Creation and Destruction
Review
Mrs. Wesley’s Jeopardy Review Game
Pattern of
Destruction
Creation
Myths/Characters
Myth Purpose
Vocab
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• Niobe’s status as a Queen and the birth of her 14
children is her:
• Nemesis
• Ate
• Arete
• Or hubris
Answer: Arete
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• Arachne weaving a tapestry to ridicule the
immortal gods is an example of ____
Ate
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• Define hubris:
Excessive Pride
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• Name the pattern of destruction in the correct
order, along with their definition
Arete – Hubris – Ate – Nemesis
*
• Name four major causes of destruction
Rebellion
Pride
Desire for rebirth
Ignorance
*
Who was the first being in the Greek
Creation Myths
• Gaea
• *
Name the four steps in the pattern of
Creation
• Chaos – Old Rule – Power Struggle – New Rule
• *
Uranus and Cronus were similar
because
• They both were afraid of their children
overthrowing their rule
• *
Gaea creates the sickle. What purpose
of myths does this serve?
• To explain a technological advancement.
• *
Zeus rule can be compared to our
______. Give one example HOW
• Democracy
• Establishes a council
• *
Zeus wants to destroy the bronze race
of mortals because they are_____
• Arrogant/hubristic
• *
Arachne is turned into a
• Spider
• *
Pandora and Eve are both similar
because..
• They are both tempted by their curiosity,
which lead to evil in the world
• *
The myth of Prometheus and the Fall
of Man are similar because
• They both bring knowledge into the world
• *
The Greek flood and Christian Flood
are different because…
• Zeus did not think about any surviving mortals
to procreate where God did.
• *
One purpose of myths is to access
language and coded messages in our
society. Provide an example of this
from a myth we have read.
• Answers may vary but can include
• Babel, Axis, Arachnid
• *
One purpose of myths is to explain the
physical world. Name 2 examples of
this. - The myth and creation
• Answers may vary but can include:
– Lycaon – The wolf
– Arachne – The spider
– Daedalus and Icarus – Perdix/Partridge
–*
One purpose of myths is to explain
societal structures – Which myth
explains the ancient roles of men
and women
• Adam and Eve
• *
Phaethon, Icarus, and Prometheus are
similar because the main characters
______ against authoritative decisions.
• Rebelled
• *
One purpose is to show us positive
and negative role models. Give an
example for each.
• *
What behavior/problem can you
identify in the First Murder
• Jealousy
• Murder
• *
Creation – Destruction
Night – Day
Democracy – Dictatorship
Birth – Death
These are example of _____
• Antithetical Patterns/ Antithesis: Opposing
ideas
• *
An adjective, descriptive phrase or
label expressing a quality regarded as
characteristic of the person or thing
mentioned.
• Epithet
• *
• Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic
group.
Ethnocentrism
*
• The Greek concept of hospitality, or generosity
and courtesy shown to those who are far from
home. It is often translated as "guestfriendship"
Xenia
*
Archetype
*
• A very typical example of a certain person or
thing.
Allusion
*
• A reference in a literary work to a person,
place, or thing in history or another work of
literature. Allusions are often indirect or brief
references to well-known characters or
events.
Golden Mean
*
• The ideal moderate position between two
extremes
Matriarchal
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• Of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of
society or government controlled by women