Question | Answer/Definition |
Oceanus is the god of what? | Oceans. |
Prometheus is the god of what? | Foresight, he could see the future. |
Epimetheus is the god of what? | Hindsight, he could see the past. |
Zeus was the god of what? | Everything. |
Hera was the god of what? | Protector of marriage. |
Hephaestus was the god of what? | Fire & metal working. |
Hermes was the god of what? | Messages & thieves. |
Who was Pandora and why was she created. | A woman sent to punish man because man was given fire. |
What was left when Pandora opened the box? | Hope. |
What was Zeus's first punishment for Prometheus? | He was chained to Mount. Olympus. |
Who did Zeus make chain Prometheus to the Mountain? | Hephaestus, Power, and Violence. |
Did Hephaestus want to obey Zeus and chain his brother to the mountain? | No. |
Who said this? "But I have not the heart to bind a brother god violently to this stormy cleft in the mountains. Yet every way I am forced to find the heart for it, since it is hard to leave undone the father's word." | Hephaestus. |
Who said this & who was it said to? "Can mortals help you out from any of these pains? The gods who called you 'Forethought' gave you a false name. You need forethought yourself if you would find a way to freak out into freedom from this work of art." | Power - Prometheus. |
Who said this? "New rulers now hold power in Olympus, and in new-fangled law Zeus blindly lords it. Titanic powers of old can now be seen no more. | The Chorus. |
Who said this & who was it said to? "I wish to give to you the best advice I can. Recognize your own weakness, learn to adapt your ways to new ways. In heaven we have a new dictator." | Oceanus - Prometheus. |
What is a parados? | The first entrance of the chorus. |
What is a stichomythia? | Single-line line dialogue exchanges between 2 characters. |
What is a chorus? | Serves as scene changes & reflects the views of man. |
What is a eccyclema? | A rolling platform used for dead of sleeping bodies in plays. |
What is a buskin? | 6 inch high, wooden platform shoes. |
What was Zeus's second punishment for Prometheus? | He would be buried alive when the mountain collapses on him. |
What was Zeus's third punishment for Prometheus? | He would have his liver pecked out by a bird everyday, and everynight his liver would grow back, only to be eaten again the next day. |