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Who is the father of Persephone?
Definition
Zeus
Term
Who is Kore?
Definition
Persephone
Term
What piece of writing tells the story of Eleusian Cult?
Definition
Homeric hym to Demeter
Term
Who approves Persephone's marriage to Hades?
Definition
Zeus
Term
What flower led to the abduction of Persephone by Hades?
Definition
Narcissus
Term
Who is the non-Olympian who heard the cry of Persephone?
Definition
Hectate
Term
What does Demeter do as a result of Persephone's capture?
Definition
Leaves Olympus and lives among mortals in Eleusis
Term
Who tells Demeter and Hecate the story of Persephone's abduction?
Definition
Helius
Term
Who found Demeter at the well of the Maiden?
Definition
the daughters of the King of Eleusis
Term
What does Demeter call herself while disguised as a mortal in Eleusis and what is her excuse for being there?
Definition
Doso; she escaped from pirates and is looking for work
Term
Who is the Prince Doso takes care of and attempts to make immortal?
Definition
Demophoon
Term
Why does Demeter reveal herself to the mortals and cause a famine?
Definition
Because the Queen caught her rolling her sun in fire and takes him away
Term
T/F:
Demeter ceases the famine once the gods beg her to
Definition
False
Term
Who is sent to Hades to retrieve Persephone?
Definition
Hermes
Term
What does Hades have Persephone eat before she leaves the Underworl and what happens as a result?
Definition
Pomegranate; she must return there for 2/3 of the year
Term
Who are the children of Hades and Persephone?
Definition
No one; it was a sterile marriage
Term
What is the fruit of death?
Definition
Pomegranate
Term
What happens as a result of Demeter bringing grain back to the Earth?
Definition
She establishes her cult which lasts until the 4 CE
Term
What is the reward for the members of the Eleusian cult?
Definition
A happy afterlife
Term
What time of year is it when Persephone is with her mother?
Definition
Spring
Term
What were the four possible meanings of the story of Persephone and Demeter?
Definition
metaphor for the four seasons; coming of age for women; sadness of marriage for the mother; explanation for death on Earth
Term
Define Hierophant
Definition
high priest
Term
Define Herald
Definition
messenger
Term
Define Hiera
Definition
sacred things
Term
Define Mystia
Definition
member of the Eleusian cult; could be anyone who spoke Greek except murderers
Term
What is the name for the 2-day Eleusian initiation?
Definition
Telesterion
Term
What happened during Telesterion?
Definition
nobody knows
Term
Where did Telesterion take place?
Definition
Anaktoron
Term
Who was the "spreader of grain"?
Definition
Triptolemus
Term
What is the Roman name for Cybele?
Definition
Magna Mater
Term
How was Cybele born?
Definition
From one of the rocks pyrrha and Decalion used to repopulate the Earth
Term
What was Cybele in charge of and how do you recognize her in art?
Definition
fertility, hearing, protection in war, oracles; wears a crown of towers
Term
How is Agdestis born
Definition
Zeus ejaculates because of his interest in Cybele and it lands on a rock; Agdestis comes from the rock
Term
How is Agdestis punished for his behavior and who executes his punishment?
Definition
Dionyses castrates him by tricking him into drinking from a lake of wine and tying his groin with vines in his sleep
Term
What is created as a result of Agdestis' castration blood?
Definition
the pomegranate tree
Term
Who does the pomegranate fruit impregnate?
Definition
Nana
Term
What is Nana's punishment for becoming pregnant and who is her child?
Definition
She is imprisoned by her father; Attis
Term
Who helps raise Attis and who is his unlikely friend?
Definition
Cybele; Agdestis
Term
Who does Attis marry and what happens at their wedding?
Definition
the daughter of Midas; Agdestis casts a spell to make everyone worship Attis; Attis and Gallus castrate themselves; Attis' wife kills herself. The pine tree comes from the blood of Attis; Violets come from the blood of Attis and his bride
Term
Where are Attis and his wife buried and what grows from their grave?
