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Lecture 5 (Unit 3)
Consolidation Hour #3: Religion, Myth, and Society
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Classics
Undergraduate 1
11/02/2015

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Greek religions were generally...
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Polytheistic
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Dionysus stands for...
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Emotions
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Who was the god of wine?
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Dionysus
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Did Olympian gods die?
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No
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The Roman equivalent name for Apollo is...
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Apollo
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Delphi was an important site due to
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Its age and the fact that it was the temple to Pythian Apollo
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Where would the Pythian Priestess Oracle reside?
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Delphi
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What is not a quality of the generic hero?
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Sharpness of mind
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Hercules is often depicted as wearing the pelt of...
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The Nemean Lion
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Apollo slew the...
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Pythia (serpent/python)
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Persephone was kidnapped by...
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Hades
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The mother of Hercules was...
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Alcmena
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Omphalos means...
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'The navel'
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Who was the divine blacksmith?
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Vulcan
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Together, Apollo and Dionysus represent...
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The general human nature
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Chthonic means...
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'Something that comes from the ground'
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Key concepts of a tragedy were...
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Hubris; fatal flaws such as pride and Nemesis; the just reward for your actions
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Religious experiences of Romans and Greeks were incorporated into...
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All events of life, whether social, private, etc.
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Greek gods were anthropomorphic which means...
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They looked like people and set standards for what we should not do, not because of their qualities but because of their mistakes
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Why were there twelve Olympian gods?
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The ancient Greeks felt that for each aspect of their life, there should be a different god in charge
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The Sophocles playwright is about...
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The rise of the Classical Age
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The Euripides playwright is about...
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The decline of the Classical Age
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What is a psychopomp?
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A guide, whose primary function is to escort souls to the afterlife, but they can also serve as guides through the various transitions of life.
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Hermes was a...
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Psychopomp
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Where was the Theatre of Dionysus and the treasuries located?
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Delphi
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The Pythian Games were held at...
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Delphi
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Orchestra means...
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'Where the dance is held'
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The stage centre was...
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The orchestra
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Euripides lived from...
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480-406 BC
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Sophocles lived from...
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495-406 BC
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Apollo stood for the characteristics of...
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Control, discipline, and reason
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In particular, the area that Apollo stood for was...
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The arts
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