Exam Questions

1. What fatal error is shared by Orpheous, Semele, and Acteon?
1. looking at something that they shouldn't
2. Definition of myth
1. precedent behind every action
3. Dionysus took which god/goddess spot on the Pantheon?
1. Hestia/Vesta
4. Name a person who turned into a cow
1. Io
5. What is the most frequently sited form of creation myths in our class presentations?
1. Earth-Diver myths
6. Because Tiersas seperated two snakes and told the truth to Juno, what was his punishment?
1. turned blind
7. Who was turned into a flower?
1. Narcisus
8. The definition is "the explanation of how something came to be" of ____
1. etiology
9. What does Juno, when she is disguised as her nurse, tell Semele to do?
1. Have Jove show Semele his true form
10. Why did Jove turn Lychaon into a wolf?
1. He (Lychaon) fed human flesh to the gods
11. What was the one condition of Orpheous bringing back his wife from the underworld?
1. Don't look at her
12. Wha are the main types of creation myths?
1. Earth-Diver
2. Creation from nothing
3. Creation from chaos
4. World Parent
13. What kind of creature did Cadmus slay?
1. Snake
14. What is the Caduseus?
1. Medical symbol
2. may have to draw it so better practice!!
15. Syrnx was the object of the amorous attention of what god?
1. Pan
16. Which King of Thebes put Dionysus in jail?
1.  Pentheus
17. The meaning of Pentheus name is?
1. Man of Sorrow
18. Bacchus has twin parents- Semele and Jove
19. Define ditherambos
1. He of the Double Doors
20. What does Jove turn Calysto and Argus into?
1. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
21. What are the three parts of myth?
1. Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
22. What characterizes initation?
1. pain & suffering
23. Who are Cadmus' daughters?
1. Semele, Atonway, Ino, Agava
2. All turn out bad
24. What form did Jove take in the story of Calisto?
1. Diana
25. Why did Daphne feel from Apollo?
1. Because she got hit with a "fleeing" arrow and he got hit with a "chasing" arrow
26. Why in ancient Greece do victors in sporting events have laurel wreaths placed on their heads?
1. Daphn and Apollo
27. True or False: In the debate between creation and evolutionism, Ovid would side with creation.
1. False
28. What does Dionysus do to the city of Thebes, according to Dr. Sexson?
1. Burns it to the ground
29. Pygmalion Question
1. probably have to do with mythological geneology- My Fair Lady & Pretty Woman
30. What god killed Argus, the 100 eyed giant?
1. Hermes/Mercury
31. How did peacocks get their eyes on their tails?
1. Juno took the eyes from Argus, the 100 eyed giant
32. Siciphus, tantalus, Ixium are part of Orpheus story of his going to Hades. They were the people that he met.