Definition
Together in a grave; an Almond tree
Term
Who do Cybele and Agdestis beg to give life back to Attis and what happens as a result?
Definition
Zeus; he does not bring him back to life but the body doesn't decay, his hair grows, and his pinky finger is always animated
Term
What was the name for the followers of Cybele and what did they do?
Definition
Galli; castrated themselves
Term
Who is the lover of Adonis, how does he die, and what happens as a result of his death?
Definition
Aphrodite; he is gored by a wild boar that Aphrodite warned him not to hunt; He is turned into an Anemone (flower)
Term
What rites were performed by members of the cult of Adonis?
Definition
Women buried seeds in shallow earth and ripped out their hair when the plants died as a symbolic mourning for the death of Adonis
Term
What is the pattern found in the stories of goddesses and their dying consorts?
Definition
Blood sacrifice; Earth goddes = permanent fertility of the Earth; the male =renewable through the powers of the Earth mother
Term
What is the roman name for Dionysus?
Definition
Bacchus
Term
Bacchus is the god of what?
Definition
wine (life force is the sap, instinctive side of personality)and male fertility (phallus and semen)
Term
What animals are associated with dionysus?
Definition
Panthers and leopards
Term
Who can be found with grape leaves in their hair or in a grape suit?
Definition
dionysus
Term
What god was late coming to Olympus and sometimes dresses like the opposite sex?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
Who is the male complement to Demeter and why?
Definition
Dionysus; encourages growth of everything living
Term
What are the basics of the birth of Dionysus?
Definition
Parents: Zeus and Semele
AKA "Twice Born" because he is ripped from his mother's womb and reborn from the thigh of Zeus
Raised by Ino and them the nymphs
Term
What is the story of Semele?
Definition
Princess of Thebes who falls in love with Zeus; tricked by Hera into asking Zeus to prove that he is a god; She asks him to come to her the way he does Hera and she is incinerated
Term
what does Ino do to Dionysus and why? What are the consequences of doing so?
Definition
Disguises him as a girl to keep him from Hera; Hera drives Ino and her husband mad. She cuts up her children, puts them in a pot, and runs off a cliff; Transformed into sea deity Leucothea
Term
Who taught Dionysus the art of wine-making
Definition
the nymphs
Term
Who is responsible for curing Dionysus of his madness and who cursed him with it?
Definition
Cybele, also gives him feminine robes; Hera
Term
Define Thyrsus
Definition
a staff wound with ivy leaves and crowned with a pine cone
Term
Who did Dionysus give the golden touch to and why?
Definition
Midas, the king of Lydia; He was hospital and helped Dionysus find his lost, drunken satyr
Term
Where does Midas go to get rid of the golden touch?
Definition
the Pactolus River
Term
Who is the wife of Dionysus and where does he find her?
Definition
Ariadne; the island of Naxos where she was abandoned by Theseus
Term
What is the name of Dionysus' group of followers and what do they consist of?
Definition
Thyiades; Satyrs, Sileni (old satrys), and Bacchae (Maenads are female followers)
Term
ID:
I pruned my own limbs thinking they were vines and was eaten alive by wild horses because I opposed Dionysus
Definition
Lycurgus
Term
What is the story of the Daughters of Minyas
Definition
AKA minyads; Good Greek women who refused to join Dionysus after he tries to coerce them in the form of a girl, bull, and a panther; Dionysus turns their looms into grapevines, nectar, milk, created darkness and changed them into bats
Term
What is the story of the daughters of King Proteus?
Definition
AKA Proteids; cursed with itching (leprosy); went mad and thought they were cows; Seer tells king he'll cure them for 1/3 of kingdom as payment, gets denied, then cures them in return for 2/3 of the kingdom
Term
What is the story of Dionysus and the Pirates?
Definition
Etruscan pirates abduct him thinking he is an easy target; the Helmsman figures out he is a god and warns the crew but they do not listen; the ship fills with wine and vines start to grow on it; Dionysus becomes a lion; the entire crew jump into the water and become dolphins but the Helmsman is safe
Term
What is the play and its author that tells the story of dionysus in Thebes?
