Classical Mythology Exam 1 with correct questions and answers.

Classical Mythology Exam 1 with correct questions and answers. According to the generally accepted account, where was young Zeus raised? - correct answers.Crete Prometheus is a name that means - correct answers.Forethought Who was Gaia's mate and what domain (sphere of power) did he oversee? - correct answers.Uranos - the heavens Who wrote the Theogony and what was one story he told? - correct answers.Hesiod - battle of the Titans, ages of man What does Hera wear on her head? - correct answers.A vail; chaste woman, pure, not cheating What did Hesoid use to explain the distance between Earth and Tartarus? - correct answers.An anvil Why study Classical Mythology? (Historical context) - correct answers.-Myth allows us to understand better the cultures in which these stories were told. -What values did they hold? -How did these stories help to define proper or improper behavior? -What role did religion play in their societies? Why study Classical Mythology? (Literary context) - correct answers.-Myths were transmitted to us through literature, which gives insight into how stories were told. -Why did myths and legends take the forms they did? -Why various versions of the same stories? -What makes a character 'good' or 'bad'? What are the receptions and analogies? - correct answers.-Greek and Roman myths serve as foundations for Western storytelling -Knowing these helps to better understand our own 'myths' and 'legends' Reception: the receiving of stories -Ways that form and agree with western ideologies (very different from original) -Agree with what we want to see as an audience -Taking stories (Hercules, etc) and taking it as what we like/agree with Analogies: drawing upon elements of ancient stories -Ex: Star Wars, Coraline, Romeo & Juliet modern reworkings -Ideas come heavily from ancient classics Basically, it is a way of connecting with ppl thousands of years ago and it is very Influential in today's world. Chronology: how do we measure time? - correct answers.Older, "traditional manner": B.C. = before Christ A.D. = Anno Domino ("in the year of the Lord") Newer, "modern" way: B.C.E = before the Common Era C.E. = Common Era What is the Classical Mythology time frame/geography? - correct answers.Time frame: around 800 BCE to 100 CE -Cultures: Greek and Roman (our earliest surviving European stories are preserved in Greek and Latin) -Sources: mainly poetry (including theatre), but also some prose writings and material evidence (e.g. statues, vase paintings) -Poetry main vehicle of telling mythology -Mostly surviving stories-plenty exist but don't survive really today Geography: Primarily centered around Athens (largest production of literature) What is a Myth? - correct answers.Greek mythos meaning word or story What is Mythology? - correct answers.The study of myth What is mythography? - correct answers.The writing of myth What is the PROPER definition of Myth? - correct answers.Stories pertaining to gods and human relations with them - i.e. supernatural -Supernatural beings centered around them (worshipped, sacrificed for) -Usually happen very early on -Ex: stories of Zeus, Apollo, Athrodite -Closest to religious stories What is a legend/saga? - correct answers.Stories that take place in the 'historical' world - i.e. within the world as we know it -Ex: Trojan War -Humans are the main characters (instead of gods) -Gods are still there but become recessed in the background (helping hands, manipulate) What are fairytales and folktales? - correct answers.'stock' stories, e.g. Hero vs. Giant, wicked stepmother, mistaken identity -Ex: Jack and the Beanstalk -Tend to be ambiguous: happened once upon a time, to deliver a message All these co-existed in ancient greek and roman worlds What are blurry boundaries? - correct is difficult to find a pure version of a myth, legend, or folktale -Perseus and Medusa: myth or legend? Could really be both, have both elements, no definite answer -Cupid and Psyche: myth or fairy tale? What is true about myths and truths? - correct answers.-These stories - myths, legends, and fairytales - relate some form of truth(s), either universal (for everyone) or particular (for the person or group that tells them) -One main concern for the student of myths is to try to discover what particular type of 'truth' any given myth is relating These ancient stories preserve worldviews of people that are often far-removed from our current one. Many of these stories contain themes of violence, misogyny and sexuality. What is different about Greek mythology compared to say Christianity? - correct answers.Unlike, say, the modern Christian Bible, the Greeks and Romans lacked a single, authoritative, religious "text" (no definitive right text to figure out who Zeus was) Anything we know is scattered among centuries among many different writings Provides an opportunity to innovate What important narratives DID exist though at this time? - correct answers.Greeks: Homer's Illiad and Odyssey (circa 8th century BCE)