Quiz 15 - Mythology

1. The spirit of the hero _____ tells Odysseus that he would rather be a living slave than the ruler of the Underworld. a. Achilles 2. The region of torture in the Underworld is known as _____ or Erebus. a. Tartarus 3. The ferryman on the River Styx (sometimes Acheron) is _____. a. Charon 4. Odysseus' comrade _____ died when he fell from the roof of Circe's house. a. Elpenor 5. The mother of Odysseus is _____. a. Anticlea 6. What kind of animal says "Brekekekex koax koax?" a. Frog 7. Odysseus traveled to the Underworld primarily to consult the seer _____. a. Tiresias 8. Ajax, the son of _____, refused to speak with Odysseus in the Underworld. a. Telamon 9. _____ stands in a pool of water with fruit dangling over his head. a. Tantalus 10. Aeneas' ticket into the Underworld is a "_____ bough." a. Golden 11. In Book 10 of The Republic, Plato presents an account of the afterlife in the so- called "Myth of _____." a. Er 12. The earliest account of the Greek underworld is found in Homer's epic poem the _____. a. Odyssey 13. In Book 6 of the Aeneid , the Roman poet _____ takes his hero into the Underworld to meet the spirit of his father. a. Vergil 14. Just as Ajax refused to speak to Odysseus in the Underworld, so _____ refused to speak to Aeneas. a. Dido 15. The Romans called the queen of the Underworld _____. a. Proserpine 16. A distant realm of Paradise in the upper world is known as the Islands of the _____. a. Blessed 17. Vultures tear at the the liver of _____, who is tied to the floor of Tartarus. a. Tityus