Mythology (CLAS 260)

CLAS 260 QUIZ 6_ Athens, Crete _ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 6.00 points out of 6.00 Match the following labor of Theseus with its location: Sciron Megara Sow Crommyon Periphetes Epidaurus Procrustes Erinus Sinis Corinth Cercyon Eleusis Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Sciron → Megara, Sow → Crommyon, Periphetes → Epidaurus, Procrustes → Erinus, Sinis → Corinth, Cercyon → Eleusis...

CLAS 260 QUIZ 5_ Herakles_ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 What was Heracles' first miraculous act? Select one: a. Winning the chariot race at Nemea. b. Strangling the two serpents sent by Hera to kill him. c. Killing his music teacher, the centaur Linus. d. Leading the Thebans against their old enemy, Erginus. e. Siring fifty sons by the fifty daughters of Thespius. Your answer is correct....

CLAS 260 QUIZ 4_ Creation, Demeter Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why is Prometheus punished by Zeus? Select one: a. Zeus feared that Prometheus would one day set the other Titans free. b. He hid the new-born god, Dionysus, who Zeus feared would overthrow him one day. c. He tried to rape Zeus' wife, Hera. d. He tricked Zeus twice, once in a sacrifice and another in giving fire to human beings. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is...

CLAS 260 QUIZ3 /CLAS260 WEEK 3TWELVE OLYMPIANS FALL 2020 - San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Though Apollo is the god of music, another god gave him his first lyre. Who was it? Select one: a. Pan b. Autolycus c. Hermes d. Zeus e. None of these Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Hermes Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why was Apollo born on the remote island of Delos? Select one: a. It was close to Ortygia, where Arte...

CLAS 260 QUIZ 4_ Creation, Demeter _ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why is Prometheus punished by Zeus? Select one: a. Zeus feared that Prometheus would one day set the other Titans free. b. He hid the new-born god, Dionysus, who Zeus feared would overthrow him one day. c. He tried to rape Zeus' wife, Hera. d. He tricked Zeus twice, once in a sacrifice and another in giving fire to human beings. ...

CLAS 260 QUIZ 3_ Twelve Olympians _ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Though Apollo is the god of music, another god gave him his first lyre. Who was it? Select one: a. Pan b. Autolycus c. Hermes d. Zeus e. None of these Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Hermes Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why was Apollo born on the remote island of Delos? ...

Introduction _Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University How far back does our earliest knowledge of Greek myths date? Select one: a. To before the introduction of writing and even farther back. b. To the time of Homer, in the 8th century B.C. c. To about the middle of the 4th century B.C., the time of Plato d. To the fall of Rome, about 1500 years ago. Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: To the time of Homer, in the 8th century B.C. Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out o...

CLAS 260 QUIZ 2_ Theogony_Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which of the following are not produced by Gaea? Select one: a. Cyclopes b. Eros c. Typhoeus d. Hecatonchires e. Ouranos Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Eros Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 According to the standard accounts, which two Titans were the parents of the first gods known as the Olympians? Select one: a. Gaea and Uranus b. Ocean...

CLAS260 QUIZ1 INTRODUCTION FALL 2020 - SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY How far back does our earliest knowledge of Greek myths date? Select one: a. To before the introduction of writing and even farther back. b. To the time of Homer, in the 8th century B.C. c. To about the middle of the 4th century B.C., the time of Plato d. To the fall of Rome, about 1500 years ago. Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: To the time of Homer, in the 8th century B.C. Question 2 Correct 1.00 p...

CLAS 260 FINAL EXAM_ Trojan War, Agamemnon, Odysseus _ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 How did Myrtilus sabotage Oenomaüs' chariot? Select one: a. He detached the reins to the horses. b. He sawed the spokes of the wheels halfway so they broke during the race. c. He undermined the chariot floor so that Oenomaüs fell through. d. He replaced the bronze linchpins with wax ones. The correct answer is: He replaced the bron...