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Chapter 4 (Lecture 4)
Creation of Mortals
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01/21/2016

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Hephaestus
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Who reluctantly binds Prometheus in Aeschylus' play Prometheus Bound?
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Io
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The woman Zeus seduced and then turned into a cow was...
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Golden Age
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Cronus ruled during the...
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Killed each other off
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The men of the Bronze Age...
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Rocks
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According to the tradition, mankind is recreated from...
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Deucalion and Pyrrha
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Who survived the flood sent by Zeus?
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Lycaon attempted to feed Zeus human flesh
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What was the final outrage that preceded the flood?
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Hermes
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Who was the slayer of Argus?
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Epaphus
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The offspring of Zeus and Io was...
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The deception of the sacrifice
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What did Zeus punish Prometheus for?
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Prometheus
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In the traditional version of the creation of man, who is depicted as the creator?
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Typhoeus
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One of the most difficult opponents for Zeus to overcome was the dragon named...
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The Earthborn
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In another struggle Zeus fought against the Gegeneis, whose name means...
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The Titans
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In Zeus' bid for power, from which of the following did he not receive aid?
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Golden Age
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The first age in the universe was known as the...
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Uruk
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Of what city was Gilgamesh king?
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Tiamat
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Who corresponds to the Greek Typhoeus in the Enuma Elish?
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Steropes
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Which is not a name of the Hecatonchires?
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Ut-napishtim
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Who is the counterpart to the Greek Deucalion or the Hebrew Noah in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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Otus and Ephialtes
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Which two giants attempted to storm heaven by piling Olympus, Ossa, and Pelion upon one another?
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Helius
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Phaethon is the son of...
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The sky
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Helius, Selene, Eos are the gods of...
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Shining (male)
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Phoebus means...
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Shining (female)
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Phoebe means...
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Eternal youth
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Eos asks for eternal life for Tithonus from Zeus, but doesn't ask for...
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Cronus and Rhea
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The next generation gods (Olympian Gods) were produced by...
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Cronus
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Uranos is castrated by...
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10 years
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Titanomachy, the War of the Titans (Titans vs. Olympians) lasted how long?
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Zeus had a bad headache and Hephaestus, the craftsman god, cracked him in the head. Athena then came out fully armoured.
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How was Athena born?
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She would produce a son that would usurp Zeus
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The prophesy regarding Zeus' first wife stated that...
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Wrapping up a rock in a blanket and then feeding it to him
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Rhea and Gaia tricked Cronus by...
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So that the prophesy will not be fulfilled
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Why does Cronus eat his children?
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