Test questions

1. Which birds represent Procne and Philomela? ~ a swallow and a nightingale, respectively
2. What is the definition of ate? ~ infatuation to the point of ruin
3. Who is the original artificer/ artisan? ~ Daedalus
4. Who is the god of sleep, dreams and disguises? ~ Morpheus
5. What should we avoid at all costs? ~ old people
6. What is Aristophane's theory about the soul mate? ~ joined together in the beginning then split in half
7. Tragedy always emphasizes ___________ and comedy always emphasizes___________. ~ individual; community
8. According to Plato, how does one reach immortality of the soul? ~ knowledge, virtue, or art
9. Socrates said that everything he learned about love he learned from__________? ~ Diotema
10. What is Socratic irony? ~ claiming to know nothing, and knowing everything
11. What does Icarus fail to do that leads to his demise? ~ he flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings
12. What was the difference between Arachne and Minerva's weavings? ~ the victims of the gods and the good of the gods, respectively
13. What is the final scene (farthest away) in Velasquez's paining 'the spinners'? ~ The rape of Europa
14. What does the name Pentheus mean? ~ man of constant sorrow
15. How is Cademus related to Pentheus? ~ he is his grandfather
16. What did Ulysses think he deserved the arms of Achilles? ~ he started it all
17. What Shakespearean play was inspired by Tiresius' and Philomena? ~ Tytus Andronicus
18. What is a characteristic of New Comedy? ~ boys wants girl
19. What is anagnorsis? or The moment when Agave brought the head of her son Pentheus to her father and he had to make her realize the truth... ~ recognition/ anagnorsis
20. What is the first example of framing in the Metamorphoses? ~ Pan and the Syrinx as told by Mercury to Argus
21. What is grace? ~ the awareness of God's presence in the world
22. What does omophagia mean? ~ the eating of living flesh
23. Who is love the child of? ~ Poverty and contrivance
24. How old will the Metamorphoses be in 2008? ~ 2000 years old
25. What was Daphne turned into? ~ a laurel tree
26. What does naso mean? ~ nose
27. What is Ovid's real name? ~ Publius Ovidius Naso