Definition
The Bacchae by Euripides
Term
What is the story of Dionysus in Thebes?
Definition
Dionysus goes to Thebes to spread his cult and punish his aunts for spreading lies about his mother; He turns the women of Thebes into mad Bacchae who have orgies in the mountaints
Term
In the land of Thebes, who are the opposed to Dionysus' cult and who accepts it?
Definition
Accept: Tiresias (seer) and the Old King of Thebes (Semele's father)
Opposed: King Pentheus
Term
What happens between Dionysus and Pentheus?
Definition
Pentheus captures and interrogates Dionysus but he escapes; a messenger comes to tell Pentheus what the crazed women are doing and urges him to accept the cult; Pentheus plans to stop the women
Term
What happens as a result of Pentheus trying to stop the female followers of Dionysus?
Definition
Dionysus influences him to spy on them in women's clothing, he likes it, Dionysus places him in a pine tree; the women find him there and rip him to shreds
Term
Why does Dionysus go to the Underworld?
Definition
To retrieve the soul of his mother
Term
How does Dionysus get to the Underworld and what is the result?
Definition
A shepherd helps him find the entrance at the Alcyonean Lake; Semele becomes Thyone (she who receives sacrifice); He searches for the now dead shepherd to reward him but settles for carving a phallus from a fig tree onto his grave
Term
What is the meaning of Thyrsus?
Definition
vine
Term
What is the Lydian meaning of Dionysus?
Definition
Bakivali
Term
What other things is Dionysus associated with?
Definition
"He of the Trees"; Blossoms, Ivy, Black goatskin; "Boukoloi" (bull-herders); Wet vegetation; life force and death; dying fertility god; possible original consort of Semele
Term
Who represents Greek aversion to violence and irrationality and takes over Delphi when Apollo goes on vacation?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
How was the cult of Dionysus different from others?
Definition
Direct and personal and gives freedom from everyday reality
Term
What are the 5 terms associated with the cult of Dionysus and their meaning?
Definition
Euthousiasmos (being filled with the god); Ekstasis (standing outside oneself); Lysios (deliverer); Sparagmos (tearing apart); Omophagia (eat raw human flesh)
Term
Females favored the cult of which god?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
Where and during what event were tragedies performed in honor of Dionysus?
Definition
Lenaea and Dionysa; Festival of the Maenads
Term
What were the logistics of the Festival of Maenads?
Definition
3 days of tragedy; 3 plays/ day; each day ends with a satyr play
Term
What does tragedy mean?
Definition
goat song
Term
What are the three main theories of Dionysus' relation to theater?
Definition
Emerged from choral dance in honor of him; religious mystery of performances; ritual for mourning a dead hero
Term
Who was Thespis, when did he live, and what did he do?
Definition
Creator of theater as we know it; During the time of Pisistratus the tyrant of Athens; made festivals of Dionysus available to Athenians and had citywide drinking parties to celebrate the new change to theater
Term
What did most people consider to be the causes of death?
Definition
hostile forces from natural/human world or the supernatural world
Term
Define eidlon
Definition
image; shade (dead soul)
Term
What is the Ancient Greek term for "soul"
Definition
psyche
Term
What were the 6 common ways of appeasing the dead?
Definition
Funeral, Bury valuables, ritual mourning, making it a tomb with a feast; human sacrifice; and wearing dark clothing/scratching yourself and crying
Term
What are the four names for Hades and their meaning?
Definition
Pluto; Dis; Polydegmon (receiver of many); Polyxenos (host of many)
Term
What are the 3 types of landmarks in the Underworld?
Definition
Rivers (Styx-abhorent; Lethe-oblivion); Tartarus; Elysium/Elysian Fields
Term
Who are the two main workers in the Underworld and their role?
Definition
Charon (fairy man that must be paid to cross river Styx); Cerebrus (3 headed dog that keeps you from leaving the Underworld)
Term
What is another name for the Eurinys and where did they live?
Definition
Furies; Underworld
Term
What is the name for the Judges of the Underworld and what was their purpose?
