True/False

The modern academic definition of “myth” is the same as the ancient Greek definition of “myth”

According to the modern academic definition of “myth” as used in this course, a myth is a traditional story with _________

What kind of myth features ordinary humans as the principal characters and is set in the distant past?

What kind of myth features supernatural beings as the principal characters and is set before or outside the present world order?

What kind of myth features heroes as the principal characters and is set in the distant past?

Homer wrote The Iliad in the _____________.

Which Roman author is our most important source of Greek myths?

An etiological myth is, by definition, ___________

In Hesiod’s view, “theogony” means the same thing as __________

According to Hesiod, the first being in the world is Chaos. The word “chaos,” as Hesiod uses it, is best defined as ___________

According to Hesiod, which being is NOT asexually produced by Gaea? __________

According to Hesiod, the creation of the First Generation of gods establishes _____________ in the world

According to Hesiod, Cronus cuts off his father Uranus’s _____________.

According to Hesiod, Rhea tricks her husband Cronus into swallowing a stone instead of [name of a deity].

According to Hesiod, Aphrodite is born from a combination of the semen of Uranus and _____________.

The ancient Greeks viewed sexual attraction as _____________.

In order to establish their dominance, the Olympian gods had to overcome _____________.

According to Hesiod, why does Gaea send Typhoeus against Zeus after she had taken his side in a previous battle?

The Olympian gods are best understood as a _____________.

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of Zeus?

Zeus oversees the laws of ancient guest-host relationships, which the ancient Greeks called _____________.

If an ancient society has a principal male deity, he is most likely to be _____________.

Hera is Zeus’s _____________.

Hera’s special bird is the _____________.

Zeus consorts with Mnemosyne (Memory) and their union produces the _____________.

The Fates DO NOT _____________ the thread of each individual’s life.

According to the ancient Greeks, who is subject to Fate?

By the time of Homer, Poseidon is most closely associated with which body of water?

Which one of the following deities does NOT live on Olympus (even though he was a very important god)?

The mother of Apollo and Artemis is _____________.

The arrows of Apollo bring _____________.

After slaying Python, Apollo establishes an oracle at _____________.

The earliest questions asked of the oracle of Apollo (through the Pythia) were about _____________.

Hephaestus catches his wife Aphrodite in bed with _____________.

Hephaestus was most closely associated with _____________.

What is the term for “having an enormous erection?”

What is the term for “warding off evil

Which epithet belongs to Hermes?

The female deities of Mt. Olympus all represent different aspects of a single concern, namely _____________.

Who is in charge of the hearth, home, and private life?

From what eastern fertility deity was Aphrodite derived?

Who made and fell in love with a statue, which was brought to life by Aphrodite?

Artemis is the goddess of _____________.

Artemis is a common type known at the Potnia Theron, which means _____________.

Artemis turns _____________ into a deer, and he is attacked and devoured by his own hunting dogs.

Which of the following was a skill given to humans by Athena?

Which of the following is an attribute of Athena?

The story of Niobe functions primarily as _____________.

The Greek goddess most closely related to the eastern fertility goddess type is _____________.

Persephone is abducted by _____________.

After her daughter is abducted, Demeter spends much of her time at _____________.

Demeter is a universal type known as the _____________.

True/False

The Rape of Persephone accurately explains the agricultural schedule of Greece

Dionysus was born from the _____________ of Zeus

Which of the following is NOT associated with Dionysus?

Who was punished for refusing to worship Dionysus?

Who was ripped to pieces by women celebrating the rites of Dionysus?

Dionysus traveled to the Underworld to retrieve _____________.

The Greeks were uneasy about the fact that they worshipped Dionysus because the god was so _____________.

Hades was also known as _____________.

The ancient Greeks believed that after death, humans became _____________ or “images.”

The primary purpose of grave goods, highly visible mourning, large burial structures, cremation, and tombstones was _____________.

Our most comprehensive source for the ancient Greek view of the Underworld is _____________.

After summoning the ghosts, Odysseus is approached by many ghosts. Which ghost really wants a proper burial?

Who tells Odysseus he would rather be a slave among the living than the king of all the dead?

The heroes who fought valiantly at Troy are rewarded once they arrive in the Underworld.

With only a few exceptions, most ghosts in the Underworld spend their time _____________.

True/False

Upon their arrival in the Underworld, ghosts were judged by the crimes they committed when they were alive.

