Midterm #2 Exam Type A

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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


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