Definition
Arbitrators; keep the peace between the dead
Term
Name the 5 damned individuals and their treacherous deeds
Definition
Tityus (tried to rape Leto); Tantalus (feeds the gods his son Pelops at a banquet); Sisyphus (tried to cheat death by saying he had to go home to make sure his wife buried him correctly; refused to come back; must roll a boulder up a hill forever); Ixion (tried to rape Hera; strapped to a spinning wheel); Danaids
Term
Who are the two sources for life in the Underworld?
Definition
Homer (Archaic) and Virgil
Term
What is the basic story of Odysseus?
Definition
After the Trojan war he travels fromTroy to Ithaca (home) but it takes him 10 yrs to get there because of various "distractions" along the way
Term
Who was Odysseus told to seek counsel from?
Definition
Tiresias, the now dead blind seer who lived for 7 generations
Term
What is the story of Tiresias?
Definition
Killed a female snake having sex; turns into a female; later kills a male snake having sex and turns back into a male
Term
Who do Hera and Zeus go to to settle their dispute on which gender enjoys sex more and what happens as a result?
Definition
Tiresias; he says women enjoy it more (meaning Hera was wrong) and Hera makes him blind. Zeus gives him prophecy and a long life to make up for it
Term
How does Odysseus get into the Underworld to find Tiresias?
Definition
the land of Cimmerians; makes a pit of liquid and blood sacrifices so the dead come to him
Term
Who are the dead that appear to Odysseus and what do they say?
Definition
Elpinor (former shipmate; asks for proper burial); His mother; Eidolon of Heracles; Menalaus King of Spartus( lives in Elysium); Achilles
Term
What is the story of Orpheus of Thracion?
Definition
The greatest mortal musician whose wife (Eurydice) is killed by a snake bite; Goes to the Underworld where he begs to have her back (plays his music); gets her soul but is told he can't look at her till they reach the surface; he looks and she is gone forever
Term
Who is blamed for introducing homosexual activity and is ripped apart by followers of Dionysus?
Definition
Orpheus
Term
What is Orphism?
Definition
A collection of writings that describe a different cosmogany that ensure a happy afterlife
Term
What is different about the Orphism cosmogany (3)?
Definition
Chronos and Andrasteia (necessity); Aether and Chronos have Phane (makes everything); Zeus swallows Phanes along with all other creations
Term
Who remakes all creations in Orphism?
Definition
Zeus and Nyx
Term
In Orphism who is born from Zeus and Persephone?
Definition
Zagreus
Term
In Orphism who are the parents of Dionysus?
Definition
Zeus and Semele
Term
What is another name for metempsychosis?
Definition
reincarnation
Term
According to Orphism, how could you break the cycle of reincarnation?
Definition
through Ascetic purity and magic formulas
Term
Who did reincarnation influence (3)?
Definition
Plato, Virgil, and early christians
Term
Who said that the soul is a divine spark in an Earthly body?
Definition
Plato
Term
Who wrote the Myth of Er?
Definition
Plato in Republic (spoken by socrates)
Term
What is the Myth of Er?
Definition
A soldier named Er dies in battle but comes back to life to tell what he saw
Term
What does Er say that he learned?
Definition
Souls end up in a place where there are openings up and down; after 1000 yrs of torment or bliss you return to Earth to a life that you choose; approved by Atropos; Drink from river of forgetfulness before you return
Term
What is the river of forgetfulness?
Definition
Lethe
Term
The soul is ____ and ____ law governs the world
Definition
immortal; moral
Term
Where is the story of Aeneas found?
Definition
Virgil's Aeneid
Term
What is the story of Aeneas?
Definition
The Trojan Prince who has to find a new home after the war; guided by Sibyl of Cumae so he can ask his dead father for advice
Term
What are the characteristics of Virgil's Underworld?
Definition
There is a judgement; spirits live in Elysium or Tartarus for 1000 yrs; good spirits are purified so they can return to a new life on Earth
Term
Who are the different groups of dead in the Underworld?
