Chapter 01 Student Quiz

. What does the Greek term aitia mean?

. Who is the single most important source for classical mythology after Homer?

. Who is not a tragic playwright?

. Who wrote the Theogony?

. In the psychoanalytic approach to myth, what is the anima?

. To whom can be attributed an interpretation of myth centered on the spiritual or mystical yearnings of human beings?

. Who is responsible for analyzing myth into 31 recurrent motifemes?

. What cannot be said about the role of women in Greek society?

. Which statement corresponds most closely to Lévi-Strauss' approach to myth?

. To whom is attributed the theory of the archetype?

. Who attempted to explain myths as charters of social customs?

. Who attempted to explain myth in terms of meteorological or cosmological phenomena?

. What is the name of an interpretation of myth that sought to rationalize it by claiming that the gods were originally powerful men?

. What is an important element in defining saga or legend?

. Which is not a meaning of the Greek word mythos?

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