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Chapter 1 (Lecture 2)
Interpretation & Definition of Classical Mythology
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Classics
Undergraduate 1
01/20/2016

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Cause or reason
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What does the Greek term aitia mean?
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Ovid
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Who is the single most important source for classical mythology after Homer?
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Herodotus
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Who is not a tragic playwright?
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Hesiod
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Who wrote the Theogony?
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The archetypal concept of the female in the male
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In the psychoanalytic approach to myth, what is the anima?
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Mircea Eliade
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To whom can be attributed an interpretation of myth centered on the spiritual or mystical yearnings of human beings?
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Vladimir Propp
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Who is responsible for analyzing myth into 31 recurrent motifemes?
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Considering all the sources, women were cloistered, illiterate, and oppressed..
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What cannot be said about the role of women in Greek society?
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Myth strives to resolve binary opposites.
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Which statement corresponds most closely to Lévi-Strauss' approach to myth?
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Jung
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To whom is attributed the theory of the archetype?
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Bronislav Malinowski
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Who attempted to explain myths as charters of social customs?
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Max Müller
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Who attempted to explain myth in terms of meteorological or cosmological phenomena?
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Euhemerism
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What is the name of an interpretation of myth that sought to rationalize it by claiming that the gods were originally powerful men?
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It has a perceptible relationship to history.
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What is an important element in defining saga or legend?
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Fiction
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Which is not a meaning of the Greek word mythos?
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A story that, through its classical form, has attained a kind of immortality because its inherent
archetypal beauty, profundity, and power have inspired rewarding renewal and transformation by successive generations.
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A classical myth is...
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Projections of themselves, traditional myths told in poetic form
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People made the gods as...
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Explain the natural world and societal practices
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The function of myths were to...
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Associated with myths
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Folktales are not...
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The gods
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The subject of myths were...
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Heroes
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The subject of legends/sagas were...
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Explain the past and to inspire noble behaviour
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The function of legends/sagas were to...
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The powerless with magical aid
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The subject of folktales were...
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Recurring patterns, especially regarding poor people and their quests
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The content of folktales was...
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Mostly entertain (e.g. Perseus)
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The function of folktales was to...
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Great kings whose stories were exaggerated (e.g. the strife between Zeus and Kronos)
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The gods were originally...
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Travelled the world, taught civilization, and then eventually passed away
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According to myth, Zeus...
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Chastity
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Daphne is an example of...
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Beauty contest between Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera
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Paris judges a...
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Science and facts, myths were then viewed as primitive (old ways of thinking)
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The Age of Enlightenment was a time of...
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Moral lessons for people
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The Medieval period of time used myths as...
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Freud
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Jung was a student of...
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Peoples' dreams, repressed desires, and fears
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Freud was mostly interested in...
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Therapy
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Joseph Campbell's writings were used for...
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Going through the underworld and then coming back to the world alive
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Death was understood as...
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All myth is religious ritual put into narrative form
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J.G. Frazer believed that...
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Myths were justifications for social and religious practices
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B. Malinowski believed that...
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Explanation of the origin of things
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Etiology is the...
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The natural or human world
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Etui is the explanation of...
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Fit with society and culture
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Myths changed time to time to...
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A positive thing
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The rape of Zeus was often portrayed as...
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“Clean up” myths as he thought they didn’t show behaviour that should be emulated
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Plato intended to...
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Original myths portrayed the gods
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Xenophanes did not like how...
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"to hand something over"
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The word "tradition" comes from the Latin word "tradicio" which means...
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A saga/legend
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The Iliad is an example of...
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He saw himself as the descendant of Achilles
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Alexander the Great drew inspiration from the Iliad because...
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