Myth notes
When do we date the earliest written version of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
2100-2000 BCE
When was Homer alive?
9th/8th century
What does Lykaeon serve up to Zeus?
A stew made of human flesh
Mircea Eliade is an example of:
An essentialist theorist
Which deities existed first according to Enuma Elish?
Apsu and Tiamat. and tiamat is always portrayed as being quarrelsome
The Greek goddess of wisdom is
Athena
How do Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulate the earth?
By casting stones behind them in order to seed the earth.
Because of what happened to Enkidu, Gilgamesh is afraid of
Death
Who attended Aphrodite as she emerged from the waves?
Eros and Desire
Who thought that the gods had originally been mortal humans?
Euhemerus
Why did Gaia punish Ouranos?
He refused to allow their children to leave the womb.
What did Socrates think about the myth of Boreas and Oreithyia?
He thought it might be based on a metaphor
Paratactic composition in oral storytelling is
OK, because the audience doesn't expect logical connectives
Mythical figures who were NOT historical characters include?
Odysseus
Who persuades Achilles to join the expedition to get Helen back?
Odysseus
Changing shape is a motif in all of the stories in
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Which of the following is not a myth?
Plato's "Phaedrus.
How would you describe the tone of the Ugandan myth of Kintu?
Playful and magical.
Who gets blamed for the war between Marduk and Tiamat?
Quingu
The most complete preserved version of Enuma Elish dates from:
The 7th century BCE
Which of the following is not an example of a trickster figure?
The hundred-handers in Apollodorus' Library
What is mythology?
The study of myth & The body of myths told by a particular culture
What is 'Euhemerism'?
The theory according to which the gods were once mortals who became divine after death
Zeus ate Athena's mother because:
Their child would overthrow Zeus
Why are urban legends are important to students of mythology?
They emphasize themes and issues that concern humans.
What does 'cuneiform' mean?
Wedge shaped
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Priestly author of the Book of Genesis?
an immanent god
What is a daimon?
an intermediate being between gods and humans
The story of Odysseus' encounter with Aeolus, the god or king of the winds, represents the?
cosmological insights of myth
According to Hesiod, what does Kronos do to his father Ouranos?
evirates him
Which age is not mentioned by Ovid?
heroes
What is Greek myth?
impossible to define
What does 'hermeneutic' mean?
interpretative
What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between rivers
What does the Pandora myth tell us about Greek society?
men were highly prejudiced against women
What is the meaning of the word 'chaos' in Ovid's Metamorphoses?
mess, a chaotic mass of scumbled elements
How are the Giants born?
out of the blood of ouranous
Which of the following elements or characteristics does not necessarily characterize an epic?
remote antiquity
Ovid lived and wrote in
rome
Hesiod's explanation of the creation of humans
shows that he sees women as a great evil
Which of the following does Deucalion use to recreate the human race?
stones
What do we mean by 'chronological gap' in the classical periods of Greece and Rome?
that the Greek classical period occurred centuries before the Roman classical period
An ancient story that emphasizes the ongoing conflict of nature and civilization is?
the Epic of Gilgamesh
What creatures were born out of the drops of Ouranos' blood as they fell on Earth?
the Furies/Erinyes
One factor likely to influence a (written) literary myth is that
the author may shape characters and stories to fit artistic goals
The Iliad is a traditional poem that narrates
the last ten years of battle between Greeks and Trojans
What does Aphrodite offer Paris if he will declare her the winner of the beauty contest?
the most beautiful woman in the world
Who came out victorious in the Titanomachy?
the olympians
The Library of Greek Mythology starts with
the theogony, in the 2nd or 1st century
Which element is the most important in Enuma Elish?
water
Which of the following is a translation of Enuma Elish?
when on high
How were men punished for the knowledge of fire according to Hesiod?
with women
Who are the parents of the Muses?
zeus and mnemysome
