Gilgamesh The Iliad Oedipus The King The Inferno Grab Bag
Who is Enkidu
Gilgamesh’s friend, but starts out as his enemy
What event causes Gilgamesh to set out on his journey
Enkidu’s death
What stage of the hero’s journey is it when Siduri says, “ Cherish the child, and make your wife happy, for this is the lot of man”?
Meeting with the goddess
What stage of the hero’s journey is it when Gilgamesh makes his way through the 12 Leagues of Darkness?
Belly of the whale
What stage of the hero’s journey is it when Gilgamesh meets the scorpion- men?
Crossing the first threshold
How does Hector act toward his son?
tenderly
What favor does Hector ask of Zeus?
To protect his son and let him be a better man than he was
How does Athena convince Hector to fight Achilles?
She tricks him
How does Priam get empathy from Achilles
He compares himself to Achille’s father
How does Achilles change in Book 24 of the Iliad?
His anger is replaced by compassion
Who said, “I invoke this curse: may he live out his life in misery to miserable doom.”
Oedipus
Who said, “I have no desire to have the responsibilities of a king”?
Creon
Who is the mother and wife to the King of Thebes?
Jocasta
What event caused Oedipus to leave Corinth forever?
The oracle’s prophecy
What event caused the plague that struck Thebes?
Laius was murdered
What does the “straight road” in Canto I represent?
A pure spirit
What do the three raging beasts probably represent?
sin
In Canto II what must souls cross to reach the lower levels of Hell?
A river
What character in Canto V acts as a judge?
Minos
In Canto V, what does Francesca say began her love affair with Paolo?
The story of Lancelot
How is Utnapishtim able to survive the flood?
Ea instructs him in a dream
Who says, “You are my father now, my noble mother, a brother too, and you are my husband”
Andromache
What event first made Oedipus famous in Thebes?
Solved the riddle of the Sphinx
Judas, Brutus, and Cassius committed what sin?
treason
The character who speaks for Apollo is ______________
Teiresias