CC 303/352 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

KEY TO QUIZ 6

1) Danae's prophecy: her son will kill his grandfather.

2) Polydectes' gift: a horse.

3) Perseus and Gorgon's gaze: he uses his shield as a mirror.

4) death of Acrisius: accidentally, with a discus, at athletic games.

5) Athena to Bellerophon: a golden bridle to tame Pegasus.

6) 2 opponents of Bellerophon: Chimera, Solymi, Amazons, ambush of picked men.

7) Meleager prevailed upon: by Cleopatra, his wife.

8) Althaea kills son: by burning the log which contains his fate.

9) Structuralist theory: holds that mind thinks in binary polarities.

10) Oedipus dream: is one in which the dreamer seems to have intercourse with his mother.