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SHORTANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Mvrholosy
Introduction
l. What is the purposeof Greekand Romanmythology?
2. What is the first writtenrecordof Greececalled,and who wasthe author?
3. What do the mythsshowus aboutthe earlyGreeks?
4. Why did the portrayalof Zeuschangeoverthe yean?
5. What is the Theogony,andwhy is it important?
PartOne The Gods. The Creation. and The Earliest Heroes
-Chaoter I The Gods Chaoter2 The Two Great Gods of Earth
l. What did the Greeksbelieveaboutthe originsof the godsandthe universe?
2. Who werethe first parents,and who weretheir childrenandgrandchildren?
3. How did HomerdescribeOlympus?
4. Give the Romannamesfor the following godsand goddesses:
7-ets,Hades,Aftemis,
Hermes,Hestia.
5. Give the Greeknamesfor thesegodsandgoddesses:
Juno,Neptune,Minerva,Venus,Mars,
Vulcan.
6. How wasthe will of Tnusrevealedat the oracleat Dodona?
7. Describethe breastplate,
bird, andffee that symbolize7nus.
What
wasthe dual relationshipbetweenZeusand Hera?
8.
9. DescribeHera'spersonality.
10. Who wereTnus' two brothers,andwheredid theyrule?
I l. Briefly describethe characteristics
andfunctionsof any two of thefollowing godsandgoddesses:
Athena,PhoebusApollo, Aftemis,or Aphrodite.
12. Briefly describethe characteristics
andfunctionsof any two of thefollowing godsand goddesses:
Hermes,Hephaestus,
Hestia,Cupid,Ares,or the MusesandGraces.
13. What did Hermeshaveon his feet,hat,and wand,and why?
14. Namethe Godsof the Waters.
15. Who arethe main godsof the Underworld?
16. What arethe ElysianFields?
l7 . Briefly retellthe storyof Demeter(Ceres).
18. What werethe two centralideasin the worshipof Dionysus?
19. Why did Dionysusbecomethe centerof the beliefin immortality?
24. How wereDemeterand Dionysusdifferentfrom the othergodsand goddesses?
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Part One The Gods. The Creation. and The Earliest Heroescontinued
Chapter3 How the WorlLand Ma-nkindWereCreated Chapter4 The Earliest Heroes
l. What did the Greeksthink wasat the very beginningof ttrings?
2. What werethe next six creations,in order?
3. Who wasCronus,andwhy washe significant?
4. How did Zeusbecomethe rulerof heavenandearth?
5. Describethe Greekconceptof the geographyof the Earth.
6. Briefly retell the storyof Prometheus's
creationof mankind.
7. Who was Pandora,and why was shecreated?
8. Briefly retellthe storyof Pandora'sbox.
9. Why did Zeuspunishhometheus,andhow did he do this?
10. Who wasIo'?
I 1. Briefly retell the story of Europa.
12. Briefly retellte storyof Polyphemus.
13. What is the storyof Narcissus'?
14. Who wasEcho?
15. What is the storvof Adonis?
PartTwo Storiesof Love and Adventure
Chanter5 Cuoid and Psvche Chaoter6 Eipht Brief Talesof'Invers
l. Why wasVenusangryat Psyche?
2. WasVenus'splanfor revengesuccessful?
3. What did Psychediscoverabouther mysterioushusband,and what happenedwhen she
it?
discovered
4. What finally happened
to Cupid and Psyche?
5. Which loversarrangeda tryst,mistakenlythoughtthe otherhadbeenkilled,and killed
themselves?
6. Identify the loversin the following surnmary.He wasthe sonof one of the Muses,and a
giftedmusician.Shediedon their weddingday. He wentto the underworldandffied,
unsuccessfully,
to bringher back.
7. This man waskilled at sea. Morpheusappeared
to his wife andtold her that her husbandwas
dead. Then sheand her deadhusbandwereturnedinto birds.
8. He fell in love with a statuethat he had made. Venusbroughtthe statueto life andthev
married. Who werethey?
9. Whatdid BaucisandPhilemondo?
10. Apollo fell in love with this daughterof the river god Peneus.Shedid not love him. To
protecther,herfathertumedher into a laureltree. Who wasthis?
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PartTwo Storiesof Love and Adventure continued
Chanter7 The Ouestof the GoldenFleeceChapter8 Four Great Adventures
journeysignificant?
l. Why wasJason's
2. What wasthe origin of the GoldenFleece?
3. Why did Jasonundertakethe searchfor the GoldenFleece?
4. What werethe Harpies,and how werethey destroyed?
5. NameJason'sshipandat leastoneof the heroeswho ffaveledwith him.
6. Who werethe Amazons?
7. What taskdid Jasonhaveto performfor King AEetesin orderto get the GoldenFleece?
8. Who helpedJason,andwhy?
andBellerophon?
9. Who werePegasus
10. Which fatherand sonusedwingsmadeby the fatherto escapefrom the l^abyrinth,and were
they successful?
4.
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10.
PartThree The Great HeroesBefore the Trojan War
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kill it?
t wasthe Medusa,andhow did Perseus
did Perseus
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s wasraisedin a city awayfrom his father,King Aege f Athens.How did the Kins
know
Theseuswashis sonwhentheyfinally met?
What w
Minotaur.andhow did Theseuskill it?
How did
us changethe governmentwhenhe
King of Athens?
Who wasthe
ngestman on eafth,,andthe g
ro of Greeceexceptfor Athens?
Why did Hercul
rform his twelvelabors?
Brieflv describe .ofthe twelvelaborsof rcules.
Whom did Atalanta herfathershew
marry?
Whom did Atalanta
e win her?
r The Heroes o.fthe Trojan War
From which sourcedi
e mostof the story of the Trojan War?
What wasthe Jud
nt of Paris?
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What wasthe
of the Trojan
Who were
main combatantsand
on the Greekside?
e main combatantson the T
s killed duringthe battlebetweenA illesand Hector?
wasAchilleskilled?
t did Diomedesstealfrom the city of Troy,
why?
ow did the Greeksfinally get into Troy?
Which of the Trojansescaped,
and who helpedthem?
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