Greek Mythology Lecture Review
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Who unearthed the 'palace of Minos'?
Sir Arthur Evans
What artifacts are especially significant for the Neolithic period?
Female fetishes
Who uncovered a Mycenaean palace at Pylos?
Carl Blegen
What famous epithet does Homer use to describe Mycenae?
Rich in gold
What is the approximate date for the Late Bronze Age?
1600 - 1100 B.C.
Who deciphered the language of the clay tablets found on the Greek mainland?
Michael Ventris
What is the name of the pre-Greek Civilization centered on the island of Crete?
Minoan
In what period did the first Greeks enter the Greek mainland?
Middle Bronze Age
Who first excavated at Mycenae?
Heinrich Schliemann
What image adorns the entrance to Mycenae?
Two lions flanking a column
Who is the goddess of the moon?
Selene
Which of the following are not Titans?
Selene and Helius
With what deities does Homer credit the creation of the world?
Oceanus and Tethys
What goddesses does Hesiod invoke at the beginning of the Theogony?
The Muses
Which of the following did not arise from Chaos in Hesiod's description?
Day
Why did Gaia punish Uranus?
He refused to allow their children to leave the womb of earth.
Which of the following is not an offspring of Gaia and Uranus?
Pontus
Which were the most terrible children of Gaia and Uranus?
The Hecatonchires
What is the first thing that comes into being after Chaos in the Theogony?
Gaia
What mortal was beloved of the moon-goddess?
Endymion
Who is the mother of Prometheus in Prometheus Bound?
Themis
According to Ovid, who fashions the first human being in the likeness of the gods?
Prometheus
Who will eventually rescue Prometheus from his sufferings?
Heracles
Who is the child of Io and Zeus, whose name means 'he of the touch'?
Epaphus
Who fashioned Pandora?
Hephaestus
In Prometheus Bound, who does not sympathize with Prometheus' sufferings?
Hermes
Who wrote Prometheus Bound?
Aeschylus
According to Hesiod, who are the parents of Prometheus?
Iapetus and Clymene
Pandora was sent to and accepted by whom, whose name means 'after-thought'?
Epimetheus
Who was the Near Eastern hero-king who killed the Bull of Heaven?
Gilgamesh
What Lapith was originally born a female but was transformed by Poseidon into a male?
Caeneus
Who at times appears as the particular servant of Hera?
Iris
Where were the famous 'whispering oaks' of Zeus located?
Dodona
Who is not a sister of Zeus?
Themis
What tree was sacred to Zeus?
Oak
What is the meaning of Zeus' name?
Bright
What famous seer had the power to understand the speech of animals?
Melampus
When does tradition say the Olympic Games were organized?
776 B.C.
Which is not within the sphere of Hestia's influence?
Childbirth
Who gave birth to the monster Centaurus?
Nephele
Who was the pre-Socratic poet-philosopher who opposed an anthropomorphic conception of the gods?
Xenophanes
Which may not be said of the story of Solon and Croesus?
The gods show their favor by lavishing mortals with power and riches.
According to Herodotus, which god rescued Croesus from the pyre?
Apollo
What is the hallmark of the Greek conception of the Olympians?
Anthropomorphism
What does the word chthonic or chthonian mean?
Having to do with the earth.
What Persian king will eventually defeat Croesus?
Cyrus
What will be the final fate of Adrastus?
He will take his own life.
What is the most distinguishing feature of the Greek gods?
Immortality.
Who is the writer who records the tale of Solon and Croesus?
Herodotus
Who was the ill-fated man who came to the court of Croesus for purification?
Adrastus
According to Homer, whom does Menelaüs consult in Egypt?
Proteus
Which of the following is Poseidon usually associated with?
Trident, stallion, and bull.
Who is the daughter of Nereus who was fated to bear a son greater than the father?
Thetis
Who is the consort of Poseidon?
Amphitrite
Who was the Nereid who enflamed the passion of the Cyclops Polyphemus?
Galatea
Who is the woman transformed into a terrifying monster encircled with a ring of dogs' heads?
Scylla
Whom did Polyphemus bury under a flurry of stones?
Acis
What power does Triton share with Proteus?
He can change his appearance.
Who are known as the 'aged ones'?
The Graeae
Who are the daughters of Nereus?
Galatea, Thetis, and Amphitrite.
Who assists at Athena's birth?
Hephaestus
What are the epithets of Athena?
Pallas, Glaukopis, and Tritogeneia.
What hero most embodied the guile and cleverness of Athena?
Odysseus
What is the peplos?
A robe.
Who is the maid that Athena bests in the weaving contest?
Arachne.
What is the meaning of parthenos?
Virgin.
In what epithet do some scholars see a possible association between Athena and water or the sea?
Tritogeneia.
Which is true about Athena?
She helped build the first ship, is a goddess of the Citadel, and was the first to bridle horses.
What subject does Athena weave into her tapestry in the contest?
Her contest with Poseidon.
In what sanctuary were enshrined the marks of Poseidon's trident and Athena's olive tree?
The Erechtheum.
Who is the Phrygian Great Mother who is coupled with Attis?
Cybele.
Who is the girl who carried on an incestuous relationship with her father?
Myrrha.
Aphrodite Pandemos means which of the following?
Common Aphrodite.
Which figure can be seen as a variant of Adonis?
Attis.
In some versions of her birth, who is the mother of Aphrodite?
Dione.
Who wrote the comic novel called The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses in which the story of Cupid and Psyche is recounted?
Apuleius.
What is the name of the Graces, who attend Aphrodite?
The Charites.
What is the name given to the eunuch priests of Cybele?
Galli.
How did Aphrodite punish the women of Cyprus?
She turned them into prostitutes.
Who is the ithyphallic son of Aphrodite?
Priapus.
What is the ultimate fate of Niobe?
She is changed into a weeping stone.
Who is the hunter that caught Artemis bathing?
Actaeon.
Who chose a mortal over the god Apollo, out of fear that he would abandon her in old age?
Marpessa.
Under which epithet is Apollo evoked as Healer?
Paean.
Who is the nymph that was transformed into a bear?
Callisto.
On what island are the twins Apollo and Artemis born?
Delos.
On what did the Pythia sit when she delivered her oracles of the god?
A tripod.
Who was the woman loved by Apollo who was condemned to have a long life but not perpetual youth?
The Cumaean Sibyl.
Which are epithets of Apollo?
Delphinius, Pythian, and Delian.
Which Gods are associated with Artemis?
Apollo, Selene, and Hecate.
Who was the daughter of Icarius?
Erigone.
What did Hermes do on the afternoon of the day of his birth?
He played the lyre.
With what region of Greece is Hermes associated?
Arcadia.
What was the subject of Hermes' first song?
He sang of his own conception and birth.
What word means 'possession by a god'?
Entheos.
What is the name for the sacred band of Dionysus?
Thiasus.
Who cared for Dionysus after his birth from Zeus' thigh?
The nymphs of Nysa.
With what figure can Hermes' mythic actions be most associated?
Prometheus.
What description/epithet of Hermes occurs in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes?
Guide of dreams, driver of cattle, and robber.
Who is the son of Zeus and Semele?
Dionysus.