1. Which of the following were not one of the
five gods that emerged from Chaos in Hesiod's account of creation?
2. Another name for Ge (or Gaea) is
3. Uranus is a god of the
4. What are Titans?
5. According to your instructor's interpretation, why is it so important for Eros to
be one of the first gods in Hesiod's account?
6. According to Hesiod, what does Cronos do to his father to overthrow him?
7. The Titan that is the goddess of the moon is called
8. As a myth about human development, Phaethon represents a young man who is destroyed
because:
9. The Titan god of the sea is called
10. The goddess who mated with Zeus and produced Apollo and Artemis was
11. Did Ge help Cronos overthrow his father?
12. What goddess springs from the foam around the floating genitals of Uranus?
13. The goddess who mated with Zeus and produced the Muses was called
14. The descendants of ______________ are responsible for many of the ills of
the world.
15. What did Cronos do to his children?
16. Did Rhea help her children plot again their father?
17. With what eastern goddesss is Rhea sometimes identified?
18. Did Cretan civilization, because it developed earlier, strongly influence Greek
myth, religion and culture?
19. Zeus manages to defeat his father in great battle of the Olympians against the
Titans because he is more politically astute. With which the followng does
Zeus not make an alliance with?
20. Which of the following are not one of
Hesiod's five races of Humankind?
21. The Book of Daniel belongs to the sacred literature of what
people?
22. In the description of the statue that appeared in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, the
various substances that it is made out of represent:
23. According to Hesiod's idea of history, what is happening to the human race?
24. The story of what Prometheus did at Mecone during the first sacrifice best illustrates the connection between myth and :
25. The tricky way Prometheus puts his plan into action is an example of
the influence of:
26. In Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound , how is Zeus depicted?
27. In Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound , what did Prometheus give to human
beings besides fire?
28. In Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound , which of the following benefits will not occur due to Zeus' relationship with Io?
29. In Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound , is there a suggestion that Zeus evolves
with time?
30. With what Eastern goddess was Io sometimes identified?
31. Does the name Lycaon resemble the Greek word for wolf?
32. In the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, what does Themis order them to do in
order to repopulate the world?
33. Which of the following are not a way that Zeus puts
his finishing touches on Creation?
34. How does Zeus avoid being deposed by his own child?
35. Can Earth, the Mother of All, reproduce without male help?
36. Can the fact that Zeus, a male, gives birth to Athena (although through his head)
be seen as a way of taking over the female power to reproduce?
37. Zeus mates with _______ to produce the Hours — Good
Order, Justice, Peace and the Fates
38. Zeus mates with ________ to produce Apollo and Artemis
39. Zeus mates with ________ to produce Hermes
40. Zeus mates with _________ to produce the Three Graces —
Pageantry, Happiness and Festivity
41. Zeus mates with _________ to produce Ares, Hebe and Hephaistus.
42. Zeus mates with __________ to produce Persephone, who will later be Queen of the
Underworld (at least part time).
43. Zeus mates with _________ to produce Dionysos.
44. Zeus mates with _________ to produce Heracles.
1. What two gods comprised the first pair in the sacred marriage?
2. The generation of Gods that sprung from the union of Ge and Uranus were called the
_________.
3. What two Titans comprised the second pair in the sacred marriage?
4. What later Olympian god became identified (wrongly) with the sun?
5. What later Olympian god became identified with the moon?
6. In Orphic traditions (see bottom of page 39 M & L,
Phanes (also called Protogonus) may be the same as what early god in Hesiod that helps
begin the universe?
7. How many Titans are there?
8. The son of the Titan god of the sun for whom an element
is named is called?
9. What female Titan fell in love with the mortal Tithonus?
10. What is the name of the place under the earth where deposed and defeated Greek
gods often end up?
11. In what island did Zeus grow up?
12. What did Cronos swallow instead of Zeus?
13. The Earth (Ge), because she can produce monsters to oppose male gods by herself,
is like what goddess in the Babylonian Creation myth?
14. The first human woman, who released all the evils into the world was called?
15. The snake or dragon that Earth (Ge) produced that Zeus did battle with was called
16. The members of which of Hesiod's races, after they passed away, became holy
spirits that watch over human being, noting who is just and unjust?
17. The young woman, who is loved by Zeus (unwillingly), forced from home and even
turned into a cow was called:
18. What was left in Pandora's jar when all the evils had flown away?
19. Who is the sea nymph that Prometheus knows Zeus better not mate with?
20 The hundred-eyed monster who Hera sent to guard Io was
called?
21. What god kills this hundred-eyed monster?
22. The eyes of this monster become the markings of what bird
that is dear to Hera?
23. Who will finally free Prometheus?
24. Because of his savage, bloodthirsty behavior, Lycaon is turned into a __________
25. The story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, who are saved on a raft
from a universal flood, is like the story of ________ in the Hebrew Bible, who builds an
ark to save him and his family from a universal flood.
26. In the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, who is the mother that Themis’
oracle refers to?
27. In the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, what do they end up throwing behind
their backs?
28. The Giants and Typhoeus are the children of _____________
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