Cla 210 Ncsu Exam 1 (Heinen) - Questions & Answers (Rated A+) 100% Approved Latest Update 2024

Hero Vs. Divine Myth {Ans: -Divine myths have gods/goddesses as principal characters. Generally explain why the world, or some aspect of it, is the way it is. Supernatural beings sometimes take on human/animal shapes. Control awesome forces natures -Hero myths are about mortals worshiped on Earth}Major elements of hero stories {Ans: -a story, supernatural or liminal characters (between gods and human), cultural/universal symbols. -heroes are those worshiped beneath the earth -most of the famous heroes had well known tombs (hero), these were built in well-travelled places}Archaic (750-480) {Ans: -Rise of City States (Thebes, Athens, and Sparta) -499: Ionian Greeks rebel which creates conflict with Persia. 479- Xerxes was driven from Greece.}Death/Fertility Myth {Ans: -Demeter and Persephone -Exemplified real Greek mother's having to give up children in marriage or any loss}Artemis (Diana) Virgin Goddess {Ans: -Goddess of hunting and untamed areas -Twin sister of Apollo -Icon: Bows/Arrows, Deer, Iyre -Epithets: Potnia Theron (mistress of animals), Lydia, Arrow-covering Stories: 1) Niobe bragged she had more kids than Leto, so Artemis and Apollo shot down all of her kids. 2) Agamemnon killed deer sacred to Artemis and boasted about his skills, Agamemnon ships won't move after and he