Deck 8: Myths of Hermes, Pan, Hephaestus, and Ares

Question 1

Hermes' name seems pretty transparently to mean "_______."

A) he who defies boundaries
B) wayfarer
C) he of the stone heap
D) thief

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Hermes looked after _______.

A) shepherds and their flocks
B) kings and princes
C) physicians
D) philosophers

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Something that functions apotropaically does what?

A) Turns away evil
B) Brings down the wrath of the gods
C) Renders a thing invisible
D) Marks a distance from one point to another

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is the Roman name for Hermes?

A) Mercury
B) Jove
C) Vulcan
D) Saturn

Question 5

As _______, or "soul guide," Hermes leads the dead into the House of Hades.

A) malakaugêtos
B) spathetês
C) thanatephoros
D) psychopompos

Question 6

Who is Hermes' mother and father?

A) Cyllenê and Zeus
B) Maia and Poseidon
C) Cyllenê and Poseidon
D) Maia and Zeus

Question 7

Just after he is born, Hermes comes across a tortoise at the threshold of his cave. What does he make out of the tortoise?.

A) A wine bowl
B) A shield
C) A lyre
D) His traveler's hat

Question 8

Who notice the passing of baby Hermes as he passed by on his adventure outside his cave?

A) On old man working in a vineyard
B) Hephaestus
C) Selenê, the moon goddess
D) Three wolves

Question 9

How does baby Hermes react to Apollo's accusation that he has stolen Apollo's sacred cattle?

A) He pretends not to know how to talk
B) He offers to trade them for a new crib and blanket
C) He says he knows nothing about them
D) He throws his rattle at him and tries to run away

Question 10

How does Zeus resolve the dispute between baby Hermes and Apollo?

A) He grants Hermes rights to Apollo's cattle, and gives Apollo a silver bow
B) He tells them to be united, and tells Hermes to take Apollo to his cattle
C) He gives Apollo permission to spank Hermes
D) He tells Hermes to apologize and makes Apollo his guardian for the ten years

Question 11

In the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, Hermes and Apollo may represent which two broad social distinctions?

A) The aristoi ("best men") and the kakoi ("bad guys")
B) The middle class and those in debt slavery
C) The infantry (hoplitai) and the generals (strategoi)
D) The people (demos) and the kings (basileis)

Question 12

_______ is one of the few deities in Greek myth whose form was sometimes only partly human.

A) Pan
B) Hephaestus
C) Ares
D) Hermes

Question 13

The myth of Pan and what nymph explains the origin of the pan-pipe?

A) Echo
B) Faunus
C) Leucothea
D) Syrinx

Question 14

Before she faded away into a mere voice, Echo was a lover of Pan and an attendant of _______ .

A) Hermes
B) Aphrodite
C) Hera
D) Demeter

Question 15

On which island was Hephaestus probably a native god of the Tyrsenoi?

A) Naxos
B) Crete
C) Aegina
D) Lemnos

Question 16

Hephaestus is the patron god of which workers, about whom Greeks had ambiguous feelings?

A) Merchants
B) Heralds
C) Smiths
D) Mercenaries

Question 17

Who got Hephaestus drunk and brought him back to Mt. Olympus to free Hera, whom Hephaestus had trapped on her throne?

A) Aphrodite
B) Dionysus
C) Ares
D) Hermes

Question 18

Which of the following are among the children of Ares and Aphrodite?

A) Phobos
B) Helen
C) Deimos
D) Harmonia

Question 19

In which poem is the story of Hephaestus' revenge on Ares and Aphrodite told?

A) Homer's Odyssey
B) Hesiod's Works and Days
C) Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
D) The Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus

Question 20

What does Hephaestus make in order to trap Ares and Aphrodite?

A) Invisible sentries
B) A siege tower
C) A chain, fine as a cobweb, that could not be broken
D) Lightning in a bottle

Question 21

What is this object called?

A) a daidalon
B) a caduceus
C) a petasos
D) a herm