Definition
Infants, Wrongly convicted, suicides, died for love, soldiers
Term
What are the 5 components of the Heroic pattern?
Definition
impossible tasks, divine parentage, quests, kingdoms to be won, divine help
Term
What area is associated with Perseus?
Definition
The Argive Plain
Term
What areas are associated with the Argive Plain?
Definition
Tiryns, Mycenae, Argos; AKA Argolid
Term
What areas is Io associated with?
Definition
Argos and Egypt
Term
Describe Io
Definition
An Oceanid descendant who is a priestess of Hera desired by Zeus
Term
What is the story of Zeus and Io?
Definition
Zeus wants Io so he changes her into a cloud then a cow to hide her from Hera; Hera decides she wants the beautiful cow and Zeus gives it to her; Hera has Argus (made of eyes) watch over it; Zeus sends Hermes to kill Argus and he sings him to sleep to do so; Hera puts the eyes of Argus in the peacock
Term
Describe the wanderings of Io and its cause
Definition
Tormented by a gadfly sent by Hera; she flees all over the world and meets Prometheus while he is tied down at Caucausus Mts; He says Zeus will free her once she reaches Egypt and they will have Epaphus; Descendant will be Heracles
Term
Who is Io often associated with?
Definition
Isis
Term
Describe the Danaids (who they were and what they did)
Definition
Descendants of Io who live in Argives; murder their husbands and bury the heads in a swamp; one spares her husband and they become the House of Argos
Term
Who is Acrisius?
Definition
Grandson of the House of Argos who attempts to keep his daughter from men so that she can's have a son who will kill him
Term
Who does Acrisius consult about his future?
Definition
the Oracle at Delphi
Term
Who are the two grandsons of the House of Argos?
Definition
Acrisius (rules in Argos); Proteus (rules in Tiryns)
Term
Which grandson of the House of Argos has daughters but wants sons?
Definition
Acrisius
Term
What is the story of the daughter of Acrisius?
Definition
imprisoned in an underground chamber by her father; Zeus comes to her in the form of a golden shower and impregnates her; Perseus is their son
Term
What is the story of the early life of Perseus?
Definition
is put in a box with his mother and thrown into the ocean by Acrisius; they were rescued by Dictys (fisherman/brother of Polydectes) at Seriphos
Term
Why does Perseus set out on his quest?
Definition
Polydectes wants his mother; she does not want him; Perseus protects her from him; Polydectes (pretending to be in persuit of another woman) sends Perseus on a quest for head of Medusa to get rid of him
Term
How many Gorgons are there?
Definition
3; Medusa is the only one not immortal
Term
Who offers to help Perseus and how?
Definition
Athena says the nymphs might know where to find Medusa; Graceae helps him find the nymphs
Term
What are the magical implements of Perseus' journey?
Definition
Cap of Hades (invisibility); winged sandals; Kibisis (leather pouch); Extra sharp sword; highly polished bronze shield
Term
Describe the death of Medusa
Definition
pregnant at time of death; Pegasus and Chrysaor (giant) were born from her headless body; her head killed Polydectes when Perseus showed it to him
Term
What is the story of Perseus and Andromeda?
Definition
Andromeda was going to be sacrificed to Ceto the sea monster because her mother (cassiopea) said she was more beautiful than the Nerieds; Perseus kills the monster with head of Medusa; son is Perses (ancestor of Persians)
Term
Describe the death of Acrisius
Definition
Perseus returns to Argos;Acrisius flees; Perseus participates in a sporting event where he accidentally kills a spectator with a discus (Acrisius)
Term
Define Apotropaic. What does it refer to?
Definition
wards off evil; the head of Medusa whose blood mixed with desert sand created scorpions and coral when mixed with sea weed
Term
What is the deeper meaning behind the story of Perseus according to Freud?
Definition
Medusa's head represents the female genitalia; reflection of the social conditions (overthrowing the mother to join the world of the father); medusa might not even be a part of the original Perseus story
Term
Herakles is the descendant of ____
Definition
Perseus
Term
Herakles is a hero of ____ and physical strength
Definition
excess
Term
What kind of hero is Herkles?
