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THE DERVENI THEOGONY: MANY QUESTIONS AND SOME ANSWERS* ALBERTO BERNABÉ I. PURPOSES I N 1962 NEAR A TOMB IN DERVENI, near Salonica, among the remains of a funeral pyre, a scroll of papyrus was found.1 It contained a curious text, an important part of which was devoted to the thorough commen tary of some verses attributed to Orpheus. The scroll dates from between 340 and 320 BC2 and the text it contains, from about 400 BC. The poem that is being commented on must be prior to 500...

CLAS 104 Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers which of the following did not aid Zeus in his struggle with Cronus and the Titans? A) the Hecatonchires B) Prometheus C) Themis D) Atlas - Correct Answer- D) Atlas what goddess does Hesoid invoke at the beginning of the Theogony?

Late Bronze age (Mycenaean Age)() - Mycenae takes over Crete, destroyed Knossos, and becomes central power in 1450. Early Dark Age(1250-900): - -Mycenae was destroyed, which resulted in cultural and literary decline. -Then mainland Greeks resettle in Ionia, Dorians take over. -1250 marks Trojan war. Late Dark Age (900-750): - -Population growth and new trade. -800-Greek alphabet, 776-First Olympic Games 700- Greeks settle in Magna Graecia, S. Italy (Siciliy) Archaic (750-480) - -Rise of ...

Ritual - A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - Founder of greek tragedy. Most famous play=Agamemno Euripides - 3 great tragedians of classical g...

Gilamesh's friend in whom he saw the mirror of himself - ANSWER Enkidu This God was dismembered by his brother and cast into a river. He was later reassembled and became lord of the underworld - ANSWER Osiris The name of the Goddess/wife who reassembles him was: - ANSWER Isis What is the title of Hesiod's book/poem on the beginnings and development of the gods and with which religion is it associated? - ANSWER Theogony - Greek These types of interpretations of religion explain the ...

which of the following did not aid Zeus in his struggle with Cronus and the Titans? A) the Hecatonchires B) Prometheus C) Themis D) Atlas - correct answer-D) Atlas what goddess does Hesoid invoke at the beginning of the Theogony? A) the fates B) the grace C) the muse D) the sirens - correct answer-C) Muse Why did Gaia punish Uranus? A) he killed their children as soon as they were born B) he refuse to lie with Gaia when she came to him C) he refused to allow their children to le...

"And then, lest he should leave the shades untried, dared to descend to Styx, passing the portal Men can Taenarian. Through the phantom dwellers, the buried ghosts, he passed, came to the king of that sad realm, and to Persephone, his consort, and he swept the strings, and chanted..." Identify the most likely story this passage is from - Orpheus and Eurydice A student is asked to compare our contemporary views on heroes to those of antiquity. Which of the following statements most aligns ...

CLC 106 Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers Ritual - Answer-A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Answer-Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Answer-Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Answer-Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Answer-Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - A...

CLC 106 Midterm Exam Questions with All Correct Answers A traditional pattern of action is a...? - Answer-Ritual Stories whose actors are ordinary people or animals...? - Answer-Folktale A story of the great deeds of humans, heroes, and heroines or the events of human past is a...? - Answer-Legend Traditional tales about gods and heroes is a...? - Answer-Myth A belief and the course of action that follows is...? - Answer-Religion Apollonius of Rhodes - Answer-Wrote the Argonautic...

CLAS 104 Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed which of the following did not aid Zeus in his struggle with Cronus and the Titans? A) the Hecatonchires B) Prometheus C) Themis D) Atlas D) Atlas what goddess does Hesoid invoke at the beginning of the Theogony? A) the fates B) the grace C) the muse D) the sirens C) Muse Why did Gaia punish Uranus? A) he killed their children as soon as they were born B) he refuse to lie with Gaia when she came to him C) he refused to allow their ch...