CLA 210 Test 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers
Myth Definition
A traditional story, typicaly involving supernatural beings or forces which gives an explanation for something
Major Elements of a Myth
-An eatiological story
-supernatural or luminal characters
-culturals and universal s...
CLA 210 Test 1 Study Guide Questions
and Answers
Myth Definition - answer A traditional story, typicaly involving supernatural beings or
forces which gives an explanation for something
Major Elements of a Myth - answer -An eatiological story
-supernatural or luminal characters
-culturals and universal symbols
Divine Myth - answer stories about gods
Legends - answer Stories about human heroes
Folktales - answer Stories about ordinary people never intended to be true...motifs
Main Points in Greek Civilizatoin - answer -Micenean and Minoan
-Dark Age
-Archaic period
-Classical period
-Hellenistic Period
Linear A - answer -Records of Minoan Language
-not related to Greece; not decifered
Linear B - answer -Script in a form of proto-greek language
-mostly deciphered
Dark Age - answer -no written record
-Mucenare destroyed by invaders
-Dorians take over Greece
-Greeks begin settling in Magna Grecia
Archaic Period - answer -rise of city states
-Sparta shit happens
-Roman Monarchy
-Republic period starts a the end of this
Classical Period - answer -Rise of culture and literature
-myths are traded between cultures
Hellenistic Period - answer -Death of Alexander the Great
-Greeks begin adopting Roman culture
, -latin translation of greek stories
Who were the first 4 Creation Gods - answer Chaos, Gaea, Tratarus, Eros
What was Gaea? - answer mother earth
What was Tartarus? - answer The underworld
What was Eros? - answer sexual attraction
Who are the Titans? - answer offspring of Uranus and Gaea
Hyperion Identity - answer Original Sun God
Helios - answer Son of Hyperion, he tries to ride the chariot and fail miserably
Selene - answer Daughter of Hyperion, Moon goddess, rapes man while asleep by
Zeus
Eos - answer Daughter of Hyperion, Goddess of Dawn, her immortal boyfriend
turned into cicada
How was Aphrodite Born? - answer From the semen that fell in the ocean after
Cronus castrated Uranus to overthrow him as a request of Gaea.
What does Aphrodite's burth represent? - answer irresistable and destructive force of
sexual attraction
What was Cronus' reaction to his prophecy of being overthrown by his offspring -
answer He swallows all his kids but they trick him into swallowing a rock instead of
Zeus. He eventually vomits them back up and they are the Olympians.
Who was the primary source of the creation story? - answer Heseoid?
What role did Iapetus play in Uranus's castration? - answer Iapetus, and some other
Titans, held Uranus up and "bound" him while Cronus castrated him
Who are Iapetu's Children? - answer Atlas, Prometheus, Epimethios, Menoitius
What was Prometheus known for? - answer -protetor of humans
-trickster
-champion of the people
How does Prometheus show his trickster personality - answer deceives Zeus by
making him pick the "meat" but it's really bones, so the humans end up getting the real
meat. This is also why we sacrifice meat traditionally.
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