Midterm #2 Exam Type A
What feature do all the Homeric Hymns share in common?
all focus on one god or goddess
What do Apollo, Hermes, and Dionysus have in common?
all have beards
What do Io, Castillo, Europa, and Ganymede have in common?
all raped/seduced by Zeus
What goddess is associated primarily with animals and hunting?
Artemis
Arachne offends the god/goddess _____ by boasting about her skill in weaving.
Athena
Kore ("maiden") is a common nickname for _____?
Athena
Whom does Zeus make into a wolf as a result of violent and arrogant behavior?
Lycaon
What trick does Hermes use when stealing Apollo's cattle?
Makes them walk backwards
Which of these authors come from a Roman background & uses Roman names of the gods?
Ovid
How does Hera punish Leto in the beginning of the Homeric Hymns to Apollo?
Prevents her from birthing child
Which title of Apollo is most closely associated with Delphi an the monstrous serpent that used to live there?
Pythian
The Parthenon temple was dedicated to which god/goddess? a. Hermes b. Athena c. Apollo d. Demeter
b. Athena
According to Ovid, the final/modern race of men were born from _____?
stones
In which Homeric Hymns does a god / goddess transform into a dolphin to recruit human followers?
to Apollo
At the end of her story, Niobe is turned into a ____?
tree/orchard
Who is assigned by Hera to guard Io?
Argus
How did Hephaestus acquire his limp?
Accident from forging metal
Who was the god / goddess of lust and sexual attraction?
Aphrodite
What are maenads?
Crazed female followers of Dionysus
Who was the god of messengers, businessmen, and thieves?
Dionysus
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter contains an aetiological myth explaining what rituals?
Eleusinian Mysteries
In Ovid's account of Pyrrha & Deucalion, how does Zeus punish the human race?
Floods earth
Who abducted Persephone?
Hades
Which of these best explains the motives behind Dionysus' actions in Bacchae?
He's angry because Thebans don't honor him as god
The Romans called her Juno; the Greeks called her ___?
Hera
What's the Greek name of the Roman god / goddess Minerva?
Hera
Who is the goddess of the hearth?
Hera
What god/goddess puts a human baby in a fire to make him immortal?
Hermes
Which two gods below are Hades' brothers?
Zeus & Poseidon
What is the tone of the Homeric Hymns to Hermes?
comic/funny
Define nemesis
divine punishment
What genre is Ovid's Metamorphoses?
epic
What is the most common attitude/emotion the other gods show towards Ares?
hatred
In the Homeric Hymns to Aphrodite, the myths of Ganymede & Zeus and Tithonos & Eos are told as a warning to Anchises that he should NOT crave/desire ____?
sex
Delos is most famous for being ____?
site of Apollos birth
