Test 1 Flashcards
Hesiod
Tells the story of creation
patriarchy
rule by men
Typhoeus
Zeus slays this monster
philanthropia
“love of human-kind”
Epimetheus
receives a gift (Pandora) from Zeus, younger brother of Prometheus. the name means After-thought.
Daedalus is a native of
Athens
Which of these did not emerge from Chaos? A. Gaia B. Titans C. Eros D. Tartaros
B
Metis’ name means
Intelligence
A myth is etiological when
It explains a cause
One of these are not Zeus’ son
A. Hephaestos B. Ares C. Hermes D. Apollo
A
Who were the Titans and how were they like?
Oversize characters who are the children of Gaia and Ouranos
We now use the word “mythology” to mean two different things:
a. a collection of stories
b. the study of myth
Pandora’s name means “all gifts”. How does Hesiod give this seemingly positive name a negative meaning?
He suggests that Pandora is created by gifts given by all of the gods; these gifts include beauty given by Aphrodite, which seduces and misleads men, and a deceptive character, which is given by Hermes.
cosmogony
how the universe was created in the beginning
cosmology
how the universe is structured and operates now
mysonmae
memory
The Greeks borrowed central elements of their myth of creation from
A. Babylonia
B. Mesopotamia
C. Egypt
D. Assyria
B
pregnancy envy
resentful of and desire to emulate the creativity of the mother
ex. Zeus producing Athene and Dionysos
Kronos
- Generation of Titans
- marries Rhea
- youngest child
- castrates Ouranous
How does Kronos act as if he’s the oldest when he’s the youngest?
- Associated with time
- as time goes by, time becomes older
Crete
- Zeus birthplace
- the center of Minoans
Athena’s virginity BEST symbolizes to the Greeks:
A. Aggression
B. Masculinity
C. Wisdom
D. Loyalty
D
Pygmalion sculpted his own ideal woman because
He lived among scandalous women
Aphrodite’s painting represents
the rebirth of seasons
Which of the following is symbolically out of place in this list?
A. Belly full of meat
B. Prometheus philantropia
C. Fire in a fennel stalk
D. Pandora’s jar
B
not package, but humant rait
9 Hill Move
like the relationship between Pandora and Etimetheus (warned by Prometheus to not take in any gift by Zeus)
View of Prometheus between Hesiod vs. Aeschylus
Hesiod –> Prometheus is the rebel
Aeschylus –> Prometheus is the savior
Prometheus is released from the 10,000 years of bird pecking because
He knew a secret about Thetis’ son –> Zeus can be overthrown
When Deucalion and Pyrrha create new human race, they do so by:
a. making love
b. throwing stones
c. sculpting clay
d. hatching eggs
b. throwing stones
Autochthony
- creation from the earth itself
- alternative from creation when woman and men create
- this concept found outside of Greek myth
Erichthonius
- Hephaestos and Athena
- Semen on earth –> Erichthonius –> earth
- first Athenean
Cadmus and the Dragon teeth
- fighters emerge
- best fighters remain
why should greeks have been so uncomfortable with sexual reproduction?
- power to women
- weaken men
- produce children to feed
- reduce man to an animal
allegory
a mode of interpretation which argues that a story seems to mean one thing on the surface but that its real meaning, which is only found below the surface, is something else
the consequence of Ouranos’ castration
Aphrodite and Erinyes (Furies)
Love and hate
