Review Questions on Demeter, the Eleusinian Mysteries, Orphism, Mystery Religion, the Greek Underworld, the Myths of Thebes, the Mycenaean Saga and the Oresteia.

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Questions on Demeter, Eleusinian Mysteries, Orphism, Mystery religion, the Underworld.
Questions on the Myths of Thebes.
Questions on the Mycenaean Saga, the Oresteia.

Questions on Demeter, Eleusinian Mysteries, Orphism, Mystery religion, the Underworld.
 

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1. According to the Homeric Hymn, ____________  abducts Persephone (also called Kore) 2. Demeter(shown here with Kore)  is primarily a goddess of:

3. According to the Homeric Hymn, Demeter tries to make ____________ immortal by burning him in a fire

4. ____________  is the messenger of Demeter who spreads knowledge of agriculture.

5._____________ tells Demeter jokes to cheer her up, an activity which becomes part of the Eleusinian ritual.

6. Which of these activities   is not an important part of the Eleusinian Mysteries?

7.   Why does Persephone have to remain part of the year in the underworld?

8.   In Aristophanes' Frogs, in the underworld Dionysos meets those who have participated in what mystery religion?

9. Consider these lines:  Pure I come from the pure, O divine mistress of Hades,  Eucles, Eubuteus, and ye other immortal gods,  For I claim for myself to be a sprout of your blessed stem,  But Moira (destiny) compelled me, and the other  undying gods........  ......By good fortune I have escaped the circle of burdensome care  And to the crown of yearning I have come with swift foot.  I bury myself in the lapof the Lady who rules in Hades...  What mystery religion do these  lines come from?  .

10 According to Orphic Myth, the god Dionysos was  eaten by the _________________.

11 A central objective of Orphic practices and rituals is:

12 A central point of the Myth of Er is:

13.   Which of the following features does the Myth of Er not share with traditional Greek descriptions of the underworld?:

14.  In the Myth of Er, the god seems to make the Universe go around is:

A view of the Underworld with Heracles, Keberus, Persephone, and Hermes.

 

  Questions on the Myths of Thebes.

1. _________ was ripped apart by  mother and sisters:
2. The basic conflict between Creon and Antigone is:
3. At the end of his life, Oedipus:
3. The King that saves Oedipus at the end of his life is:
4. Zeus takes Europa to:
5. Zeus approaches Europa in the form of a:
6. Cadmus and Europa come originally from:
7. Cadmus is commanded to follow a _______, which leads him to Boeotia.
8. Cadmus must kill a _______, which has killed most of his men.
9. Which invention is Cadmus sometimes credited with?
. 10. What is the fate of Semele?
11. The crime that curses Laius and all his descendents is?
12. Which pair of Theban brothers best show the two components of civilization?
13. Which of the following is ruined by his failure to realize at the right time Apollo's command "Know yourself!"?
14. The monster that Oedipus destroys is:
15. _______________ is  Oedipus' wife and mother.
16. Freud, in his theory of the Oedipus complex, suggests that:
17______ was turned into a stag, then ripped apart by his own dogs because he saw Artemis bathing.
Which son of Oedipus commands the Seven Against Thebes?
The wedding gift,  first given to Homonia, that curses numerous people,  was a ___________?  The god, whom Pentheus denies, and who destroys him, was:

Questions on the Mycenaean Saga, the Oresteia.

Tantalus

Pelops

Thyestes:

What ancestor of Agamemnon tricked his brother into eaching his own children?  Click  button  to answer   question.

Who of the following is often associated with Olympia and the Olympic Games?

Who is the deadly enemy of Agamemnon whose  lover Clytemnestra becomes?  Click  button  to answer   question.

In the Agamemnon, who is the woman with the heart of a man?

According to the Chorus' Ode, how should we consider Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter?

What does Clytemnestra show in the Carpet Scene?

What omen did Agamemnon and Menelaus get that they would win at Troy?

In the Agamemnon, why does Artemis oppose the sailing of the Greek fleet?

According to the Chorus in the Agamemnon, how has Zeus determined that humanity should learn?

In the Agamemnon, who is able to reveal the divine perspective on the curse on Agamemnon?

During her speech after she has killed Agamenon, what aspect of Greek religion does  Clytemnestra mock?

In the Libation Bearers, how are Orestes and Electra different sort of avengers?

Who is the great friend of Orestes who helps him  in his plot against Clytemnestra?

Which goddess presides over Orestes' trial at Athens?  Click on the button  to answer   question.

Which  god act as Orestes' defense attorney?

The ultimate argument that acquits Orestes is:

In the Eumenides, how close is the jury's vote?

What is the question of Athenian politics of Aeschylus' time that the Eumenides deals with?

In the Eumenides, whose use of Persuasion brings a satisfactory conclusion to the play?

The Eumenides' description of the founding of the Areopagus court best illustrates:

At the end of the Eumenides, which of these following good things has not happened?

Which of these oppositions   is not of central importance in the Oresteia?

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