Theogony

Proem

• poetic introduction

• a "mask for many anonymous voices"

• the name of the "beautiful evil"

• mother of the Muses

Mnemonsyne/Memory

• poetic introduction

• a "mask for many anonymous voices"

• the name of the "beautiful evil"

• mother of the Muses

Hesiod

• poetic introduction

• a "mask for many anonymous voices"

• the name of the "beautiful evil"

• mother of the Muses

Pandora

• poetic introduction

• a "mask for many anonymous voices"

• the name of the "beautiful evil"

• mother of the Muses

Which of the following is not considered evidence that the name Hesiod is a poetic fiction?

• Every bard that recited the Theogony was assuming the role of "Hesiod."

• Some lines of Hesiod's poetry are thought superfluous or redundant.

• Some lines of Hesiod's poetry contradict what the poem says elsewhere.

• Papyrus fragments have recently been found which list the names of several bards who added lines to Hesiod's original poem.

Which of the following is not one of the modes of generation found in the Theogony?

• Sexual union.

• Parthenogenesis.

• Artificial insemination.

• Creation.

Kumarbi mutilates his father Anu and by unnatural means produces a powerful weather god. Soon afterwards Kumarbi brings forth a terrifying monster, Ullikummi, whom the weather god must overcome. Kumarbi most closely resembles ___.

• Kronos

• Sky

• Void

• Typhoeus

Kumarbi mutilates his father Anu and by unnatural means produces a powerful weather god. Soon afterwards Kumarbi brings forth a terrifying monster, Ullikummi, whom the weather god must overcome. Anu most closely resembles ___.

• Kronos

• Sky

• Zeus

• Typhoeus

Kumarbi mutilates his father Anu and by unnatural means produces a powerful weather god. Soon afterwards Kumarbi brings forth a terrifying monster, Ullikummi, whom the weather god must overcome. The weather god most closely resembles ___.

• Kronos

• Sky

• Zeus

• Typhoeus

Kumarbi mutilates his father Anu and by unnatural means produces a powerful weather god. Soon afterwards Kumarbi brings forth a terrifying monster, Ullikummi, whom the weather god must overcome. Ullikummi most closely resembles ___.

• Kronos

• Sky

• Zeus

• Typhoeus