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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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What is the purpose of the theogany?

A

A hymn in honour of Zeus.

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2
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Who were the first gods?

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Chaos, Gaea, Tartarus, Eros

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3
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What is important to know about the first gods?

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They were personifications of concepts/forces in the universe.

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4
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How did uranus come to be?

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Gaea produced him asexually and then he married her when he was older

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5
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What are all 12 titans?

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6 male:
Oceanus, Hyperion, koios, krios, lapetos, kronos.

6 female:
Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, tethys, phoebe, theia

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6
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Who were Rhea and kronos’s children?

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3 female: Hestia, Demeter, Hera
3 male: Hades, Poseidon, Zeus

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7
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What is a divine family?

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Everyone is related and interactions are dysfunctional.

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7
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What does anthropomorphic mean?

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Gods behave like humans except they are immortal and are much more powerful.

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8
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What are spheres of influence with gods?

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The dimensions in which they are associated with.

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9
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What is piety?

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demonstrating daily respect to the gods. Shows honor.

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10
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What is a libation?

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Liquid offering

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11
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What is usually sacrificed to the gods?

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Animal bones

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12
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What things are associated with Zeus?

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Aegis, thunderbolt, strength, long tunic/cloak, and eagle

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13
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What are other names for Zeus?

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Dios, sky god

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14
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What are Zeus’s spheres of influence?

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God of justice, law, dike (customary law), and xenia (hospitality).

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15
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What is an epithet?

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Nick name

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16
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What are Zeus’s epithets?

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Zeus kataibases, xenios, horkios (oaths), father, and cloud gatherer

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17
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What is a kylix?

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A cup used for drinking wine

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18
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What is mythos?

A

A traditional tale

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19
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What is logos?

A

Record of an event happening

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20
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What is a myth?

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A traditional story with collective importance. Author is not usually known

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21
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What is the format of a myth?

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Plot, characters, setting, and function (entertainment, moral, or etiological)

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22
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What is an etiological myth?

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myth explaining the cause of something. Why are things the way they are? Common in a divine myth

23
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What are the 3 types of myths?

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Divine myths, legend, and folktale.

24
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What is a divine myth?

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Associated with a belief system.

25
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What is a legend?

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The past explains and justifies the present. Events of the past human world.

26
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What is a folktale?

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Fiction. Happening anywhere, anyplace.

27
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When did hesoid live?

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Archaic period. 750-700 bc (8th century)

28
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What is an aiodos?

A

Singer from foreign land

29
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What is the point of the theogany and works and days?

A

Theogany: Creation of world as we know it.
Works and days: Teaches you about hesiod and how to farm.

30
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Who was hesoid?

A

Lived near Mt. helicon, muses taught him to sing, and had some bad luck (due to impiety).

31
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What did the theogony become the base of?

A

Cosmogony (origin of universe)

32
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What is the point of the theogony?

A

To show moral and give tribute to Zeus.

33
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What is hieros gamos?

A

Sacred marriage

34
Q

What is near east?

A

Turkey, egypt, iran, iraq, afganistan

35
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What is mesopotamia?

A

Civilization near tigris and eurphrades river (modern day iraq and kuwait)

36
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What is phoenicia?

A

Modern day Lebanon

37
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What is asia minor?

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Modern day turkey. Inoia is a state within this.

38
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What is Boeotia?

A

State in Greece. Thebes is located here.

39
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What was the theogony based off of?

A

Near east myth model. E.g. babylondian creation with Enuma elish

40
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What is the difference between cosmogony and theogony?

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Cosmogony= creation of the cosmos (universe)
Theogony= creation of the gods

41
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What is a calliope?

A

epic song

42
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What is the role of the muses in the intro of the theogony?

A

Inspiration and education

43
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What did all the original gods come from?

A

Chaos

44
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How did Aphrodite come to be?

A

Appeared from foam of castrated testicles of uranus (when cronus cut them off)

45
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Who birthed the titans?

A

Gaea and Uranus

46
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Who does cronus marry after defeating uranus?

A

Rhea (his sister). Both gave birth to 6 Olympians.

47
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Who are all 6 titans?

A

Hestia, demeter, hera, hades, poseidon, and zeus!

48
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How do rhea and cronus resemble their parent?

A

Both men are tyrannical rulers, and both are involved in sacred marriages.

49
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Why does cronus swallow his children?

A

Prophecy says one of his children will overthrow him as king

50
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What was Rhea’s trick?

A

Gave cronus a rock wrapped up while she sent zeus away to grow up in a cave in crete. Suckled from a goat.

51
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What is the omphalos?

A

A stone located in Delphi considered to be the centre of the world.

52
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How did the olympians come to be?

A

Metis have cronus a potion that made him throw up the other kids.

53
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When cronus was exiled to tarterus, who did he release?

A

Cyclopes and hecatonchires

54
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What is a folktale motif of the fall of cronus?

A

Female power oppressed and replaced by men

55
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