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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

3 fates

A

Clotho
Lachesis
Atropos

no god has control over them

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2
Q

Agnosticism

A

belief that god is possible

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3
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Diety

A

a term for a god or a goddess which does not specify gender

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4
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Hestia is goddess of

A

hearth

always good

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5
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who deals w/creative writing

group of sisters

A

9 muses

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6
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Apollo is god of

A

sun
healing
music

usually calm, rational

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7
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what is clotho

A

weaver

does not choose what is woven

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8
Q

best friend of Artemis that is virginal

talks bad about Aphrodite (slut)

thinks sex is NASTAY like Artemis

A

Hippolytus

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9
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mother of athena

turns into a fly that zeus swallows because of prophecy

A

metis

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10
Q

what is atropos

A

cutter

ends life

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11
Q

the beginning of the world

what was it called?

A

Chaos

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12
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human that Aphrodite falls for

killed

A

Adonis

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13
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Anthropomorphic

A

having human form

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14
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voltaire quote

A

I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it

revolutionary thinker around French revolution

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15
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Aphrodite is goddess of

A

love

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16
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married to Kronos

A

Rhea

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17
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mother of Apollo and Artemis

A

Leto

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18
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Atheism

A

without god

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19
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Ares is god of

A

war

min. temples bc Greeks wanted him to rest

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20
Q

Monotheism

A

belief in one god

all powerful and created everything

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21
Q

Prometheus brother

gives animals their gifts

A

Epimetheus

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22
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gives humans intelligence when Epimetheus is giving animals gifts

A

Prometheus

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23
Q

blacksmith of gods
ugly

husband of Aphrodite

A

Hephaestus

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24
Q

who invaded Greece and almost overran them

A

persians

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25
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Omnipresent

A

everywhere at once

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26
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3 virgin goddesses

A

artemis, athena, hestia

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27
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Athena is goddess of

A

wisdom

clear headed (virginal)

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28
Q

who would you pray to to understand a difficult situation or make wise judgements

A

athena

daughter of zeus that he loves

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29
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Zeus is the god of

A

wisdom and justice

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30
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who fought in war that lasted 50-60 years until they decided to quit

A

Sparta and Athens

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31
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felt he would be a better ruler than Ouranos

his father

32
Q

stepmother of Hippolytus that Aphrodite curses w/sexual desire

33
Q

Omnipotent

A

all powerful

34
Q

men could not prevent women from worshipping this god at temple

35
Q

what is a nymph

A

daughter of lesser god

immortal and beautiful (usually sextuplets)

36
Q

twin sister of Apollo

37
Q

nymph raped by Zeus
her and son made bears

Ursa major and Ursa minor

38
Q

Hera is goddess of

A

women and families

benevolent

39
Q

Macbeth quote

A

“to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus is everything”

40
Q

holds up the sky

a titan

41
Q

what could persephone not take when travelling to Earth

A

pomegranite seeds

42
Q

earth
giant goddess w/human form

43
Q

why is Dionysus the only god born of human parent

A

incubated in Zeus’s thigh

44
Q

personal messenger of Zeus

god of travelers

45
Q

Arachne

A

weaver

turns into spider by Athena

46
Q

2 gods that came out of chaos

A

Ouranos and Gaia

47
Q

3 representations of Eros

A

angel baby
handsome guy
mischevious teen

48
Q

Dionysus is god of

son of Zeus and Semele

A

wine, grape

and staying alive

49
Q

14 healthy children
sin of bragging

children killed by Apollo and Artemis

50
Q

couple that Hephaestus put on trial

jury of Gods cant agree

A

Aphrodite and Ares

51
Q

how was Ouranos defeated as ruler

A

castrated by Kronos

52
Q

who are the furies

what do they do

A

bless creative ppl w/inspo
they are conscience

ugly and monstrous apparitions to ppl who do bad things

53
Q

Eros is god of

A

love

son of Aphrodite

54
Q

Dualism

A

belief in 2 gods of equal power

one malicious/one benevolent

55
Q

ages of man

A

golden age
silver age
bronze age
god-like heroes
iron age

56
Q

Pagan

A

Greek/Roman religion

Greeks/Romans did not have name for their religion

been used as negative term

57
Q

one item left in Pandora’s box

58
Q

3 important realms

A

earth and sky
sea
underworld

59
Q

Polytheism

A

belief in many gods

60
Q

nymph Apollo chases
father changes her into a Laurel tree

Apollo’s sacred tree

61
Q

John Milton quote

A

They also serve who only stand and wait

62
Q

sculptor that falls in love with sculpture

Aphrodite turns her real

63
Q

Zeus’s punishment to men

A

Pandora and her box

64
Q

Artemis is goddess of

thinks sex is NASTAY

A

hunters and wild animals

daughter of Zeus but not Hera

65
Q

Demeter is goddess of

seriously worshipped, line of ppl 10-12 miles

A

grain and harvest

66
Q

what is lachesis

A

apparitioner

determines length of life

67
Q

the sky
giant god w/human form

68
Q

how is Kronos defeated

A

Zeus comes back w/army of titans

69
Q

created from seafoam formed by Ouranos testicles

A

Aphrodite

also daughter of Zeus

70
Q

blind, religious, purtian

A

John Milton

71
Q

famous titan that gave humans fire

they were starving in winter

A

Prometheus

72
Q

followers of dionysus that would come out of temple and rip animals apart in the woods

A

menads

women in real life were dazed and targets of assault

73
Q

human Zeus was in love with

A

Semele

vaporized by seeing Zeus’s true form

74
Q

offspring of Rhea

A

Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Zeus

75
Q

Pantheon

A

all the gods

76
Q

giants w/human form

there are lots of them

77
Q

Omniscient

A

all knowing

which gods are NOT

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