Definition
Panhallenic
Term
Who are the children of Perseus?
Definition
Electryon (had 9 sons and one daughter); Alcaeus; Sthenelus
Term
Who are the grandchildren of Perseus?
Definition
Alcemena; Amphitryon; Eurystheus
Term
Who kills 8 of Electryon's sons?
Definition
Pirates
Term
What is the story of Elecrtryon's revenge?
Definition
Left Alcemena with Amphitryon to avenge his sons; Amphitryon kills Electryon and Alcmena says he has to avenge her brothers or she won't have sex with him
Term
What role does Zeus play in the quarrel between Alcmena and Amphitryon?
Definition
He disguises himself as Amphitryon and has sex with Alcmena
Term
What happens as a result of Zeus boasting that his seed would rule Mycanae?
Definition
Hera speeds of the birth of Eurytheus (diluted descendant of Zeus) so he becomes king instead of Hercules
Term
What is the story of the birth of Heracles?
Definition
Hera keeps the goddess of childbirth from assisting Alcmena; Alcmena's servant tricks the goddess by saying the child is born so she unwinds herself and Heracles is born; the servant is turned into a weasel
Term
Who are the children of Alcmena?
Definition
Heracles and Iphicles
Term
What are the youthful deeds of Heracles?
Definition
killing serpents; created the Milky Way from spitting out Hera's milk; Finest training and education; Kills Linus music teacher (self-defense?); has sex with 50 daughters of Thespius in one night
Term
Who is the wife of Heracles?
Definition
Megara the daughter of Creon
Term
What does Heracles do to his family and why?
Definition
He kills his wife and 3 children because Hera drives him mad
Term
What is the punishment for Heracles' crime of blood guilt?
Definition
he has to serve his cousin Eurytheus as punishment (12 labors; wins immortality)
Term
What are the 12 Labors of Heracles?
Definition
Nemean Lion; Lernaean Hydra; Ceryneian Deer; Erymanthian Boar; Augean Stables;Stymphalian birds; Cretan Bull; Horses of Diomedes; Girdle of Hippolyta; Cattle of Geryon; Apples of the Hesperides; Cerberus
Term
Where does the knowledge of the 12 labors come from?
Definition
the Temple of Zeus at Olympic Metopes
Term
What are the side deeds of Hercles?
Definition
Alcestis; Cacus; Busiris
Term
Describe the Various Deeds of Heracles?
Definition
Wants to remarry; wins Io;e in archery contest but her dad won't give her up; stole horses to get back at him and kills his son Iphitus
Term
What happens as a result of Heracles seeking cleansing from blood guilt a second time?
Definition
The Oracle at Delphi denies him; Heracles tries to steal the tripod; Apollo agrees to purify him if he serves a woman for 3 yrs and gives all earnings to Eurytus, King of Oechalia
Term
what happened as a result of Heracles attempting to steal the tripod?
Definition
Apollo came down to stop him (tug of war) and Zeus had to separate them with a lightening bolt
Term
Who bought Heracles from the slave market?
Definition
Omphale Queen of Lydia
Term
What is the story of Heracles and Omphale?
Definition
She buys him at a slave market as a lover; they trade clothes in a cave one day so Pan tries to have sex with Heracles; reason why Pan gives up clothing (they're deceptive)
Term
Why does Pan give up wearing clothing?
Definition
Tries to have sex with Heracles who was dressed as a woman; believes clothes are deceptive
Term
What is the meaning of "Deianira"?
Definition
man-killer
Term
what is the story of Heracles, Deianira and the Underworld?
Definition
Heracles battles river god Achelous for Deianira and wins; centaur Nessus tries to rape her on the way back; Heracles kills Nessus but gives Deianira a "love potion" from his blood before he dies; Heracles also fights for Iole and wins
Term
Describe the death of Heracles
Definition
H goes away to make a sacrifice to Zeus; Deianira remembers H loves Iole and could be cheating so she coats a shirt in the "love potion" and sends it to H via their son as a gift; shirt torments him; shepherd lights his funeral pyre
Term
Who else dies with Heracles?
