Clc 106 Final Exam 2023 Questions and Answers

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Clc 106 Final Exam 2023 Questions and Answers Define divine myth ✔Ans✔ Etiological stories; characters are gods/goddesses; plot: creation stories, relationships among the gods and humans, expl... aining the origin of things; settings: before and outside the present order, before human chronology Define legend ✔Ans✔ Have some element of truth; Characters: heroes/heroines, gods play supporting roles, people with extraordinary abilities; plots: quests or journeys, monster slaying, rescues, waging wars; setting: Earth, but in the distant past Define folktale ✔Ans✔ A traditional story that is not a divine myth or legend; function to entertain and teach (ex. Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella). Characters: ordinary human beings, often children, fantastical beings; plot: persecution, reversal of fortune, happily ever after; setting: timeless and placeless Define hubris ✔Ans✔ Excessive pride, wanton arrogance What are the Legends of Iolcus? ✔Ans✔ Jason, the Argonauts, and Medea Who is Aeson? ✔Ans✔ Father of Jason; he is the king of Aeolus Who is Pelias? ✔Ans✔ Jason's uncle; he takes over the throne from Aeson; he is told a prophesy that one day a man with one sandal would take away his throne. Pelias sends Jason on his quest to retrieve the golden fleece How does Hera test Jason? ✔Ans✔ Jason meets an old woman and carries her across a stream, but the old woman is actually Hera in disguise; this is when Jason loses one of his sandals Who is Medea? ✔Ans✔ Heroine of Jason; she is from Colchis, daughter of Aeetis; she is very good with potions What is the golden fleece? ✔Ans✔ The golden wool of a ram that is guarded by a deadly serpent at the end of a treacherous journey Who designs the Argo and what magical element does Athena insert in it? ✔Ans✔ Argus, a ship builder; Athena gives Jason a talking oracular wooden beam made out of oak from one of Zeus's oak trees Who are the original Argonauts? ✔Ans✔ Argus (the builder), Castor and Polydeuces (the Dioscuri), Zetes and Calais (the Boreads) Who are the later Argonauts? ✔Ans✔ Heracles and Hylas What happens when the Argonauts stop at Lemnos? ✔Ans✔ The Lemnian women have insulted Aphrodite, who has punished them by making them smell horrible so that none of the Lemnian men would sleep with them. The men have been going to Thessaly to get wives and children, so the Lemnian women go crazy and kill all of the other men, women and children. The Argonauts arrive and give the Lemnian women attention, except for Heracles. What happens when the Argonauts stop at Cios? ✔Ans✔ Heracles sets out to find wood to make another oar because his is broken; Hylas goes out with him and he is taken by some water nymphs and drowned; Heracles goes to search for Hylas and the Argonauts ditch both of them at Cios. What happens when the Argonauts stop at Salmydessus? ✔Ans✔ Phineus (a blind oracle) is tortured by the Harpies because he used his oracular gifts to give people too much information, insulting both Apollo and Zeus. The Argonauts are here because they don't really know where they are. Phineus agrees to help them if they get rid of the Harpies, so the Boreads chase them away and Phineus gives them directions. He also warns them about the "Symplegades" (Crashing Rocks) and suggests that they test the timing by sending a dove ahead of them. At Colchis, what three tasks does King Aeetes have Jason perform? ✔Ans✔ 1) yoke 2 fire-breathing, bronze-hoofed bulls and plow the ground, 2) sow dragon's teeth into the ground, 3) destroy the armed soldiers that will spring up Who gives Jason a magic ointment to help him and also helps him to get the Golden Fleece with a magic potion? ✔Ans✔ Medea Who is Talus? ✔Ans✔ A giant bronze man, guard of Crete; weak spot is the back of one of his feet; Medea puts Talus to sleep Does Pelias accept the golden fleece from Jason and relinquish the throne? ✔Ans✔ NO What does Medea accomplish by the trick of the rejuvenated ram? ✔Ans✔ She tells Pelias's daughters that she can make him young again and uses an old ram as proof that she can do it. So, the daughters chop up Pelias, who is now dead, and give the parts to Medea. Who does Jason marry later in life? ✔Ans✔ King Creon's daughter, Glauce. Who is killed when Medea seeks her revenge? ✔Ans✔ Glauce's two sons To where and to whom does Medea flee? ✔Ans✔ King Aegeus of Athens agrees to provide refuge for her if she can get to Athens on her own, which she does via chariot drawn by dragons What are the Legends of Athens? ✔Ans✔ Theseus and Ariadne [Show More]

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