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CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Chapters 1, 4, & 5
1. How do oral tales differ from literary works?
2. What are the three types of myth?
3. What is a modern analogy to divine myth?
4. Define the 3 types of myth.
a.
b.
c.
5. How do myths differ from religion?
6. What is a modern analogy to legend?
7. Define “traditional story”.
8. How far back do the stories of the gods and goddesses go?
9. Describe the Races of Man.
a. Golden
b. Silver
c. Bronze
d. Hero
e. Iron
10. What happens at Mecone?
11. What is Prometheus known for?
12. How does Zeus punish Prometheus?
13. How does Zeus indirectly punishes Man?
14. How is the story of Pandora etiological?
15. How does Hesiod view women?
16. In the flood story, why does Zeus descend on man?
17. Who survives the flood?
18. How do the survivors create a new race?
19. When does Apollo speak through the Oracle at Delphi?
20. What one idea do Apollo and Dionysus agree upon?
21. The Oracle was used by Apollo for nine months of the year. Who used the
Oracle the remaining three months?
22. How was Uranus created?
23. After Gaia was created, what does she produce (give birth to)?
24. When Uranus rained down on Mother Earth (Gaia), what was created?
25. Why does Uranus thrust his children back into Gaia’s womb?
26. Cronus takes over and does what to his children?
27. Cronus and Rhea have six children together. Who are they?
Chapters 6-9
28. What are Zeus’ duties as king of the gods?
29. At one point, Zeus’ reign is threatened by a rebellion led by whom?
30. Who are some of Zeus’ many conquests?
31. What other name is Selene also known as?
32. What honor does Zeus bestow upon Styx?
33. Pan, the half goat-half god, dwells where?
34. When a child, Dionysus was brought to live with whom?
35. Dionysus created most of his religious rites by example from whom?
36. How is Sisyphus punished for cheating death?
37. How is Tantalus punished?
38. Why is Apollo called the Lord of Mice?
39. Define “exemplum”.
40. Why must Persephone stay in the Underworld?
41. With whom does Aphrodite have an affair?
42. What happens to Actaeon?
43. Why does Athena win patronage of Athens over Poseidon?
44. How is the myth of Persephone’s abduction etiological?
HEROS
45. How does Perseus' grandfather attempt to escape the oracles' prophecy?
46. King Polydectes’ plan to get rid of Perseus is to do what?
47. Why does Hera persecute Hercules his whole life?
48. How is Hercules killed?
49. What is Jason's main goal?
50. Who is Phineus and how does he help Jason?
51. Why does King Pelias send Jason in search of the Golden Fleece?
52. How does Jason die?
53. What does Theseus do at the age of sixteen?
54. Theseus has to prove his manliness to the citizens of Athens by doing what?
55. How does Theseus die?
56. Why is the Trojan War one of the most significant events in classical
mythology?
57. What does Zeus ask Paris to do?
58. What does Achilles’ mother do to him?
59. Why does Achilles return to fight against the Trojans after a brief time off?
60. How do Odysseus and his men escape the Cyclops?
61. The Sirens are known for what?
62. When Odysseus reveals himself to Penelope, how does she respond?
63. Daedalus is known for what?
64. How does Zeus stop Phaethon and the run-away chariot?
65. What is the prophecy about Oedipus?
66. What happens after Oedipus had ruled Thebes well for 20 years?
67. What does Tiresias say will stop the plague?
68. What does Oedipus do when he learns what he has done?
GREEK DRAMA
69. Who does Medea kill?
70. What is Medea’s situation in Corinth?
71. What does Aegeus promise Medea?
72. What request does Medea ask of Creon?
73. How do King Creon and his daughter die?
74. What reason does Medea give to Jason for killing his children?
75. Why does Jason believe Medea has killed her children?
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