1. Which birds represent Procne and Philomena? The swallow and the Nightingale.
2. Define ate (not ate, but aw-tay). Infatuation to the point of being ruined.
3. Who was the original artisan (or artificer)? Daedelus
4. Who is the god of sleep, dreams and disguises ? Morpheus.
5. What shall we avoid at all costs? ** old age
6. Aristophanes' theory of soul mate. humans once were like two sides of a coin, the gods split
apart. We are all looking for the person with whom we were once connected.
7. Tragedy emphasizes the individual, comedy the society.
8. Plato--immortality of the soul? **knowledge and virtue
9. Everything Socrates learned about love he learned from ? Diotima
10.What is Socratic irony? I don't know 'nuthin.
11. What does Icarus fail to do? wax, wings, etc. (he didn't take the middle course, got to close
the sun.
12. Difference in Arachne's and Minerva's weavings? Minerva shows the gods at their finest,
Arachne show the gods at their worst.
13. Final frame in Velasquez's "the Spinners" Rape of Europa.
14. Pentheus means man of constant sorrow.
15. Cadmus **is grandpa of Pentheus
16. Why did Ulysses deserve arms of Achilles? He(Ulysses) started it all.
17. What Shakespeare play was inspired by Procne? Titus and Androius
18. New Comedy? boy wants girl
19. Anagnorisis--recognition, critical moment of discovery.
20. first frame in Ovid? Pan and Syrinx
21. Grace? awareness of God's presence in the world.
22. Omophagia? the eating of live flesh.
23. What is love the child of? poverty and contrivance
24. What was Daphne changed to? a Laurel tree
25. naso? nose
26. How old is The Metamorphoses of Ovid? 2000 years old next year.
27. Why was Aristophanes, speech out of order? He had the hiccups.
** means Dr. Sexson will tweak these questions/answers. They are either too easy or too opened ended as they are now.
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