Key for Quiz 2B

1. SLIDE. Please identify the figures in this slide from right to left. (12 points, 3 each)

right: Artemis

center right: Orestes

center left: Apollo

left: a Fury

2. Please match the terms on the LEFT with the most appropriate term on the Right by writing the letter of the term on the left in the blank spaces following the terms on the right. (24 points, 4 each)

B

D

F

C

A

E

3. Please fill in the blanks. (20 points, 5 each)

In the Eumenides a play by the poet Aeschylus, Apollo was given control of the oracle at Delphi by the goddess Phoebe on the occasion of his birthday. In the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, the god must fight Pytho (name of opponent) in order to establish himself at Delphi.

4. Please fill in the missing blanks in the following table of the Tripartite Indoeuropean Organization. (24 points, 4 each)

Function	Occupation	Greek God
political and judicial rule	priest/ruler	Zeus (etc.)
physical force	warrior	Ares OR Zeus OR Athene
production	craftsman farmer	Hephaestus

5. Please identify Two of the following terms as completely as you can in 3-4 sentences (DON'T GO ON AND ON!!!!). (20 points, 10 each). Points marked by an asterisk (*) provide the answer to the question, "Why bother?"

triply sinning Indoeuropaean warrior god

1. type of god identified by Dumezil in many different Indoeuropean cultures
2. the bestial warrior god (in contrast to the good or chivalrous warrior)
3. commits a "sin" against every stratum of tripartite Indoeuropean societies

• against the priestly/ruling class
• against the warrior class (unsportsmanlike behavior, punishment causes weakness)
• against the producer class (illicit sexual behavior)

*4. three "sins" reflect improper use of force directed inwards against one's own community
5. Ares is the Greek triply sinning Indoeuropaean warrior god (compare with Zeus and Athene)
*6. identification explains Ares' unpopularity

trickster god

*1. type of god who relies upon intelligence rather than physical strength
2. different kinds of trickster god

• culture hero trickster (e.g. Prometheus)
• practical joker (e.g. Hermes)
• "satanic"

3. Hermes is the Greek trickster god
4. as trickster, Hermes relies not only upon metis but also upon magic (give examples)

herm

1. origin of the name of Hermes
2. boundary marker

• originally a pile of rocks (herma) created by passers-by leaving a pebble as they crossed a boundary (bridge etc.)
• later a kind of statue (square pillar with erect phallus and surmounted by head of Hermes)

*3. connected with Hermes as a god who himself crosses boundaries and protects various categories of mortal travelers (heralds, the dead etc.)

caduceus

1. attribute of Hermes
2. magical staff (ability to put people to sleep, to charm the souls of the deceased down to Hades etc.)
3. description: staff of gold with open-ended figure-eight at the end
4. gift of Apollo to Hermes
*5. connected with Hermes as magician and as psychopompos