Ancient Greek & Chinese Poetry (Celebration 1)

Which of the sub-genres of literature below does NOT belong to poetry?

• iambic

• narrative

• didactic

• satire

• elegy

Which of the following written works belong to epic poetry? Select all answers that apply.

• Aeneid

• Metamorphoses

• Iliad

• Theogony

In Greek mythology, there were 4 Muses overseeing each a specific type of poetry : love, epic, lyric and sacred. Who was the Muse of epic poetry?

• Polyhymnia

• Euterpe

• Calliope

• Erato

What element below is NOT a convention of ancient Greek narrative poetry as found in the poems of Hesiod and Homer?

• the narrative begins in media res ("in the middle of things")

• the poem starts with an invocation of the Muses

• the story is always told in chronological order

• the poet uses epithets, lists and formulaic phrases

The term "theogony" refers to the story of ___ Select all answers that apply.

• the creation of the world

• the origins of the gods

• the genealogy of the gods

• the succession myth

Complete the sentence: "Ancient Greek religion was NOT ____"

• polytheistic

• homogeneous

• anthropomorphic

• syncretic

Which Greek authors first differentiated history from mythology? Select all that apply.

• Homer

• Herodotus

• Thucydides

• Plutarch

Which of the Athenian playwrights below was writing comedies, and not tragedies?

• Sophocles

• Euripides

• Aristophanes

• Aeschylus

This epic poem by _____ narrates the adventures of a Trojan hero and his family. He voyaged around the Mediterranean Sea and finally settles in Latium (Italy) where he founded the city of Alba Longa.

Which two Roman authors conceive Roman history as a series of exemplary figures to follow?

• Cicero

• Vergil

• Ovid

• Livy