CLAS 104 Exam PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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CLAS 104
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CLAS 104
CLAS 104 Exam PASSED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
On what sort of study did Joseph Campbell base his understanding of the nature of myths? -
Correct Answer- comparative mythology
What was the most common way the ancient Greeks treated their myths when those myths
began to offend their ...
CLAS 104 Exam PASSED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
On what sort of study did Joseph Campbell base his understanding of the nature of myths? -
Correct Answer- comparative mythology
What was the most common way the ancient Greeks treated their myths when those myths
began to offend their sensibilities? - Correct Answer- allegorized them
What does the name "Prometheus" mean? - Correct Answer- foresight
What was the first known Greek civilization? - Correct Answer- Mycenaean
which one of the following Titans did not fight with their brothers and sisters in the
Titanomachy? - Correct Answer- oceanus
when did the historical fall of troy occur - Correct Answer- 1200 BC
According to Hesiod's Theogony, who was the mother of the goddess Athena? - Correct
Answer- Metis
Which one of the following ancient philosophers thought that the traditional myths corrupted
morality, such that he wrote new, philosophical myths. - Correct Answer- Plato
What approach did Euhemerus take to the ancient myths? - Correct Answer- The myths are
stories of ancient kings which were exaggerated over time until the kings became gods
What view of the creation of the world did Homer seem to have? - Correct Answer- The
world came about from the water deities Oceanus and Tethys
Which Roman writer wrote the epic account of the origins of Rome called the Aeneid? -
Correct Answer- Vergil
, Which ancient writer, author of the Metamorphoses, is the single most important Roman
source for classical mythology? - Correct Answer- Ovid
According to class lectures, which one of the following was NOT one of the primeval
elements in Hesiod's version of creation. - Correct Answer- Heaven, Ouranos
Who introduced the idea that dreams and myths were the projection of what he called the
"collective unconscious" based on archetypal characters and narrative patterns. - Correct
Answer- Carl Jung
What heavenly entity does the goddess Eos represent? - Correct Answer- Dawn
Which Greek author wrote at around the same time as Homer? - Correct Answer- Hesiod
What deity arose from the genitals of Ouranos? - Correct Answer- Aphrodite
Which one of the following ancient philosophers thought that mythology was more
philosophical than history and that mythology was based on a sense of wonder just like
philosophy? - Correct Answer- Aristotle
Who threatens the world order of Zeus in Ovid's Metamorphoses? - Correct Answer-
what important insight about the understanding of myth was put forward by Walter Burkert? -
Correct Answer- Myths are best understood as stories which develop over time to
accomodate changing cultural realities.
What were the stages of humanity, in order, according to Hesiod's Theogony? - Correct
Answer- Gold, Silver, Bronze, Heroes, Iron
In Ovid's version of the ages of humankind which seems to be the greatest evil which
corrupted the people of the Age of Iron? - Correct Answer- Mining of gold, which fostered
greed
In Greco-Roman myths of the underworld, what river do souls usually drink from before they
are reincarnated? - Correct Answer- Lethe
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