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Undergraduate 1
04/09/2014

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During w/ time period did hero cults start to become prevalent in Greece?

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Archaic

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How did Palaephatus explain the origin of myths?

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they resulted from linguistic misunderstanding

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W/ god helped Hector kill Patroklos?

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Apollo

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W/ are the 2 basic ways of defining a hero in ancient Greece?

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hero of cult

 

hero of myth (ex. Homeric epics)

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In Iliad Book 22 which god helps Achilles to defeat Hector?

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Athena

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In Iliad Book 22 w/ do Hector's words to Achilles "I will become the anger of the gods" mean?

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Achilles disrespect of Hector's body will lead to Achilles' death

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In Iliad Book 24, why does Zeus agree that the body of Hector should be ransomed?

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Hector always performed proper sacrifices to the gods

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W/ is an etiology?

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mythological explanation of the cause of the state of affairs (ex. ritual,historical fact)

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Who invented the theory of allegory?

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Theagenes

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Autochthony

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birth from the earth

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Which politician reorganized the Athenian state in 508/7 BC?

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Cleisthenes

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Heroon

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grave site of a hero

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To w/ time period did Moses Finley date the social history of the Homeric Epics?

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Dark Age

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Which god represents an ephebe?

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Apollo

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kurios

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legal guardian

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Which god has a particular connection to the island of Lemnos?

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Hephaistos

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Why does Artemis leave Hippolytus at the end of Euripides' Hippolytus?

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a god should not witness/be tained by death

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Which god attempts to reconcile Hera and Zeus in Iliad Book 1?

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Hephaistos

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W/ is ring composition?

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Formulaic/thematic paralell btwn the beginning and end of a literary work 

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In the Epic Cycle name 1 crime committed by the Greeks during the sack of Troy?

Definition

murder of Priam at an altar

 

 

rape of Cassandra

 

 

murder of Astyanax

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Which god rescues Paris in the duel in Iliad Book 3?

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Aphrodite

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W/ is dactylic hexameter?

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the metre of epic poetry

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Give an example of an epithet-noun combo in the Iliad

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swift-footed Achilles

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Give an example of a scene in Book 1 that is paralleled in Book 24

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meeting of Thetis and Zeus

 

 

divine assembly

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W/ ethical bond did the grandfathers of Glaukos and Diomedes share, a bond which they choose to continue in Iliad Book 6?

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Xenia

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Name one way in which the democracy in Athens was more democratic than what we now understand by the term

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Citizens could vote directly in matters of politics and ethics

 

 

 

Government offices were chosen randomly

 

 

 

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In the events of the Epic Cycle who is awarded the armor of Achilles after his death?

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Odysseus

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In w/ time period did the Greeks adopt the Phoenician alphabet?

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Archaic

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Name on way in which democracy in Athens was less democratic than w/ we now understand by the term

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Limited Franchise: women and slaves had no say in political matters

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At which festival were tragedies typically performed in Athens

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City Dionysia

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What ethical principle does Thetis make use of when she calls on Zeus' aid in Book 1

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philia

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In Iliad Book 6 w/ reason does Helen suggest for why Zeus started the war in Troy?

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to give glory to the people fighting

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In Iliad Book 9, w/ detail does Odysseus leave out when passing along Agamemnon's offer to Achilles?

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That Achilles should respect Agamemnon as the greater king

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ate

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divine blindness

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Who usurped the rightful throne of Iolcus from Jason?

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Pelias

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Name a hero who joined Jason on his quest for the golden fleece

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Heracles

 

Castor

 

Polydeuces

 

Orpheus

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By the end of Iliad Book 9 when does Achilles say he will return to battle?

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When the battle has reached the ships

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W/ is the dominant dialect of the Homeric poems?

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Ionian

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In the Epic Cycle who comes up w/ the idea for the wooden horse?

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Odysseus inspired by Athena

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In w/ time period did the Greeks lose the technology of writing?

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Dark Age

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Aristeia

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feats of excellence

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Who excavated the site of Troy?

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Schliemann

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Who reviews the troops from the top of the walls of Troy in Iliad Book 3?

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Helen

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Who helps Priam enter the Greek camp in Book 24?

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Hermes

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Who came up with the charter theory?

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Malinowski

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W/ do Glaukos and Diomedes trade in Iliad Book 6 as a sign of their bond of xenia?
Definition
armor
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According to psychoanalysis name one of the ways by which dreams distort reality
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condensation

 

displacement

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Burkert's def of a myth
Definition
-a myth is a trad tale that has collective importance for the society that employs it
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Who postulated the existence of a "collective unconscious"?
Definition
Jung
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Who physically prevents Achilles from killing Agamemnon in Iliad Book 1?
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Athena

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What was the Delian League?
Definition
-collection of Greek city-states including Athens that defeated the Persians in the Persian war
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one who "stitches together poetry" is a ....
Definition
rhapsode
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W/ item of Achilles' gear does Patroklos not use?
Definition
spear
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in Iliad Book 18, why does Hephaistos agree to make new armor for Achilles?
Definition
Thetis tended to him when he was thrown out of mount olympus and was made lame
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In Book 22, what physical gesture does Hekabe make to Hector to try to get him to come inside the walls of the city?
Definition
Bears her breasts
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W/ is supplication?
Definition
-formal religious act of abasing oneself before another in order to gain aid
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Name one of the female figures who attempt to keep Hector from battle in Iliad Book 6
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Helen

 

Hekabe

 

Andromache

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In Iliad Book 6 Hector's _______ frightens his baby son Astyanax, an action that symbolizes the child's future death due to that war
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helmet
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In Iliad Book 9, which member of the embassy is a father-figure to Achilles?
Definition
Phoinix
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In Iliad Book 9 what is Achilles doing when the embassy arrives at his tent?
Definition
-singing the famous deeds of men
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In Iliad Book 9, which member of the embassy to Achilles convinces him not to leave immediately?
Definition
Ajax
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Sarpedon is the son of which god?
Definition
Zeus
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In Book 18 of the Iliad, who creates a set of armor for Achilles?
Definition
Hephaistos
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What does the term ecphrasis mean?
Definition
detailed literary description of an object
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The scene of the trial on Achilles' shield in Book 18 recalls whose words in Book 9?
Definition
Ajax
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In Iliad Book 22, when Zeus contemplates saving Hector from his fate, how does Athena's response convince him not to?
Definition
Athena says that Zeus should think what the other gods would think/do if he saves Hector
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