Mythology Multiple Choice Exam 4

Ovid's works include

A handbook on having affairs, including the best places in Rome to have illicit sex

Which one of the following is not one of Duffy's interpretations of women in myth?

According to Duffy, Medusa turns men to stone for fun

What are Duffy's interpretations of women in myth?

According to Duffy, Pygmalion's statue wants to remain a statue so she doesn't have to interact with him. According to Duffy, Pygmalion's statue/bride must fake sexual satisfaction. According to Duffy, Eurydice actually wants to rem

Which of the following is FALSE based on your reading of the introduction to Aeneas' Escape from Troy in Trzaskoma?

Aeneas flees the city with just his wife and the Penates

In Black Orpheus: An International View of 'Authentic' Brazil, the author claims that:

All the above Black Orpheus is based on a play, Orfeu da Conceição, by the Brazilian writer Vinicius de Moraes, though Moraes denounced the film for not adhering to his work. the film created a stereotyped image of Brazil. Cinema Novo movement rejected Black Orpheus because it did not show the day-to-day difficulties of living in a favela some later critics of the film note that Black Orpheus does not explore racial or political identity

Which of the following were part of ancient approaches to the historicity of the Trojan War?

All the above Calculating the size of the Greek fleet and its potential for conquering Troy Attempted to explain away elements of Homer's account as poetic license or misremembered history Placing a firm chronological date for the Trojan War

Philomela express anguish over

All the above Losing her virginity to Tereus Betraying her own sister by sleeping with her husband Continuing to live after her rape Having no shame

Based on your reading of Theoi.com, which of the following is TRUE of the zodiac sign Taurus?

All the above Orion is linked with bull because he is said to be chasing the Pleiades Taurus is linked with the myth of Io and Zeus because Io was said to have been turned into a bull Taurus is linked with the myth of Europa and Zeus because it is said that Zeus turned himself into a bull to seduce Europa

Which of the following is TRUE based on your reading on President Obama on 'Black Orpheus' in Array?

All the above The author uses excerpts from President Obama's 'Dreams from My Father' to demonstrate President Obama's opinion of the movie Black Orpheus Obama did not like Black Orpheus because of its depiction of childlike blacks. The fact that his white mother liked the movie Black Orpheus was a source of embarrassment and soul-searching for Obama

What is true of Troy in the Iliad?

All the above Trojans have the same gods and language as the Achaeans Troy is a large city with enormous walls and is "well-towered" It was located close to the sea and was surrounded by a large plain

*Modern audiences have interpreted Ovid as

All the above: A proto-feminist who sympathizes with oppressed women A misogynist who romanticizes sexual violence A political dissident using rape to represent his own persecuti

What does Buxton say about the 'equivalences' between Greek and Roman divinities?

All the above: The equivalences between Greek and Roman gods was the Romans way of establishing connection between their religion and that of the Greeks The equivalences are evident as early as the 6th century BC The equivalences between Greek and Roman gods did not necessarily mean that the significance of the Greek god was that same as the Roman

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Begins with the creation of the world and details the Ages of Man Is written in Latin

In Black Film Classics: Black Orpheus, Natia Steans claims that:

Black Orpheus is about two star-crossed lovers who cross every obstacle, including death, to be together. Black Orpheus shows the spirit and determination of people of African descent to rise above their circumstances.

In the article Black Orpheus: Dancing in the Streets, Michael Atkinson DOES NOT claims that:

Black Orpheus should be understood simple as a white-man's romanticized vision of poor brown third-worlders

In the article Black Orpheus: Dancing in the Streets, Michael Atkinson claims that:

Camus does not make a big deal about the mythological parallels. Black Orpheus should be understood in the context of the Brazilian Carnival

Which of the following is TRUE of the Zodiac in Eratosthenes, Constellation Myths?

Cancer the Crab was placed in the sky by Hera to reward it for standing against Herakles

True or False, Eratosthenes descriptions of the constellations reveals that the stars in a constellation were counted and that he includes all of the same zodiac signs found in the modern zodiac.

False

True or False, based on your reading of Theoi.com, each of Heracles' twelve labors is linked to a constellation in the zodiac.

False

True or False, the Greeks were the first people to recognize the constellations, which is why we still use the names they ascribed to these groups of stars

False

True or False, the appropriation and reworking Greek myth ended with the rise of Christianity in the Roman empire.

