Classics 2902A – Lecture Questions With Complete
Solutions
Apollo Correct Answers - Common image: sun god, god of
music
- Archer: medicine (Iliad sending disease)
- Cause & cure of disease
- Learned medicine from Chiron & fathers Asklepios with the
nymph Koronis
Art Correct Answers vase paintings, statues, and reliefs
Artemis Correct Answers - virgin goddess
- twin of Apollo
- causes death (arrows) & restores health
- many incantations invoke her
Asag or Assaku Correct Answers - Asag: smashing force
- Asakku: disorder
- Capricious
- Diseases due to his free will
- Directs the musculoskelal system and skin
Asalluhi Correct Answers - Paired with Gula in incantations
- Son and assistant of Enki
- The one male deity that assists a midwife (unusual)
Asipu Correct Answers exorcist or magician
Asklepios Correct Answers - First mentioned in Hesiod &
Homer
, - Son of Apollo & Koronis
- Born through c-section, raised by Chiron
- Killed by Zeus for attempted resurrection of Hippolytus
Asu Correct Answers - physician
- examines physical symptoms to find healing technique
- healing: communicate ritualistic obedience between human &
divine
Babylonia Correct Answers an ancient Mesopotamian empire
that extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in the 1700s B.C.
Bes Correct Answers protection during childbirth, childhood,
sleep
Chiron Correct Answers - first healer or physician
- trainer of heroes
- taught medicine to Apollo & Asklepios
Cosmology Correct Answers all elements have wills or
conscious power
Disease Correct Answers deviation from the norm; disruption
to communal sphere needs to be fixed
Ebers Correct Answers gynaecology, intestinal worms, skin
ailments, dentistry, disease of anus and heart, divine only
remedies, bites by dogs & humans, ophthalmology; therapies are
incantations & somatic (minor surgery)
Solutions
Apollo Correct Answers - Common image: sun god, god of
music
- Archer: medicine (Iliad sending disease)
- Cause & cure of disease
- Learned medicine from Chiron & fathers Asklepios with the
nymph Koronis
Art Correct Answers vase paintings, statues, and reliefs
Artemis Correct Answers - virgin goddess
- twin of Apollo
- causes death (arrows) & restores health
- many incantations invoke her
Asag or Assaku Correct Answers - Asag: smashing force
- Asakku: disorder
- Capricious
- Diseases due to his free will
- Directs the musculoskelal system and skin
Asalluhi Correct Answers - Paired with Gula in incantations
- Son and assistant of Enki
- The one male deity that assists a midwife (unusual)
Asipu Correct Answers exorcist or magician
Asklepios Correct Answers - First mentioned in Hesiod &
Homer
, - Son of Apollo & Koronis
- Born through c-section, raised by Chiron
- Killed by Zeus for attempted resurrection of Hippolytus
Asu Correct Answers - physician
- examines physical symptoms to find healing technique
- healing: communicate ritualistic obedience between human &
divine
Babylonia Correct Answers an ancient Mesopotamian empire
that extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in the 1700s B.C.
Bes Correct Answers protection during childbirth, childhood,
sleep
Chiron Correct Answers - first healer or physician
- trainer of heroes
- taught medicine to Apollo & Asklepios
Cosmology Correct Answers all elements have wills or
conscious power
Disease Correct Answers deviation from the norm; disruption
to communal sphere needs to be fixed
Ebers Correct Answers gynaecology, intestinal worms, skin
ailments, dentistry, disease of anus and heart, divine only
remedies, bites by dogs & humans, ophthalmology; therapies are
incantations & somatic (minor surgery)
