Greek and Roman Myth Quiz 3

what is critical thinking

not knowing the answer before asking the question

what is intertextuality

iterary device that creates an “interrelationship between texts” and generates meaning by inviting comparison between these texts

what is a Katabsis

when a character descends into the underworld and meets a number of famous men and heroes

literary motif

what is gender

not talking about biological sex

range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity

who is zeus the son of

Son of the Kronos and Rhea

what are the concerns of zeus

sky and kingship

what are the attributes of zeus

eagle, beard, and thunderbolt

who is hades

brother of zeus and poseidon

what are the attributes of hades

scepter, cornucopia, and rooster

what are the areas of concern for hades

regions below the surface of the earth

who is Artemis

virgin goddess (has no interest in men)
daughter of zeus and leto
twin sister of apollo

what are the attributes of Artemis

bow and arrow, hunting dog, stag, and moon

what are the areas of concerns for Artemis

hunting, childbirth, and virginity

who is persephone

daughter of demeter and zeus

wife of hades

what are the attributes of Persephone

pomegranate, torch, and flowers

what are the areas of concerns for Persephone

queen of the underworld and vegetation

who is atalanta

exposed at birth because her father wanted a son

raised by hunters and became devoted to artmetis

tricked into marrying hippomenes when he kept tossing apples to distract her

known to be “femininely wrong“ because she did things that men did

who is Achilles

son of peleus and the sea nymph thetis

invulnerable except for his heel

“best of the achaeans“ in the iliad

who is deidama

who is odysseus

Son of Laertes

husband of Penelope

father of Telemachus

King of Ithaca

Greek hero who took ten years to return after the war

who is dido

also known as elissa

mythical founder of carthage

widow who fell in love with aeneas who was on his way from troy to italy

killed herself wehn aeneas abandoned her and cursed him with future wars between carthage and rome

who is orestes

son of agamemnon and clytemnestra

avenges his father’s death by killing his mother

suffers punishment for killing his mother from the Furies

who is Statius

full name - publius papinius statius

c 45 - c 96

author of the latin epic poems Thebaid and Achilleid

Who is vergil

full name - pubulius vergilius maro

born in mantua italy

author of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and the Eclogues

What is the Odysessy

What is Cathage

Qarthadasht “The New City”

Phoenician colony founded in the 8th century that is located in Africa

Close to Sicily

Rome's rival for dominance in the western Mediterranean in the third century BCE

what is skros

Island in the Aegean Sea

Mythical home of Neoptolemus and Deidamia, Son and wife of Achilles

Place where Thetis hid Achilles to keep him from going to Troy

what is lake avernus

Volcanic area in Italy

The Romans thought it was the entrance to the underworld/land of the dead

Gave off toxic fumes that killed birds according to tradition