CLAS 104 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
On what sort of study did Joseph Campbell base his understanding of the nature of myths?
comparative mythology
What was the most common way the ancient Greeks treated their myths when those myths
began to offend their sensibilities?
allegorized them
What does the name "Prometheus" mean?
foresight
What was the first known Greek civilization?
Mycenaean
which one of the following Titans did not fight with their brothers and sisters in the
Titanomachy?
oceanus
when did the historical fall of troy occur
1200 BC
According to Hesiod's Theogony, who was the mother of the goddess Athena?
Metis
Which one of the following ancient philosophers thought that the traditional myths
corrupted morality, such that he wrote new, philosophical myths.
Plato
What approach did Euhemerus take to the ancient myths?
The myths are stories of ancient kings which were exaggerated over time until the kings became
gods
, What view of the creation of the world did Homer seem to have?
The world came about from the water deities Oceanus and Tethys
Which Roman writer wrote the epic account of the origins of Rome called the Aeneid?
Vergil
Which ancient writer, author of the Metamorphoses, is the single most important Roman
source for classical mythology?
Ovid
According to class lectures, which one of the following was NOT one of the primeval
elements in Hesiod's version of creation.
Heaven, Ouranos
Who introduced the idea that dreams and myths were the projection of what he called the
"collective unconscious" based on archetypal characters and narrative patterns.
Carl Jung
What heavenly entity does the goddess Eos represent?
Dawn
Which Greek author wrote at around the same time as Homer?
Hesiod
What deity arose from the genitals of Ouranos?
Aphrodite
Which one of the following ancient philosophers thought that mythology was more
philosophical than history and that mythology was based on a sense of wonder just like
philosophy?
Aristotle
Who threatens the world order of Zeus in Ovid's Metamorphoses?
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
On what sort of study did Joseph Campbell base his understanding of the nature of myths?
comparative mythology
What was the most common way the ancient Greeks treated their myths when those myths
began to offend their sensibilities?
allegorized them
What does the name "Prometheus" mean?
foresight
What was the first known Greek civilization?
Mycenaean
which one of the following Titans did not fight with their brothers and sisters in the
Titanomachy?
oceanus
when did the historical fall of troy occur
1200 BC
According to Hesiod's Theogony, who was the mother of the goddess Athena?
Metis
Which one of the following ancient philosophers thought that the traditional myths
corrupted morality, such that he wrote new, philosophical myths.
Plato
What approach did Euhemerus take to the ancient myths?
The myths are stories of ancient kings which were exaggerated over time until the kings became
gods
, What view of the creation of the world did Homer seem to have?
The world came about from the water deities Oceanus and Tethys
Which Roman writer wrote the epic account of the origins of Rome called the Aeneid?
Vergil
Which ancient writer, author of the Metamorphoses, is the single most important Roman
source for classical mythology?
Ovid
According to class lectures, which one of the following was NOT one of the primeval
elements in Hesiod's version of creation.
Heaven, Ouranos
Who introduced the idea that dreams and myths were the projection of what he called the
"collective unconscious" based on archetypal characters and narrative patterns.
Carl Jung
What heavenly entity does the goddess Eos represent?
Dawn
Which Greek author wrote at around the same time as Homer?
Hesiod
What deity arose from the genitals of Ouranos?
Aphrodite
Which one of the following ancient philosophers thought that mythology was more
philosophical than history and that mythology was based on a sense of wonder just like
philosophy?
Aristotle
Who threatens the world order of Zeus in Ovid's Metamorphoses?
