MYTH-ING LINKS
In Babylonian myth, this creature is defeated in order to build the world.
WHO IS TIAMAT?
In Genesis 3, this first liar casts doubt on God’s motives.
WHO IS THE SERPENT?
This Greek philosopher compared rhetoric to pastry baking and cosmetics.
WHO IS PLATO?
This Judean teacher said God would give his students words to say when authorities questioned them.
WHO IS JESUS OF NAZARETH?
This deity of war was the patron deity of Babylon and creator of the world.
WHO IS BEL?
In Genesis 11, a tall tower is built in this ancient Near Eastern location.
WHAT IS BABEL?
This Church Father left his career as a rhetoric teacher after becoming a Christian.
WHO IS AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO?
This apostle denied using “lofty words” when preaching in Corinth.
WHO IS THE APOSTLE PAUL?
In the Theogony, by what means were the features of the natural world made?
This feature of human society is “confused” as a judgment for a building project.
WHAT IS LANGUAGE?
This Latin phrase refers to the study of rhetorical principles and techniques.
WHAT IS RHETORICA DOCENS?
This Christian fantasy author described imaginative writing as "sub-creation."
WHO IS J.R.R. TOLKIEN?
This Babylonian poem of divine battle is among the oldest known creation myths.
WHAT IS ENUMA ELISH?
Though the gods' enemies in some myths, these creatures are made by God in Genesis 1.
WHAT ARE SEA MONSTERS?
This Latin phrase refers to the practical use of the rhetorical arts.
WHAT IS RHETORICA UTENS?
This Christian mystery novelist linked the imago dei with artistic creation.
WHO IS DOROTHY SAYERS?
Along with Chaos and Earth, this entity was first in the Theogony’s creation myth.
WHO IS EROS?
On this Jewish feast day, God acted to reverse the punishment of Babel.
Humanist Peter Ramus narrowed the five canons of rhetoric to these two.
WHAT ARE ELOCUTIO AND PRONUNTIATIO?
The Mosaic Law commands to “love your neighbor” in the context of forbidding this sin.
WHAT IS SLANDER?