Mythology test 1

Myth:Mutos

An untrue story that nonetheless contains wisdom

Narcissus

Died because he never took care of himself due to staring at himself in a river

How do you spell mutos in Greek?

μῦθος

Phaethon

Killed by Zeus driving sun chariot. Created the Milky Way galaxy

Is modern Greece bigger or smaller than Ancient Greece?

Smaller

What vegetables were agriculture rich in Greece

Olives

Uses of Olive oil?

Cooking, moisturizer, greasing cadavers before burial

Define: Port cities

Docks for sailors to sleep as well as trading posts and parking

Where are Port Cities located?

All around the Mediterranean

What was religion in ancient Greece?

Something one did rather than felt

What were 3 main ways to practice religion in Ag?

Animal sacrifice, group prayer, festivals

What are the 5 elements of myth?

Pedigree, Oldness, Contents, specialness and credibility

Is the Trojan true or false?

False

How long did the Trojan war last?

10 years

Who is the protagonist of the Iliad?

Achilles

What is the first word in the Iliad?

Menin

Define: menin

Rage

What is menin in Greek?

μῆνιν

What is an enjambment?

When the poet completes a line however the idea is incomplete

Define: Poesis

A Greek verb meaning “to make”

Define: Epithets

Recurring adjectives that describe characters

Define: metaphor

2 unlike things that are compared and the comparison points out that the things have at least one similarity

Define: verbal irony

The use of words to mean the opposite of what the words literally mean

Define: situational irony

When an event unfolds that is the opposite of what a reasonable person would expect to unfold

Define: dramatic irony

When the audience knows more about a situation than the characters

Define: Foreshadowing

A hint/warning about something that may happen later in the story

Define: Flashback

A temporary disturbance in a story that takes the reader back in time.

Who was Homer?

A Rhapsode who brought together stories to create the Iliad

Define: Rhapsode

Someone who stitches together stories

Who was Milman Parry?

A jr professor from Harvard who set out to prove the Iliad was oral

What things did Milman Parry find?

They relied solely on memory, they could perform for hours with few mistakes they could spontaneously compose new stories