False

True or False, unlike Herodotus, Thucydides did not believe that mythological figures such as Agamemnon and Eurystheus ever existed.

False

Which is FALSE in respect to Fulgentius' Myth?

Fulgentius' Myth is an example of how Greek myth was considered useless pagan stories by Christians. Fulgentius uses the Greek myth of Athena (Minerva) and Hephaestus (Vulcan) to explain why pagan gods were lustful and hateful demons. Fulgentus clearly uses Cornutus' interpretation of Dionysus (see pp. 90-91) to explain why intoxication is dangerous.

Based on your reading, which of the following is TRUE in respect to Fulgentius' Myth?

Fulgentius' approach to myth is similar to Cornutus' approach because both authors interpret Greek myth via allegory and etymology.

Give the order of events in your reading of Aeneas escape from Troy.

Hector tells Aeneas to flee Troy and take the Penates with him--> First Aeneas and his men take the armor and weapons of fallen Greeks to conceal that they were Trojans--> Second Priam puts on armor to fight against the invading Greeks--> Third

Based on your reading, which of the following is FALSE concerning Horace's Odes?

In Ode 3.11, Horace encourages a woman named Lyde to follow the examples of Danaus' daughters

Ovid's Metamorphoses was written

In the Roman, early Imperial period (ca. 3-8 CE)

Which is False about Ovid's Metamorphoses?

It contains stories only about love and rape

Which of the following is FALSE in Eratosthenes, Constellation Myths?

Leon (Leo the Lion) was put in the heavens by Herakles to memorialize his victory over the Nemean Lion Artemis placed Scorpio in the sky to that everyone would be aware of her hatred for Orion Eratosthenes states that Toxotes (Sagittarius) is Chiron the Centaur rather than Crotos the Satyr

According to Theoi.com, the 'Hare' constellation which Orion pursues in the heavens is called:

Lepus

Based on your reading of Theoi.com, which of the following is False concerning the constellation Orion?

None of the above It was recognized as representing the True Shepherd Anu in Sumerian and Akkadian cultures Orion was killed by Artemis (or Gaea) for boasting that he would kill all the animals on the earth The scorpion was also placed amongst the stars and continued to plague him, for as it rose in the east, Orion fled beneath the horizon in the west. In Greek myth, Orion is a giant hunter

Based on your reading of the Revolution of the Constellations inTheoi.com, which of the following is FALSE?

None of the above Orion was also described by Homer both striding across the heavens and hunting wild beasts in the underworld. The Titan Atlas, who stood either beneath the axis of heaven in the far north (in the land of the Hyperboreans), or at heaven's western rim in by the Atlas mountains in North Africa, was said to spin the dome around upon his shoulders, causing the stars to rise and set.. The most important of the heliacal risings were those of the twelve constellations of the zodiac.

Which of the following is FALSE based on the introduction to the Aeneid in Trzaskoma?

None of the above is false The Aeneid is a Roman epic poem written in Latin It has been argued that August urged Virgil to write the Aeneid to legitimize his reign Virgil relies heavily on Greek myth to compose this poem Both Julius Caesar and his adopted son, Augustus, traced their family name Julius back to Aeneas' son, Iulus.

Which of the following is False based on your reading of the History of the Britons?

None of the above: Brutus was the name of the son of Ascanias Brutus was expelled from Italy after he accidentally shot his father with an arrow It was foretold that Brutus would become the most valiant of the Italians, and the most beloved of all men Brutus filled the Isle of Britannia with his own descendants

Based on your reading, which of the following statements is FALSE concerning Cornutus' Compendium of the Traditions of Greek Theology?

None of the above: It was written Greek Through the use of allegory and etymology, Cornutus connects Stoic theories of the elements with the relationship between Zeus, Hera, and Rhea. Cornutus uses the myth of Athena's birth from Zeus' head to explain the location of the Stoic concept of providence (pronoia). He explains the thyrsus of Dionysos as representing the need for a device to support oneself after having drunk a lot of wine.

Which of the following is TRUE based on the introduction to 'Aeneas Goes to the Underworld' in your readings?

