Chapter 3 Quizzes

The Development of Classical Myth
. Which of the following had a strong influence on European sculptors of the early twentieth century?

. From their linguistic roots, we know that the names of the gods Zeus and Jupiter are descended from the same Indo-European word meaning "_______."

. Which of the following is the Greek word for the kind of illiterate "oral poet" who entertained in aristocratic courts and perhaps in public festivals?

. Ancient _______, the "land between the rivers," was a particularly important source of Greek myth.

. The culture of which of the following peoples appeared suddenly, about 4000 BC and with few antecedents, near the Persian Gulf?

. Which of the following was the most widely used system of writing in the ancient world before the Greek alphabet?

. Which of the following is the Sumerian god of the sky?

. Which of the following Sumerian deities is the embodiment of the force and power of a thunderstorm?

. All the Sumerian gods are _______, or "human-shaped," in both appearance and behaviour.

. Which of the following Semitic peoples, led by the ruler Sargon, took over the southern Sumerian cities and adopted Sumerian culture?

. Which of the following was a non-Semitic people who controlled central Anatolia (Asia Minor) during the Late Bronze Age, and spoke the earliest attested Indo-European language?

. The wrath of Achilles is the principal theme of the _______.

. According to the opening lines of the Theogony, who came to Hesiod in a vision while he was tending his flocks?

. A _______ is a metrical address invoking a god or goddess by listing cultic names and telling and important story about the deity.

. Which of the following is our most important source for myth in the Classical Period?

. Who was the first systematic literary critic, whose idea of the audience of a tragedy experiencing a kind of cleansing "through pity and fear" has been enormously influential?

. The tragedies of _______ tend to feature heroes who are lonely and unbending, and learn too late how they should act.

. Which city, after its founding in 331 BC, was the center of Greek culture for the next three hundred years?

. The most important surviving work of the so-called "mythographers" is the _______.

. Whose tragedies were characterized by extreme violence and savage emotion, and made a deep impression on such Renaissance writers as Shakespeare?

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This is a clear representation of Artemis as _______.

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