CLST 101 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Peri Petei. Answer: Reversal of fortune
◉ Anagnorisis. Answer: recognition
◉ Katharsis. Answer: "purgation," tragedy should make you feel
◉ Ephebe. Answer: An age of a young man; not ready to get married
but ready for war
◉ Menis. Answer: godly rage, used for Achilles in first line of Iliad
◉ Metis. Answer: cunning intelligence, Odysseus' epithet, Mother of
Athena
◉ Aganoria. Answer: excessive masculinity in a bad way, used for
suitors
◉ Aner. Answer: man, as opposed to god; first word of Odyssey
,◉ androcentrism vs. patriarchy. Answer: men are the center of the
social power vs. fathers/husbands are the most important
◉ Aristeia. Answer: being your best fighter (going on killing sprees);
risks safety of self and family, only way to get honor. Example: Hector
◉ Imeros vs. Eros. Answer: love and sex vs. erotic love
◉ Xenia. Answer: guest friendship, also the name of a person
◉ hybis. Answer: abuse, is it ok to have sex with a young boy if he's
going to grow up and do the same thing?
◉ pederasty. Answer: love of a young boy
◉ hetaira. Answer: female companion, often immigrants
◉ sophrosyne. Answer: self control/discipline, healthy mind
◉ tribias. Answer: a woman whose sexual behaviors are non-
normative
◉ kinaedos. Answer: sexually weird/non-normative man
, ◉ Penelope. Answer: Odysseus' wife, shrewd and careful
◉ Eurycleia. Answer: loyal slave and nurse of Odysseus
◉ Slave girls in Odyssey. Answer: disloyal, slept with suitors, hung by
Telemachus in Book 22
◉ Clytemnestra. Answer: kills Agamemnon because she was having
an affair with another man
◉ Agamemnon. Answer: married to Clytemnestra, in charge of the
Greek army, takes Chryseis as a war prize, fights with Achilles about
pride
◉ Paris vs. Hector in the Iliad. Answer: debate of masculinity;
hector: perfect example of a manly man; paris: perfect example of a
feminine man, aphrodite takes him out of battle
◉ Sappho. Answer: 6th century poet in Lesbos, writes 9 books of
lyrics, sung by chorus.
◉ Sappho 1. Answer: written to Aphrodite, pulled down in a chariot
by sparrows from the sky, she will help find Sappho someone to love
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Peri Petei. Answer: Reversal of fortune
◉ Anagnorisis. Answer: recognition
◉ Katharsis. Answer: "purgation," tragedy should make you feel
◉ Ephebe. Answer: An age of a young man; not ready to get married
but ready for war
◉ Menis. Answer: godly rage, used for Achilles in first line of Iliad
◉ Metis. Answer: cunning intelligence, Odysseus' epithet, Mother of
Athena
◉ Aganoria. Answer: excessive masculinity in a bad way, used for
suitors
◉ Aner. Answer: man, as opposed to god; first word of Odyssey
,◉ androcentrism vs. patriarchy. Answer: men are the center of the
social power vs. fathers/husbands are the most important
◉ Aristeia. Answer: being your best fighter (going on killing sprees);
risks safety of self and family, only way to get honor. Example: Hector
◉ Imeros vs. Eros. Answer: love and sex vs. erotic love
◉ Xenia. Answer: guest friendship, also the name of a person
◉ hybis. Answer: abuse, is it ok to have sex with a young boy if he's
going to grow up and do the same thing?
◉ pederasty. Answer: love of a young boy
◉ hetaira. Answer: female companion, often immigrants
◉ sophrosyne. Answer: self control/discipline, healthy mind
◉ tribias. Answer: a woman whose sexual behaviors are non-
normative
◉ kinaedos. Answer: sexually weird/non-normative man
, ◉ Penelope. Answer: Odysseus' wife, shrewd and careful
◉ Eurycleia. Answer: loyal slave and nurse of Odysseus
◉ Slave girls in Odyssey. Answer: disloyal, slept with suitors, hung by
Telemachus in Book 22
◉ Clytemnestra. Answer: kills Agamemnon because she was having
an affair with another man
◉ Agamemnon. Answer: married to Clytemnestra, in charge of the
Greek army, takes Chryseis as a war prize, fights with Achilles about
pride
◉ Paris vs. Hector in the Iliad. Answer: debate of masculinity;
hector: perfect example of a manly man; paris: perfect example of a
feminine man, aphrodite takes him out of battle
◉ Sappho. Answer: 6th century poet in Lesbos, writes 9 books of
lyrics, sung by chorus.
◉ Sappho 1. Answer: written to Aphrodite, pulled down in a chariot
by sparrows from the sky, she will help find Sappho someone to love
