Test Bank For Classical Mythology 11th Edition By Mark
Morford; Robert J. Lenardon; Michael Sham 9780190851644
Chapter 1-26 Complete Guide .
What is a myth? - ANSWER: Greek origin --> mythos (spoken)
A story can stay the same for roughly 3 generations
Explain causes of things and how they came to be
Used in contemporary debates
What is creation? - ANSWER: every culture has own creation mythology of how things came to be and
who they are
explains how things should be
women inferior because came from Adam's rib
What is Theogony? - ANSWER: "birth of the gods"
How the gods came to be - gods are born and they have a family tree
Poem written by Hesoid
What is Chaos? - ANSWER: Disorder
Gap of empty space and is what everything else comes and emerges out of nothing
Who are the Muses? - ANSWER: Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory)
Visit and give insight on past, present, and future
Who is Gaia? - ANSWER: "Mother Earth"
Couples with Uranus to create the Titans
What is Tartarus? - ANSWER: Physical abyss beneath the Earth
Where the dead go when they die
What is Eros? - ANSWER: "Desire"
Sexual desire
Who is Uranus/Ouranos? - ANSWER: SKY
Couples with Gaia to create the Titans
What is wrong with Greeks creation myth? - ANSWER: No one oversees creation of Earth, it just
happens
Greeks were not worried about details --- no Greek holy book
No real Greek priest - no class of clergy
No overarching god, no overarching driving force
What is Hubris? - ANSWER: Pride that goes beyond proper boundaries
Very bad to have hubris
"No limit on what I can do"
Who are the Titans? - ANSWER: Children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky)
"large" "overreachers" "grasp too much"
Don't know where to stop
Relationship between Ouranos and Titans? - ANSWER: Ouranos scared Titans will take over so he
stuffs them back into Gaia
Who is Cronus? - ANSWER: The last born and the leader of the Titans
, Strikes a deal with Gaia
Castrates Ouranos and throws genitals into sea (Foam around genitals creates Aphrodite)
Ouranos retreats and Titans take over thrown
Sons Vs. Fathers - ANSWER: Psychological thing
Constant intergenerational fight for power - sons want to be on top but impossible when dad is there
Rule of Three - ANSWER: It takes three generations for Olympian gods we know to take their place
Significance of Last Born - ANSWER: Last born of each generation end up being on top/leader
Cronus Children - ANSWER: Has 6 kids with Rhea (wife and sister)
Eats children but they're gods so they don't die --- live in his stomach
Rhea's Role - ANSWER: Wife and sister of Cronus
Has 6 children with Cronus and unhappy he keeps eating their children
Rhea disguises rock as Zeus (last born) and gives to Cronus to eat
Zeus and Cronus - ANSWER: Zeus gives Cronus a drink that makes him vomit up everything (kids and
the stone)
Kids are thrown up in reverse order
Omphalos - ANSWER: Name of stone Cronus vomits up
"Naval" of the entire world
Aitiom/Aitia - ANSWER: Greeks love knowing why things are the way they are
Crete - ANSWER: Location where Zeus is hidden in a cave
Kouretes bang around instruments to muffle the cries of Zeus
Delphi - ANSWER: Rock that Rhea gave to Cronus in lieu of Zeus
The rock that Cronus vomits up becomes most religious Greek shrine
River Styx - ANSWER: 1 of 5 Underworld Rivers
Loans sons (Kratos "power" & Bia "violence") to Zeus as bodyguards in exchange for Zeus swearing by
the river
Strongest oath
If you break oath as a god - you have to spend a year comatose and then 9 years in isolation
Cyclope's - ANSWER: Blacksmiths that make Zeus' thunderbolt
Hundred Hander's - ANSWER: Literally have 100 hands and can throw 100 stones at Titans
Buries Titans with too much stone and weight and they go down to Tartarus where Cronus is chained
for eternity
Typhon - ANSWER: Gaia unhappy so she gives birth to Typhon who is supposed to overtake Zeus
Force of pure destruction
Utterly destructive and almost beats Zeus but Zeus strikes him with a thunderbolt at the right time
Mount Etna - ANSWER: Zeus buried Typhon under Sicily so when volcano erupts it's Typhon trying to
get out
Role of Humans - ANSWER: When gods are in danger, humans can play a role in the cosmos
Have great power and responsibility
Annoying or an active plague to the gods
Age of Men - ANSWER: Gold = best, lived long lives, died in sleep
Morford; Robert J. Lenardon; Michael Sham 9780190851644
Chapter 1-26 Complete Guide .