Odysseus' visit to the underworld in Homer's Odyssey is Virgil's model Aeneas is guided through the underworld by the Sibyl The Sibyl helped Aeneas get the Golden Bough Virgil has incorporated philosophical ideas about death and the underworld into his account of the underworld. Virgil divides the underworld into three sections

According to reading in Buxton, which of the following is TRUE?

Orpheus' mother is one of the Muses, and his father is Apollo

Which of the following Latin authors was of greatest importance to the European retelling of myth thanks to his fifteen-book epic, entitled Metamorphoses?

Ovid

Which of the following statements is false?

Procne and Philomela compete to marry Tereus

Which is true?

Pygmalion hates women's vices. Pygmalion hates women'. Pygmalion prays for a wife just like his statue. Venus blesses Pygmalion.

Which of these statements is false?

Pygmalion turns his wife into a statue so that he can control her.

Which is true?

Tereus marries Procne, a princess Tereus retrieves Philomela from her father, Pandi Tereus and Procne have a child

Ovid's works do not include:

The World's Wife The Aeneid Moral reform laws

Which of the following is TRUE based on your reading of the introduction to Aeneas' Escape from Troy in Trzaskoma?

The second book of the Aeneid is the earliest surviving full account of the Trojan Horse and the sack of Troy. The fact that Aeneas was fated to survive the destruction of Troy was mentioned as early as Homer's Iliad Vergil emphasizes the heroic nature of Aeneas fighting desperately to save the city Aeneas recount the story of the fall of Troy to Dido. Dido kills herself after Aeneas abandons her

Which are TRUE concerning Horace's Odes?

They were written in Latin during the 1st century BC Like Greek lyric poetry, Horace's Odes often make a Greek mythological figure the central theme of the poem In Ode 2.19, Horace employs Greek myths about Dionysus to explain the character of Bacchus Ode 1.1 is based on a Greek hymn to Hermes by Areas and this Ode integrates important Greek myths surrounding Hermes

In Virgil's description of Tartarus, mortals are punished for hating their brothers, beating their parents, cheating a dependent, and being stingy with their inheritance.

True

TRUE or FALSE, based on your reading of Eratosthenes' Constellation Myths, the extant text contains forty-two short accounts of constellations and the myths behind them, as well as three others on the five planets and the Milky Way.

True

True or False, Aeneas finds his dead father Anchises in the Blessed Groves near the river Lethe

True

True or False, Buxton suggests that the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice is similar to other myths in that it speaks to the bond between husband and wife being tested by death.

True

True or False, Herodotus rationalizes Greek myths and uses 'Homer' as a source for historical information.

True

True or False, Herodotus states that Persian storytellers attribute the origin of the Persian War to a series of wrongs beginning with the abduction of Io, followed by Europa, Medeia, and Helen.

True

True or False, according to Buxton, the terracotta representation of Athena and Herakles dating to 6th century BC provides the earliest evidence of Rome's encounter with Greek myth.

True

True or False, in Virgil's description of Underworld, Limbo was the place where Aeneas found the soul Dido

True

True or False, the disappearance of the constellations Orion and Gemini in the night sky is explained through myth as their presence in the underworld during this time.

True

True or False, the shifting perspective of the Trojan war in the Classical period can be observed in Herodotus putting the Trojan War in the context of Greeks versus non-Greeks from the East.

True

True or False, the work of Heinrich Schliemann and his collaborator Wilhelm Dörpfeld began the modern project of linking Troy to a large ancient city, Hirsarlik, located modern-day Turkey.

True

True or False? Carol Ann Duffy is a modern poet who re-interprets myths from a female perspective.

True

Which of the following Roman authors wrote an epic poem much like Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, which details the heroic foundation of Rome through the figure of Trojan hero named Aeneas?

Virgil

Which of the following is TRUE based on your reading on Virgil (Buxton pp. 220-223)

Virgil was closely associated with the new regime of Augustus Virgil invents an idyllic pastoral Arcadia for his Eclogues Virgil's Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas from his escape from Troy to the moment when the Trojans unite with the people of Latium The Aeneid should be viewed against the backdrop of the newly established Augustan regime.

Philomela seeks justice by

Weaving her story into a tapestry to send to her sister Seeking blood vengeance through the murder of Itys

How does Philomela NOT seek justice?

Writing a song to her sister about her rape Reporting the rape to local authorities