Week 3 without red dots Flashcards

1
Q

Who takes Chryseis for himself from the spoils of war?

A

Agamemnon

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2
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Who does Agamamemnon demand after he gives back Chryseis?

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Briseis (Apollo’s concubine)

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3
Q

What was held in honour of Patroklos?

A

Funeral games of a footrace

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4
Q

What happened to Ajax during the footrace?

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Slipped on dead cattle, filling his mouth and nostrils with cow dung (Athena hampered him)

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5
Q

What is asbestos?

A

Unquenchable laughter

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6
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Where did Zeus describe as the place “he came to ground” to Hera?

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Island of Lemnos

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7
Q

Who is Hebe?

A

Daughter of Zeus and Hera
Wife of Herakles
Goddess of youth and cupbearer of the gods

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8
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Who is Ganymedes?

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A Trojan prince abducted by Zeus and taken to Mt.Olympos where he was appointed as cupbearer of the gods

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9
Q

What is the story of Hephaistos and Ares and Aphrodite?

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  • 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
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10
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Where did Ares go after becoming unbound?

A

Thrace

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11
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Where did Aphrodite go after becoming unbound?

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Cyprus and Paphos

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12
Q

Who is Thersites and what does his name mean?

A

Low-birth soldier of the Greek army and the ugliest man at Troy

Audacity, courage (thersos=tarsos)

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13
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What’s the plot of Aethiopis?

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  • 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
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14
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What happened in the episode of Hektor and Andromakhe?

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The son fears his father’s armour and takes solace in his mother’s bosom

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15
Q

How many Homeric hymns are there and who do they address?

A

33 hymns and address deities

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16
Q

Which hymns address Hermes?

A

4 and 18

17
Q

What is in hymn 4?

A
  • Describes his origins and how he acquired his various attributes and powers
18
Q

What is the spear Hermes holds on a red-figure vase called?

A

Caduceus

19
Q

What does baby Hermes do while Apollo holds him?

A

He farts and sneezes, highlighting his mischief and playful nature

20
Q

What is Hermes held in on an athenian red-figure?

A

Winnowing basket

21
Q

What is the plot of margites?

A

Story about a dumb man and his several misadventures, including on his wedding night

A few fragments survive, including three from papyri

22
Q

What is Oxyrhnchos?

A

City of the sharp nosed fish

23
Q

What does Aristotle quote from Homer’s Margites?

A
  • “the gods had made him neither a digger nor a plowman, nor skilled in any other way: he fell short at every craft”