Classics 335
Maymester Myth 06
Quiz 1 Review

Last Update: 19.5: Euhemerism

Quiz 1 (Monday 22 May) will be a combination of multiple choice, T/F, and short-answer questions based on both assigned readings and class lectures; click here for an example of test format and questions. You should be familiar with the meaning and also the significance of the following names, terms, and issues.

ainos (folktale)
anthropogony
Aphrodite
Apsu
Athena
autochthony
Chaos
cosmogony
cosmology
created world (transcendent) cosmogony
Cronus
elpis (empty desire)
Enkidu
Enuma Elish
Epimetheus
epos (legend)
Eros
etiological myth
Euhemerism
evolved world (immanent) cosmogony

Freud
Gaea
Hesiod
hieros mythos (sacred myth)
homeostatic
Jung
Kingu
logos (reason, rationality)
Marduk
Metis
monolingual
mythos (myth)
nedys (belly/womb)
Pandora
Prometheus
Rhea
Shamhat
structuralism
Teshub
Theogony
Tiamat
Titans
Typhoeus
Ullikummi
Uranus
Zeus


•characteristics of "myth"
•comparison among "sacred myth," "legend," and "folktale"
•difference between created and evolved world cosmogonies
•basic pattern for cosmogonic myths
•problems and resolutions in Hesiod's cosmogony
•themes in Hesiod's myth of succession
•basic pattern for anthropogonic myths
•basic themes in myth of Prometheus and Pandora
•comparison between Greek and Near Eastern anthropogonies
•psychological vs. structuralist interpretations of myth

Sample Test 1