exam #1 questions...

1. What did Demeter do to get revenge for Persephone abduction? ~She sent winter
2. What is a senex? ~ a doddering old fool
3. What are the 3 manifestations of the Universal goddess (triple goddess)? ~ the crone, the maiden and the mother
4. What is the definition of 'puer?' ~An archetypal youth
5. The reason why 'I' couldn't have taken your cattle? ~ "I was born yesterday"
6. What did Aggy have to do to be able to go to the Trojan War? ~ sacrifice Iffy, his daughter
7. What is the heart of all tragedy according to Sophy? ~ The best thing that could happen to you is to have never been born
8. What is the definition of sparagmos? ~rendering/tearing of live flesh; SHREDDING
9. What is 'the kore?' ~ the maiden (Persephone)
10. How was Dionysus born? ~ He of the 'double doors' who was created from Zeus's thigh
11. What is stichomythia? ~ a short, pungent exchange between characters (agnostic combatants)
12. Name the 5 conflicts in Antigone. ~ 1) man and woman, 2) young and old, 3) individual and society, 4) living and the dead, 5) man and the gods
13. What was Aphrodite Urania the goddess of? ~ spiritual love
14. What does Dr. Sexson think was 'shown' during the Eleusian mysteries ceremony? ~ a stalk of wheat
15. What does Antigone's name mean? ~ anti- birth
16. What is the definition of a 'hubris?' ~ overwhelming sense of pride or arrogance
17. What is the 'tragic flaw' of all characters? ~ that they were born
18. Is there going to be a test of your knowledge of lines 441-581 in Antigone? ~ perhaps
19. Who do you invoke for inspiration? ~ the muses
20. How many muses are there? ~ 9
21. What was the name of the first song (performed by Hermes)? ~ stairway to heaven
22. What does chthonic mean? ~ relating to the underworld
23. What did Persephone eat that binded her to the underworld? ~ a pomegranate seed
24. What did Tyreseus experience that no one else can? ~ life as both a male and a female
25. What does 'hysterical' mean? ~ detached womb
26. Who was the father of the muses? ~ Zeus
27. What does 'catharsis' mean? ~purgation, cleansing of the system
28. Was Jocasta only Antigone's mother? ~ No, she was also her grandmother
29. What is the definition of 'pous?' ~city
30. What does 'mythos' mean? ~ story
31. When is Cassi's b-day, and where was she born? ~ February 2, 1987 in Grand Junction, Co
32. Is it time to go? ~ yes, it's 2:03 pm

You also need to know much more, these are just what we discussed in class.

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