Theogony - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 ...

Why does Gaia plot the castration of Ouranus in Hesiod's Theogony? - ️️because he will not allow their children to emerge into the light In the hymn to Demeter, why did Demeter refrain from food, drink, and bathing? - ️️She grieved the loss of her daughter Which of the following descriptions best describes Demeter's relationship with the other gods? - ️️She has power that affects the gods A symbolic interpretation of myth argues - ️️that elements of the stories stand ...

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 ...

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...

"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 ...

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...

A theogony is - a story about the birth of the gods According to Hesiod from what did all things come - Chaos According to Hesiod how did Ouranosbeget Aphrodite? Group of answer choices - by being castrated According to Hesiod who came out of Chaos? - Nyx, Gaia, Erebus, Tartarus, Eros According to Hesiod, who made the Age of Heroes? - Zeus According to Hesiod's ages which one can be summed up in the image B in the powerpoint? - Iron An allegorical interpretation of a myth - says that the...

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...