Week 3 without red dots Flashcards
Who takes Chryseis for himself from the spoils of war?
Agamemnon
Who does Agamamemnon demand after he gives back Chryseis?
Briseis (Apollo’s concubine)
What was held in honour of Patroklos?
Funeral games of a footrace
What happened to Ajax during the footrace?
Slipped on dead cattle, filling his mouth and nostrils with cow dung (Athena hampered him)
What is asbestos?
Unquenchable laughter
Where did Zeus describe as the place “he came to ground” to Hera?
Island of Lemnos
Who is Hebe?
Daughter of Zeus and Hera
Wife of Herakles
Goddess of youth and cupbearer of the gods
Who is Ganymedes?
A Trojan prince abducted by Zeus and taken to Mt.Olympos where he was appointed as cupbearer of the gods
What is the story of Hephaistos and Ares and Aphrodite?
- They would have sex in his bed
- He hated this and created chains to bound Ares and Aphrodite to his bed
- Invited the gods to see his cunning ability
Where did Ares go after becoming unbound?
Thrace
Where did Aphrodite go after becoming unbound?
Cyprus and Paphos
Who is Thersites and what does his name mean?
Low-birth soldier of the Greek army and the ugliest man at Troy
Audacity, courage (thersos=tarsos)
What’s the plot of Aethiopis?
- Achilles kills Thersites after being abused by him over his alleged love for Penthesilea
- Results in a dispute among the greeks over his killing
- Achilles sails to Lesbos, and is purified from the killing by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto
What happened in the episode of Hektor and Andromakhe?
The son fears his father’s armour and takes solace in his mother’s bosom
How many Homeric hymns are there and who do they address?
33 hymns and address deities
Which hymns address Hermes?
4 and 18
What is in hymn 4?
- Describes his origins and how he acquired his various attributes and powers
What is the spear Hermes holds on a red-figure vase called?
Caduceus
What does baby Hermes do while Apollo holds him?
He farts and sneezes, highlighting his mischief and playful nature
What is Hermes held in on an athenian red-figure?
Winnowing basket
What is the plot of margites?
Story about a dumb man and his several misadventures, including on his wedding night
A few fragments survive, including three from papyri
What is Oxyrhnchos?
City of the sharp nosed fish
What does Aristotle quote from Homer’s Margites?
- “the gods had made him neither a digger nor a plowman, nor skilled in any other way: he fell short at every craft”
