Short Answer 1
Goddess of the hunt
Artemis
The hero who sailed the Argo
Jason
Which goddesses ask Paris to judge their competition? Choose all that apply:
A) Hera
B) Athena
C) Artemis
D) Aphrodite
E) Hestia
F) Discord
A) Hera
B) Athena
D) Aphrodite
Has a "coming of age" adventure at the beginning of the Odyssey
Telemachus
Saves Thebes by answering the sphinx's riddle
Oedipus
"In media res" means
How does Jocasta die?
Suicide
Which of the following are blind? Choose all that apply
A) Jocasta
B) Oedipus (at the end of OR)
C) Priam
D) Penelope
E) Teiresias
F) Hephaestus
B) Oedipus (at the end of OR)
E) Teiresias
This Trojan challenges Menelaus to a fight to the death. Although he does not intend to “chicken out,” a goddess whisks him away to safety.
Paris
Aristotle's term meaning "Reversal of fortunes"
Peripety
The name "Oedipus" means
Swollen foot
The tenor, vehicle, and mode of comparison are all parts of what?
Epic Simile
Who are the Atreides ("ides"= sons of)? Choose all that apply:
A) Atreus
B) Agamemnon
C) Clytemnestra
D) Aegisthus
E) Menelaus
F) Pelops
B) Agamemnon
E) Menelaus
This Greek hero was so powerful and rash that he fought the River itself.
Achilles
The city in Asia Minor for which Homer’s great epic is named.
Ilion
Define "catharsis"
the purgation of emotion
Who wrote The Oresteia?
Aeschylus
Who are the Greeks? Select all that apply:
a) Agamemnon
b) Menelaus
c) Paris
d) Hector
e) Odysseus
f) Priam
g) Achilles
h) Diomedes
i) Cassandra
j) Andromache
k) Nestor
a) Agamemnon
b) Menelaus
e) Odysseus
g) Achilles
h) Diomedes
k) Nestor
She has been holding Odysseus hostage because she wants him to be her husband.
The island-city of Greece, to which Odysseus longs to return.
Ithaka
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's 3 children
Orestes, Iphigenia, Electra
What are the 6 elements of a drama, according to Aristotle? (Whoever gets the most wins)
Plot
Character (ethos)
Thought (dianoia)
Diction (lexis)
Melody (melos)
Spectacle (opsis)
Who took part in killing Patroclus? Select all that apply:
A) Apollo
B) Athena
C) Ares
D) Euphorbos (spearman)
E) Hector
F) Paris
G) Ajax the lesser
A) Apollo
D) Euphorbos (spearman)
E) Hector
Son of Zeus, slain by Patroclus
Sarpedon
Is killed by his own son at the crossroads
Laius