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National Mythology Exam 2024 Questions and Answers The English word cereal comes from the Roman name for the goddess of grain - ANS ️️ Ceres Both Hermes and Iris - ANS ️️ Carry messages from the gods to earth The hunter who is a favorite companion of Artemis is - ANS ️️ Orion The lord of the underworld is - ANS ️️ Hades A well know trait of Ares is - ANS ️️ Bloodthirstiness A Roman wishing to be successful while hunting would pray to - ANS ️️ Diana To win the Del...

Aphrodite (Venus) - ANSWER-Which goddess was assumed to not even surpass the beauty of Psyche? Cupid/Eros - ANSWER-in Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of Venus, the goddess of love. In Greek myths he is Eros, the god of love. Eros were said to wound individuals with their arrows, causing mortals to fall in love. What did Venus want Cupid to do? - ANSWER-Shoot an arrow through Psyche's heart to make her fall in love w/a beast 2 How many sisters had Psyche? - ANSWER-2 She must dress ...

Abstract Image that reduces a subject to its essential visual elements (lines, shapes, colors) Background Portions or areas of composition that are behind the primary subject matter Must See! Eyewitness Captures the Moment a Pair of Male Sea Lions Attack Beach-Goers Balance A condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions (symmetrical). There are three types of visual balance: symmetry, asymmetry, and radial. Contrast Juxtaposing one ...

CLT 3370 FSU Exam 1 Questions Answered 100% correct mythology composed of muthos and logos - "the science of storytelling" uses metaphors, allegory, and symbolism Muthos story, narrative A way of thinking about the world fiction but not necessarily untrue myths as sacred stories primarily concerned with god and humankind relations with them myths as traditional stories part of a cultures inherited "cultural idiom" told and retold susceptible to great variation ...

Dramatic Literary Terms Act, Antagonist, Protagonist, Aside, Catharsis, Static Character, Dynamic Character, Stock Character, Flat Character, Round Character, Climax, Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Comic Relief, Denouement, Deus ex machina, Farces, Foil, Hamartia, Hubris, Monologue, Soliloquy, Comedy, Tragedy Act a series of scenes in a play Antagonist "Villan", person opposing the protagonist Protagonist "Good Guy", opposite of the antagonist Asid...

Dante's home city, exiled from in 1302 and never returned, comedy composed during exile Florence latin poet, (October 15, 70 - 19 BCE), serves as Dante's guide through inferno/ purgatory, symbolizes reason Virgil dante's idealized childhood love, awaits poet in paradise, later replaces virgil as dante's guide, symbolized heavenly wisdom beatrice "The river of lamentation", in Greek mythology, it was the river on whose banks the dead who could not pay Charon wandered...

Dante's Inferno Character List 100% Correct Dante The author and protagonist of Inferno; the focus of all action and interaction with other characters. Virgil Dante's guide through the depths of Hell.(Human Reason) Beatrice One of the blessed in Heaven, Beatrice aids Dante's journey by asking an angel to find Virgil and bid him guide Dante through Hell. Like Dante and Virgil, Beatrice corresponds to a historical personage. Charon A figure that Dante appropriates from Greek mythology, Charo...

The Dark ages - ANSWERThe early middle ages were known as... Anubis - ANSWERGod of Embalming Chepera (Khephra, Keper) - ANSWERThe Egyptian word for "scarab beetle" The Children of Horus - ANSWERHapi, Mestha, Qebhsennuf, and Taumautef Horus - ANSWER"The Avenger of His Father"; killed his uncle Set Isis - ANSWERPerhaps the most important goddess of all Egyptian mythology; wife of Osiris; helped Osiris to return to life, and assisted him to rule the land of the dead Ma'at - A...

Troy at boundary between Asia and Europe Greeks and Romans did not draw clear distinction b/w myth and history For Herodotus, "mythical" narratives serve as background to "historical" events Not the content of the stories that is untrue, just the way they are told Euhemerist rationalization: kernel of truth behind fabulous accounts Prominence of Trojan Myth Not just ten years of "war" Mythical Chronology Last age heroes Some are sons of gods and goddesses, many more a...

Oedipus Questions and Answers 100% Correct 2024 What was Oedipus' prophecy? Prophecy: he would kill his dad and marry his mo What is Oedipus' tragic fall? Denial (Because he was trying to avoid his fate, he ended up killing his dad) and hubris (excessive pride as king) Where is Oedipus form? Where are we now in the book? Corinth is where he is from. We are now in Thebes. Who is the founder of Thebes? Cadmus Who is Creon? Creon - Oedipus' brother in law AND un...