Creation
Stories
Stories
What color was the serpent that carved the rivers and created the world in Dreamtime?
Who did Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill in The Cedar Forest?
Humbaba
What event is Odysseus returning home from?
The Trojan War
A Man
How many circles of Hell are there?
Nine
Who wrote Romeo & Juliet?
William Shakespeare
True or False: There are more than 200 flood stories from around the world.
True
Who tames Gilgamesh?
Enkidu
How many years did it take for Odysseus to get home?
~Twenty
What did Oedipus place in the City Dionysia?
Second
Who is Dante's guide?
Virgil
Where does Romeo & Juliet take place?
The fall of humanity
Who tames Enkidu?
Shamhat
How does Odysseus introduce himself to the cyclops, Polyphemus?
As Nobody
Who wrote Oedipus & Antigone?
Sophocles
How many bolgias are there in Circle 8?
Ten
What are the TWO reasons as to why Juliet is crying in Act III?
She is mourning the death of her cousin and the exile of her husband
What does the scientific creation story call itself?
How does Enkidu die?
The gods curse him with a sickness
Who does Odysseus seek out in The Land of the Dead?
Tiresias
DAILY DOUBLE: Name everyone that dies in Antigone
Antigone, Haimon, Eurydice
What is the name of the capitol city of Hell?
Dis
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo & Juliet?
To end the feud between their families
What is MOST LIKELY the reason ancient people believed there was an ocean of water above us separated by a firmament?
The sky is blue and so is the ocean
What did Gilgamesh do in response to Enkidu's death?
He sought after Utnapishtim to receive eternal life
What is Penelope's final test?
What does Tiresias predict will happen to Oedipus by the end of the play?
He will discover he killed his father and bore children with his mother. He will also become as blind as Tiresias.
Why does Dante faint so often?
The author was unsure of how to transition from place to place.
Name everyone that died in the order in which they died.
Mercutio, Tybalt, Pari, Romeo, Juliet, Lady Montague