Gilgamesh was

Gilgamesh is closely associated with, and was king of, the city of __________

The etiological function of a Legend is analogous to ___________

Zeus turns Io into a _________

Io eventually settles down in ____________

The Danaids are an example of a common folktale motif called __________

Acrisius

first imprisons his daughter Danae in _______

Zeus impregnates Danae in the form of __________

Acrisius puts Danae and Perseus in a box and ___________

Who commands Perseus to bring him the head of a gorgon?

The only mortal Gorgon is __________

Perseus falls in love with a woman chained to a rock, named ________

Perseus encounters which of the following creatures?

The Folktale Motifs missing from the myth cycle of Perseus suggest that the story was meant for __________

Heracles is the son of Zeus and ________

Zeus impregnates Heracles’ mother in the form of _________

Heracles is constantly harassed by the goddess __________

Heracles accomplishes his labors at the command of Eurystheus, his cousin and the king of _________

Which of the following is an old-fashioned (or “uncivilized”) attribute of Heracles?

Heracles’ first labor is to kill a savage lion who lives _________

According to the ancient Greeks, the end of the world to the west is ___________

One man, Philoctetes, is brave enough to light the fire of Heracles’ funeral pyre. As a reward, Philoctetes receives Heracles’ _____________

When he dies, Heracles becomes a god. The process of becoming a god is called __________

The Athenians considered themselves autochthonous and traced their ancestry back to Gaea (Earth) and the semen of _________

Aegeus is the king of _______

Theseus, son of Aegeus, Poseidon, and Aethra, is born and raised in __________

Theseus meets a villain who stretches or amputates travelers to fit his bed. The villain’s name is _________

Theseus meets a villain who ties travelers to two bent pine trees, which then tear the traveler in half when unbent. His name is _________

Zeus seduces Europa in the form of ___________

Minos asks for a sign from Poseidon that he (Minos) is really the son of Poseidon. Poseidon sends a sign in the form of ___________

Daedalus is responsible for designing and building all of the following:

Theseus falls in love with, takes advantage of, and then abandons __________

Why does Theseus travel to the land of the Amazons?

Phaedra falls in love with Theseus’s son Hippolytus, who is her __________

Jason was raised, educated, and trained by a civilized centaur named ___________

On his way to Ioclus, Jason helps an old woman cross a river and loses his sandal in the mud. The old woman is really __________

The evil king of Iolcus is _________

The Argo lands at Mysia, and loses _____________ who is searching for his boyfriend Hylas

The crew of the Argo releases a dove to test the danger of the __________

The golden fleece is located in ___________

Medea falls in love with Jason and helps him recover the Golden Fleece. She is a cultural type know as _________

Off the coast of Crete, the Argo is hit with rocks thrown by a bronze man (a robot) named __________

Jason and Medea settle in Corinth. He plans to marry the princess of Corinth. Medea gets revenge on Jason by __________

The lesson of Euripides’

Medea is _________

True/False

Jason dies a sad, lonely, and ironic death not fit for a hero.

The

Iliad describes events that take place over the course of _________

Who offended the gods by serving them stew containing chopped up pieces of his son?

Pelops won the hand of Hippodamia in a ____________ against her father Oenomaus

Agamemnon and Menelaus are the sons of a descendant of Pelops named ___________

Thyestes curses the House of __________

Who comes up with the Oath of Tyndareus?

Which of the following Greek warriors is NOT subject to the Oath of Tyndareus?

Who causes trouble at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis?

Where do the Greeks assemble before their expedition to Troy?

The Greek army’s resident seer is __________

Odysseus and Diomedes have to trick _______________ into revealing himself, because they can’t win the Trojan War without him.

Which Greek warrior is bitten by a snake and abandoned by his comrades because his infected foot is oozing pus and smells bad?

In order to get a favorable wind for sailing to Troy, the Greeks sacrifice ___________

The big argument at the beginning of the

Iliad is between Achilles and _____________

Achilles finally returns to the war after (and because of) the death of ________

Which ONE of the following events occurs in the

Iliad?

Achilles drags the dead body of ______________ around the walls of Troy.

Who ransoms the body of Hector by begging Achilles to consider his own father, who will soon mourn the loss of a son?

Calchas tells the Greeks that in order to capture Troy, they need all of the following

The beat-up Greek who claims he was supposed to have been a sacrifice to the Horse is _________

Who wants to burn the horse and says, “I fear Greeks, even those bearing gifts.”

Which Trojan princess is raped at the foot of the statue of Athena?

Which Trojan princess is sacrificed over the grave of Achilles to appease the warrior’s thirst for blood?

What source describes the fall and destruction of Troy, the cruel behavior of the Greeks, and the death of many Trojans?