Women in the Ancient World - GCSE Classical Civilisation OCR Questions & Answers
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Why was Pandora created? - ANSWERSShe was created to punish man for accepting Prometheus's gift of fire to them.
Who narrates the story? - ANSWERSHesiod, in 'Works and Days'
What is Hephaestus the god of? - ANSWERSForge and craftsmanship
What does Pandora translate to? - ANSWERS'All gifts'...
Women in the Ancient World - GCSE
Classical Civilisation OCR Questions &
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Why was Pandora created? - ANSWERSShe was created to punish man for accepting
Prometheus's gift of fire to them.
Who narrates the story? - ANSWERSHesiod, in 'Works and Days'
What is Hephaestus the god of? - ANSWERSForge and craftsmanship
What does Pandora translate to? - ANSWERS'All gifts'
What did Athena give Pandora? - ANSWERSMade her look attractive.
What did Hermes give Pandora? - ANSWERSThievish nature and crafty words
Who was she the bride to? - ANSWERSThe Titan Epimetheus
What did Pandora bring to earth? - ANSWERSPithos (jar)
What alternate thing does Pandora bring to earth? - ANSWERSA pyxis (box)
What positive thing did Zeus leave in the jar? - ANSWERSHope
What does didactic mean? - ANSWERSSomething that is meant to teach or instruct
Who were Helen's parents? - ANSWERSZeus and Leda (wife of Tyndareus, king of
Sparta)
What did Tyndareus make Helen's suitors do? - ANSWERSSwear an oath that they
would go against anyone who threatened the marriage that Helen would be in
Who did Helen choose as a husband? - ANSWERSMenelaus
What position was Menelaus - ANSWERSPrince of Mycenae
Who was Helen's daughter? - ANSWERSHermoine
What position was Paris? - ANSWERSPrince of Troy
,Which goddess supported Paris? - ANSWERSAphrodite, he was one of her favourite
mortals.
What gift had Aphrodite promised? - ANSWERSThe most beautiful woman in the world
What are the interpretations of Helen's story? - ANSWERS-Went willingly with Paris to
Troy
-He kidnapped her
-She hid in Egypt was Paris kidnapped a ghost Helen made by Hera
Who wanted Paris to marry Helen - ANSWERSTheoclymenus
What did Helen cause? - ANSWERSThe Trojan war
Who was the founder of Rome? - ANSWERSRomulus
Who mainly lived in early Rome? - ANSWERSRefugees, criminals - MEN!
Why were the Sabines in Rome? - ANSWERSRomulus has invited them for a big
celebration - religious festival
What does 'patrician' mean? - ANSWERSRome's elite/noble class
Who took most of the Sabine Women? - ANSWERSPatricians of Rome
What citizens were the Sabines now? - ANSWERSRoman
What does Livy's interpretation tell us? - ANSWERSThat vanity was the easiest way to
win over a woman
Who was Tarpeia? - ANSWERSDaughter of the general Spurius Tarpeuis
Why was she outside the city - ANSWERSCollecting water
Who bribed Tarpeia? - ANSWERSKing Tatinus
Who killed Tarpeia? - ANSWERSThe Sabines (King Tatinus)
What did Tarpeia offer the Sabines? - ANSWERSWould let them for what they had 'on
their arms'
What was Tarpeia labelled as by the Romans? - ANSWERSA traitor
How did the Romans and Sabines establish peace? - ANSWERSBoth joined together
since Sabines were happy with their Roman husbands.
, What type of woman was Lucretia? - ANSWERSPatrician
Who was Lucretia married to? - ANSWERSCollatinus
What were the men doing in the Lucretia story? - ANSWERSDinner party - decided they
would compete to find the most 'virtuous' wife.
What is Lucretia doing when the men come to her house? - ANSWERSWeaving long
into the night.
Who was so aroused by her weaving? - ANSWERSSextus Taquinius Suberbus
Who was Sextus the son of? - ANSWERSPriscus
What did Sextus do? - ANSWERSForced her to sleep with him or he would ruin her
reputation
What did she do as a responce? - ANSWERSSlept with him but killed herself out of
shame
What is pudicitia? - ANSWERSRoman idea of sexual modesty shown through a
womans chastity or fidelity to her husband.
What was Lucretia's actions an example of? - ANSWERSExcellent female behaviour.
What did the poet Ovid describe Lucretia as? - ANSWERS'matrona with a manly spirit.'
What action of Lucretia's was more manly? - ANSWERSShe used a knife as a way of
dying - very masculine, most women used poison/hanged themselves
What is a kyrios? - ANSWERSThe male head of the Greek household, with
responsibility for and authority over his wife, children and any unmarried female
relatives.
What is exposure? - ANSWERSThe ancient practice of leaving an unwanted baby
outside the city to die.
What is a dowry? - ANSWERSThe money that the wife brings to her husband when
they get married.
Who had control over if the baby was exposed or not? - ANSWERSThe kyrios/the
paterfamilias
What type of education system did Athens have? - ANSWERSNo state education
system
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