CLA 210 Test 1 Study Guide Questions
and Answers
Myth Definition - answer A traditional story, typicaly involving supernatural beings or
forces which gives an explanation for something
Major Elements of a Myth - answer -An eatiological story
-supernatural or luminal characters
-culturals and universal symbols
Divine Myth - answer stories about gods
Legends - answer Stories about human heroes
Folktales - answer Stories about ordinary people never intended to be true...motifs
Main Points in Greek Civilizatoin - answer -Micenean and Minoan
-Dark Age
-Archaic period
-Classical period
-Hellenistic Period
Linear A - answer -Records of Minoan Language
-not related to Greece; not decifered
Linear B - answer -Script in a form of proto-greek language
-mostly deciphered
Dark Age - answer -no written record
-Mucenare destroyed by invaders
-Dorians take over Greece
-Greeks begin settling in Magna Grecia
Archaic Period - answer -rise of city states
-Sparta shit happens
-Roman Monarchy
-Republic period starts a the end of this
Classical Period - answer -Rise of culture and literature
-myths are traded between cultures
Hellenistic Period - answer -Death of Alexander the Great
-Greeks begin adopting Roman culture
, -latin translation of greek stories
Who were the first 4 Creation Gods - answer Chaos, Gaea, Tratarus, Eros
What was Gaea? - answer mother earth
What was Tartarus? - answer The underworld
What was Eros? - answer sexual attraction
Who are the Titans? - answer offspring of Uranus and Gaea
Hyperion Identity - answer Original Sun God
Helios - answer Son of Hyperion, he tries to ride the chariot and fail miserably
Selene - answer Daughter of Hyperion, Moon goddess, rapes man while asleep by
Zeus
Eos - answer Daughter of Hyperion, Goddess of Dawn, her immortal boyfriend
turned into cicada
How was Aphrodite Born? - answer From the semen that fell in the ocean after
Cronus castrated Uranus to overthrow him as a request of Gaea.
What does Aphrodite's burth represent? - answer irresistable and destructive force of
sexual attraction
What was Cronus' reaction to his prophecy of being overthrown by his offspring -
answer He swallows all his kids but they trick him into swallowing a rock instead of
Zeus. He eventually vomits them back up and they are the Olympians.
Who was the primary source of the creation story? - answer Heseoid?
What role did Iapetus play in Uranus's castration? - answer Iapetus, and some other
Titans, held Uranus up and "bound" him while Cronus castrated him
Who are Iapetu's Children? - answer Atlas, Prometheus, Epimethios, Menoitius
What was Prometheus known for? - answer -protetor of humans
-trickster
-champion of the people
How does Prometheus show his trickster personality - answer deceives Zeus by
making him pick the "meat" but it's really bones, so the humans end up getting the real
meat. This is also why we sacrifice meat traditionally.
and Answers
Myth Definition - answer A traditional story, typicaly involving supernatural beings or
forces which gives an explanation for something
Major Elements of a Myth - answer -An eatiological story
-supernatural or luminal characters
-culturals and universal symbols
Divine Myth - answer stories about gods
Legends - answer Stories about human heroes
Folktales - answer Stories about ordinary people never intended to be true...motifs
Main Points in Greek Civilizatoin - answer -Micenean and Minoan
-Dark Age
-Archaic period
-Classical period
-Hellenistic Period
Linear A - answer -Records of Minoan Language
-not related to Greece; not decifered
Linear B - answer -Script in a form of proto-greek language
-mostly deciphered
Dark Age - answer -no written record
-Mucenare destroyed by invaders
-Dorians take over Greece
-Greeks begin settling in Magna Grecia
Archaic Period - answer -rise of city states
-Sparta shit happens
-Roman Monarchy
-Republic period starts a the end of this
Classical Period - answer -Rise of culture and literature
-myths are traded between cultures
Hellenistic Period - answer -Death of Alexander the Great
-Greeks begin adopting Roman culture
, -latin translation of greek stories
Who were the first 4 Creation Gods - answer Chaos, Gaea, Tratarus, Eros
What was Gaea? - answer mother earth
What was Tartarus? - answer The underworld
What was Eros? - answer sexual attraction
Who are the Titans? - answer offspring of Uranus and Gaea
Hyperion Identity - answer Original Sun God
Helios - answer Son of Hyperion, he tries to ride the chariot and fail miserably
Selene - answer Daughter of Hyperion, Moon goddess, rapes man while asleep by
Zeus
Eos - answer Daughter of Hyperion, Goddess of Dawn, her immortal boyfriend
turned into cicada
How was Aphrodite Born? - answer From the semen that fell in the ocean after
Cronus castrated Uranus to overthrow him as a request of Gaea.
What does Aphrodite's burth represent? - answer irresistable and destructive force of
sexual attraction
What was Cronus' reaction to his prophecy of being overthrown by his offspring -
answer He swallows all his kids but they trick him into swallowing a rock instead of
Zeus. He eventually vomits them back up and they are the Olympians.
Who was the primary source of the creation story? - answer Heseoid?
What role did Iapetus play in Uranus's castration? - answer Iapetus, and some other
Titans, held Uranus up and "bound" him while Cronus castrated him
Who are Iapetu's Children? - answer Atlas, Prometheus, Epimethios, Menoitius
What was Prometheus known for? - answer -protetor of humans
-trickster
-champion of the people
How does Prometheus show his trickster personality - answer deceives Zeus by
making him pick the "meat" but it's really bones, so the humans end up getting the real
meat. This is also why we sacrifice meat traditionally.
