tyndareus (father of Helen) chooses a husband for Helen, he will make hundreds of enemies.
Where do the Greeks gather before the beginning of the war?
Aulis
What is a characteristic specific to the Nereids?
They are shape-shifters.
How is Antigone a bride of death?
Her Uncle Creon is her father-figure, and he is both a ruler and a general. Her brother led an army against the city, and her Uncle Creon bans that his burial is a proper one. As the female of the household it is her duty to have him buried properly. She dies for him. She hangs herself in a cave that she is trapped in.
