CLA 210 NCSU Exam 1 (Heinen) Questions
with Verified Correct Detailed Answers
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Prometheus --- correct precise answers ----Titan
-god of forethought
-entrusted with molding mankind, stole fire for men
Epimetheus --- correct precise answers ----Titian
-God of afterthought
-created all the animals and gave each one a specific gift but did not
leave a gift for man. Accepts Pandora.
Menemosyne --- correct precise answers ----goddess of memory
-supply children of Zeus (9 muses- history, poetry, music, tagedy, etc.)
Hyperion --- correct precise answers ----"he who goes above"
-sun-god
-titan
-father to Helios (sun), Selene (moon), Eos (dawn)
,Helios --- correct precise answers ----sun god
-grants 1 wish to his son, Phaethon, (asked to be allowed to drive sun
chariot but loses control and sets world on fire) why Libya is a desert
Selene --- correct precise answers ----Moon Goddess
-Falls in love with shepherd named Endymion.
-Has Zeus make Endymion sleep for a long time while she has 50
daughters with his sleeping body
Eos --- correct precise answers ----Goddess of the dawn. -Many love
affairs.
-Encounters Tohonus (trojan prince morta), asks Zeus to make him
immortal... he does but keeps aging and turns into cicada/cricket
Who Zeus battles in Titanomachy --- correct precise answers ----
Cronus
-Typhoeus
-Battle of giants
-titans
,Big monsters in Titanomachy --- correct precise answers ----Typhoeus
-Giants?
Fate of Titans --- correct precise answers ----helped by 3
hectanochires
-Zeus casts them into black distant
Tarturus (in Titanomachy) --- correct precise answers ----Atlas given
punishment to hold up sky
-3 brothers divided world amongst themselves: Zeus (heaven),
Poseidon (sea), Hades (underworld)
How Zeus defeats succession myth --- correct precise answers ----
Zeus marries Metis (cleverness) and swallows her when pregnant
-Later his head hurts and is cracked open by Hephaestus in which
Athena pops out.
-Secures place by performing both female and male roles... therefore
constant successions
Themes in Creation --- correct precise answers ----Zeus and Cronos:
tricksters
-Cronos & Uranos: ogres
, -Dragons: ancient guardians
-Family conflict
-Power moves from female to male & attempts to reclaim power result
badly
-Female presence is constant
Athena (Minerva)
Virgin Goddess --- correct precise answers ---- Born from the head of
Zeus
-Goddess of War (controlled/manipulated)
-Icons: Owls, snakes, body armor, craft work (weaving)
-Epithets: Pallas (maiden/weapon), Gluaukopis (owl/grey eyed),
Pathenos (maiden), Aegiophora
-Story:
1.) Held a competition with Poseidon to be protector of Athens.
Poseidon created salt spring, Athena created first olive tree.
2.) Arachne boasted that her weaving skills were equal to Athena's.
Athena disguises herself as old woman, giving Arachne a chance to
apologize. Arachne talks shit. Athena reveals herself after weaving
contest and the prideful Arachne accepts her fate and is turned into a
spider, forever hanging. Ovid Story.
-Location: Parthenon
with Verified Correct Detailed Answers
Passed A+ Latest Update 2025
Prometheus --- correct precise answers ----Titan
-god of forethought
-entrusted with molding mankind, stole fire for men
Epimetheus --- correct precise answers ----Titian
-God of afterthought
-created all the animals and gave each one a specific gift but did not
leave a gift for man. Accepts Pandora.
Menemosyne --- correct precise answers ----goddess of memory
-supply children of Zeus (9 muses- history, poetry, music, tagedy, etc.)
Hyperion --- correct precise answers ----"he who goes above"
-sun-god
-titan
-father to Helios (sun), Selene (moon), Eos (dawn)
,Helios --- correct precise answers ----sun god
-grants 1 wish to his son, Phaethon, (asked to be allowed to drive sun
chariot but loses control and sets world on fire) why Libya is a desert
Selene --- correct precise answers ----Moon Goddess
-Falls in love with shepherd named Endymion.
-Has Zeus make Endymion sleep for a long time while she has 50
daughters with his sleeping body
Eos --- correct precise answers ----Goddess of the dawn. -Many love
affairs.
-Encounters Tohonus (trojan prince morta), asks Zeus to make him
immortal... he does but keeps aging and turns into cicada/cricket
Who Zeus battles in Titanomachy --- correct precise answers ----
Cronus
-Typhoeus
-Battle of giants
-titans
,Big monsters in Titanomachy --- correct precise answers ----Typhoeus
-Giants?
Fate of Titans --- correct precise answers ----helped by 3
hectanochires
-Zeus casts them into black distant
Tarturus (in Titanomachy) --- correct precise answers ----Atlas given
punishment to hold up sky
-3 brothers divided world amongst themselves: Zeus (heaven),
Poseidon (sea), Hades (underworld)
How Zeus defeats succession myth --- correct precise answers ----
Zeus marries Metis (cleverness) and swallows her when pregnant
-Later his head hurts and is cracked open by Hephaestus in which
Athena pops out.
-Secures place by performing both female and male roles... therefore
constant successions
Themes in Creation --- correct precise answers ----Zeus and Cronos:
tricksters
-Cronos & Uranos: ogres
, -Dragons: ancient guardians
-Family conflict
-Power moves from female to male & attempts to reclaim power result
badly
-Female presence is constant
Athena (Minerva)
Virgin Goddess --- correct precise answers ---- Born from the head of
Zeus
-Goddess of War (controlled/manipulated)
-Icons: Owls, snakes, body armor, craft work (weaving)
-Epithets: Pallas (maiden/weapon), Gluaukopis (owl/grey eyed),
Pathenos (maiden), Aegiophora
-Story:
1.) Held a competition with Poseidon to be protector of Athens.
Poseidon created salt spring, Athena created first olive tree.
2.) Arachne boasted that her weaving skills were equal to Athena's.
Athena disguises herself as old woman, giving Arachne a chance to
apologize. Arachne talks shit. Athena reveals herself after weaving
contest and the prideful Arachne accepts her fate and is turned into a
spider, forever hanging. Ovid Story.
-Location: Parthenon
