Greek and Roman Mythology Midterm
Questions and answers 2024
1. According to your textbook, true myth or myth proper is a term for:: a story primarily concerned with gods and
human relations with them.
2. According to your textbook, a folktale is a term for:: a story of adventure, told mainly to entertain
3. Which author and work are NOT related?: Hesiod and The Arognautica
4. When were the Homeric epics written down?: in the 8th century B.C.
5. Where is the great palace on Crete located?: Cnossos
6. What is Linear B?: An ancient Greek language
7. According to your textbook, modern archaeology is proving that the Trojan War:: happened much as Homer
wrote
8. According to your textbook, a saga or legend is a term for:: a story with a perceptible relationship with
history, though imaginative
9. Which of the following are ALL Greek sources of myth?: Hesiod, Herodotus, Sophocles and Homer
10.What is a tholos tomb?: A beehive shaped structure
11.How did Phaethon die?: Zeus killed him with thunder and lightning
12.Which author, as far as we can tell, was the first to give a systematic explanation of how the universe
came to be?: Hesiod
13.What, in Greek, was Pandora's box?: Pithos
14.Through what event did Deucalion and Pyrrha live?: The Flood
15.Which brother and sister pair represent the sun and the moon?: Apollo and Artemis
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, Greek and Roman Mythology Midterm
Questions and answers 2024
16.Ovid changes Hesiod's account of creation as follows:: Chaos is not a void, but raw material a god uses to make
the universe
17. Which divinities inspire the poets to sing about the other gods?: The Muses
18.What does the name "Aphrodite" probably mean?: Foam born
19.With what object did Rhea fool Cronus?: A stone
20.Which great monster(s) opposed Zeus?: Typhoeus
21. Which of the following did Aristotle not attribute as a function of sacrifice?-
: to help to go to heaven
22.Zeus and Themis gave birth to:: The Three Fates
23.According to myth, who founded the original Olympic Games?: Heracles, son of Zeus
24.Which mortal was carried off to serve Zeus on Olympus?: Ganymede
25.According to your text, the "Tragedy of Croesus" crystallizes the tragic yet uplifting nature of:: Greek
humanism
26.Which of the following is not a characteristic of 'diverse Zeus?': Creator of mankind
27.Zeus and Memory gave birth to:: The Nine Muses
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, Greek and Roman Mythology Midterm
Questions and answers 2024
28.What Greek religious idea is depicted in the story of Croesus, Atys, and Adrastus?: Nemesis
29.Why is Hestia important to the Greeks?: She personifies all-important fire for the home
30.Xenophanes' attack on the conventional depiction of the Greek gods was mainly directed against:: Their
anthropomorphism
31.What does the Greek word arete mean?: Excellence
32.Who is the most famous Gorgon?: Medusa
33.Your book suggests that the name "Aphrodite" probably means:: Foam
34.With what animal is Athena associated?: Owl
35.What beings shared one eye and one tooth?: The Graeae
36.Which of the following is not a characteristic of Athena?: Her strength
37.What does the name of Athena's temple 'Parthenon' mean?: Virgin
38.Which Nereid is Poseidon's wife?: Amphitrite
39.Despite the version, how do Roman and Greek mythology state the Scylla was changed from a beauty to a
terrifying monster?: By a poisoned bath
40.Which of the following areas is not a characteristic of Poseidon?: First ruler of the ocean
41.Who of the following did not offend Artemis?: Hippolytus
42.Which are the attendants of Aphrodite?: Graces and Seasons
43.For what deed was Apollo sentenced to work for Admetus?: Killing the Cyclopes
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Questions and answers 2024
1. According to your textbook, true myth or myth proper is a term for:: a story primarily concerned with gods and
human relations with them.
2. According to your textbook, a folktale is a term for:: a story of adventure, told mainly to entertain
3. Which author and work are NOT related?: Hesiod and The Arognautica
4. When were the Homeric epics written down?: in the 8th century B.C.
5. Where is the great palace on Crete located?: Cnossos
6. What is Linear B?: An ancient Greek language
7. According to your textbook, modern archaeology is proving that the Trojan War:: happened much as Homer
wrote
8. According to your textbook, a saga or legend is a term for:: a story with a perceptible relationship with
history, though imaginative
9. Which of the following are ALL Greek sources of myth?: Hesiod, Herodotus, Sophocles and Homer
10.What is a tholos tomb?: A beehive shaped structure
11.How did Phaethon die?: Zeus killed him with thunder and lightning
12.Which author, as far as we can tell, was the first to give a systematic explanation of how the universe
came to be?: Hesiod
13.What, in Greek, was Pandora's box?: Pithos
14.Through what event did Deucalion and Pyrrha live?: The Flood
15.Which brother and sister pair represent the sun and the moon?: Apollo and Artemis
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, Greek and Roman Mythology Midterm
Questions and answers 2024
16.Ovid changes Hesiod's account of creation as follows:: Chaos is not a void, but raw material a god uses to make
the universe
17. Which divinities inspire the poets to sing about the other gods?: The Muses
18.What does the name "Aphrodite" probably mean?: Foam born
19.With what object did Rhea fool Cronus?: A stone
20.Which great monster(s) opposed Zeus?: Typhoeus
21. Which of the following did Aristotle not attribute as a function of sacrifice?-
: to help to go to heaven
22.Zeus and Themis gave birth to:: The Three Fates
23.According to myth, who founded the original Olympic Games?: Heracles, son of Zeus
24.Which mortal was carried off to serve Zeus on Olympus?: Ganymede
25.According to your text, the "Tragedy of Croesus" crystallizes the tragic yet uplifting nature of:: Greek
humanism
26.Which of the following is not a characteristic of 'diverse Zeus?': Creator of mankind
27.Zeus and Memory gave birth to:: The Nine Muses
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, Greek and Roman Mythology Midterm
Questions and answers 2024
28.What Greek religious idea is depicted in the story of Croesus, Atys, and Adrastus?: Nemesis
29.Why is Hestia important to the Greeks?: She personifies all-important fire for the home
30.Xenophanes' attack on the conventional depiction of the Greek gods was mainly directed against:: Their
anthropomorphism
31.What does the Greek word arete mean?: Excellence
32.Who is the most famous Gorgon?: Medusa
33.Your book suggests that the name "Aphrodite" probably means:: Foam
34.With what animal is Athena associated?: Owl
35.What beings shared one eye and one tooth?: The Graeae
36.Which of the following is not a characteristic of Athena?: Her strength
37.What does the name of Athena's temple 'Parthenon' mean?: Virgin
38.Which Nereid is Poseidon's wife?: Amphitrite
39.Despite the version, how do Roman and Greek mythology state the Scylla was changed from a beauty to a
terrifying monster?: By a poisoned bath
40.Which of the following areas is not a characteristic of Poseidon?: First ruler of the ocean
41.Who of the following did not offend Artemis?: Hippolytus
42.Which are the attendants of Aphrodite?: Graces and Seasons
43.For what deed was Apollo sentenced to work for Admetus?: Killing the Cyclopes
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