What is a myth? - ANSWER: Greek origin --> mythos (spoken)
A story can stay the same for roughly 3 generations
Explain causes of things and how they came to be
Used in contemporary debates
What is creation? - ANSWER: every culture has own creation mythology of how things came to be and
who they are
explains how things should be
women inferior because came from Adam's rib
What is Theogony? - ANSWER: "birth of the gods"
How the gods came to be - gods are born and they have a family tree
Poem written by Hesoid
What is Chaos? - ANSWER: Disorder
Gap of empty space and is what everything else comes and emerges out of nothing
Who are the Muses? - ANSWER: Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory)
Visit and give insight on past, present, and future
Who is Gaia? - ANSWER: "Mother Earth"
Couples with Uranus to create the Titans
What is Tartarus? - ANSWER: Physical abyss beneath the Earth
Where the dead go when they die
What is Eros? - ANSWER: "Desire"
Sexual desire
Who is Uranus/Ouranos? - ANSWER: SKY
Couples with Gaia to create the Titans
What is wrong with Greeks creation myth? - ANSWER: No one oversees creation of Earth, it just
happens
Greeks were not worried about details --- no Greek holy book
No real Greek priest - no class of clergy
No overarching god, no overarching driving force
What is Hubris? - ANSWER: Pride that goes beyond proper boundaries
Very bad to have hubris
"No limit on what I can do"
Who are the Titans? - ANSWER: Children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky)
"large" "overreachers" "grasp too much"
Don't know where to stop
Relationship between Ouranos and Titans? - ANSWER: Ouranos scared Titans will take over so he
stuffs them back into Gaia
Who is Cronus? - ANSWER: The last born and the leader of the Titans
, Strikes a deal with Gaia
Castrates Ouranos and throws genitals into sea (Foam around genitals creates Aphrodite)
Ouranos retreats and Titans take over thrown
Sons Vs. Fathers - ANSWER: Psychological thing
Constant intergenerational fight for power - sons want to be on top but impossible when dad is there
Rule of Three - ANSWER: It takes three generations for Olympian gods we know to take their place
Significance of Last Born - ANSWER: Last born of each generation end up being on top/leader
Cronus Children - ANSWER: Has 6 kids with Rhea (wife and sister)
Eats children but they're gods so they don't die --- live in his stomach
Rhea's Role - ANSWER: Wife and sister of Cronus
Has 6 children with Cronus and unhappy he keeps eating their children
Rhea disguises rock as Zeus (last born) and gives to Cronus to eat
Zeus and Cronus - ANSWER: Zeus gives Cronus a drink that makes him vomit up everything (kids and
the stone)
Kids are thrown up in reverse order
Omphalos - ANSWER: Name of stone Cronus vomits up
"Naval" of the entire world
Aitiom/Aitia - ANSWER: Greeks love knowing why things are the way they are
Crete - ANSWER: Location where Zeus is hidden in a cave
Kouretes bang around instruments to muffle the cries of Zeus
Delphi - ANSWER: Rock that Rhea gave to Cronus in lieu of Zeus
The rock that Cronus vomits up becomes most religious Greek shrine
River Styx - ANSWER: 1 of 5 Underworld Rivers
Loans sons (Kratos "power" & Bia "violence") to Zeus as bodyguards in exchange for Zeus swearing by
the river
Strongest oath
If you break oath as a god - you have to spend a year comatose and then 9 years in isolation
Cyclope's - ANSWER: Blacksmiths that make Zeus' thunderbolt
Hundred Hander's - ANSWER: Literally have 100 hands and can throw 100 stones at Titans
Buries Titans with too much stone and weight and they go down to Tartarus where Cronus is chained
for eternity
Typhon - ANSWER: Gaia unhappy so she gives birth to Typhon who is supposed to overtake Zeus
Force of pure destruction
Utterly destructive and almost beats Zeus but Zeus strikes him with a thunderbolt at the right time
Mount Etna - ANSWER: Zeus buried Typhon under Sicily so when volcano erupts it's Typhon trying to
get out
Role of Humans - ANSWER: When gods are in danger, humans can play a role in the cosmos
Have great power and responsibility
Annoying or an active plague to the gods
Age of Men - ANSWER: Gold = best, lived long lives, died in sleep