Definition
the messenger and Deianira (suicide)
Term
What happens after the death of Heracles?
Definition
the shepherd receives his bow and arrow; he becomes a god of Olympus and marries Hebe; Odysseus sees his "shade" in Underworld
Term
Describe the character of Heracles
Definition
Sufferingl Averter of Evil (Alexikakos); monster-slayer; man of excess, most loved of all Greek heroes
Term
Who vows to kill Heraklidae and who are they?
Definition
Eurystheus; many sons of Heracles+
Term
Where were the Heraklidae hidden?
Definition
Athens
Term
Who kills Eurystheus and what happens to his body?
Definition
hyllus; Alcmena defiles it (cuts it up)
Term
What is the story of the conquering of Peloponnesse?
Definition
Heraklidae tried to conquer it and were told they would be successful at the 3rd harvest; thought it referred to agricultural harvests but it meant generations of ppl
Term
What were the five areas of excellence for Classical Athens?
Definition
Architecture and Art (Parthenon); Drama (Aeschylus); Philosophy (Sophocles, Euripides); Military; Politics (democracy)
Term
what are the three stories of Athenian origin?
Definition
from mortal Cecrops (snaky); Athena; Autochthanous (from the Earth itself--grasshoppers)
Term
What are the characteristics of the Golden age? (cecrops)
Definition
Arts of civilization; worship of Zeus; End of Human sacrifice; building of cities; proper burial of dead; monogamous marriage
Term
Who is the "man of wool and Earth"?
Definition
Erichthonius
Term
Who are the parents of Erichtnonius?
Definition
Hephaestus and wool (Athena)
Term
What is the story of Athena and Erichthonius?
Definition
She wants to make him immortal; she places him in a basket and gives it to daughters of Cecrops telling them not to open it; they fall off the Acropolis for looking; Athena takes him back to raise as her own
Term
What daughter of Cecrops is the only one that does not look in the basket?
Definition
Pandrous
Term
Describe the Festival of Dew Carriers
Definition
based on myth of the daughters of Cecrops; Yearly ritual of the Arrhephoria (dew carriers--2 lived on Acropolis; wove robe for wooden statue of Athena in Erechtheem; sent to Athena's grove and returned with strange object in baskets
Term
Who are the daughters of Pandion?
Definition
procne and Philomela
Term
What is the story of Procne and Tereus?
Definition
they marry and have son Itys; their wedding is overseen by the Furies; Tereus goes to fetch the sister Philomela, rapes her, cuts out her tongue, and abandons her telling Procne she died
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How is Philomela rescued?
Definition
she weaves the story of her plight and sends it to Procne; Procne kills Itys and makes him into stew to get back at Tereus; sisters change into a nightingale and a swallow
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What is the story of Theseus' birth?
Definition
Aegeus king of Athens had no sons and went to the oracle to find out if he could get some; oracle said do not open the wine skin until he gets home but he was confused; he stays with Troezan who figures it out and tricks him into sleeping with his daughter Aethra; she also "sleeps" with Poseidon
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what was the relationship between Theseus and his mortal father?
Definition
He had to be raised in secret and could not visit him until he was strong enough to lift a boulder where his father placed a sword and sandals
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How does Theseus choose to reach Athens and what happens as a result?
Definition
Chooses land instead of sea; 6 Labors of Theseus
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What are the six labors of Theseus?
Definition
Periphetes, the clubber; siris, the pinebender; Crommyonian Sow; Sciron the kicker; Cercyon the wrestler; Procrustes, the bed-fitters
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What is the story of Theseus' arrival at Athens?
Definition
Aegus does not recognize him because he is spelled by Madea; aegeus sends him to kill bull on Marathon (father of minotaur); Madea tries to poison Theseus but Aeugus saves him by recognizing the sword
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What changes does Theseus make to Athens?
Definition
Synoicism, Panathenaic festival, assembly; abducts queen of Amazons
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What is the result of the Amazonomachy?
Definition
Athenenians win
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