Classical Mythology Post Midterm Dr. White

In which city does the action of the Bacchae take place?

Thebes

Who speaks the prologue of the Bacchae?

Dionysus

In the Bacchae, who dresses up as a woman and gets his head torn off?

King Pentheus

Who is Dionysus' mother?

Semele

Who speaks the prologue of the Philoctetes?

Ulysses

What will happen to Cadmus, according to Dionysus?

He will be turned into a snake and must lead an army of barbarians in Battles against Greece

When Agave is carrying in her son's head, what does she think she is holding?

Her son, Pentheus

Who is Agave's father?

Cadmus

What did Zeus do with the infant/fetus Dionysus after Semele was burned to ashes?

Stitched Dionysus into his thigh

Who is the blind seer in Thebes?

Tiresias

Who is destined to use the bow of Heracles to defeat Troy?

Philoctetes

Who does the young man ("mysterious stranger") arrested and brought before Pentheus turn out to be?

Dionysus

What favor did Philoctetes do for Heracles, for which he was given the bow as a reward?

Burned Hercules alive when no one else would

What group forms the chorus of the Bacchae?

A group of asian female followers

What had the Greeks, on their way to Troy, done to Philoctetes because of his festering wound?

Left him

The Philoctetes is the only play by Sophocles to employ what dramatic device?

Deux Ex Machina