Exam 20: The Persistence of Mythglossary Selected Bibliography Credits Index

Which historical personality of the early nineteenth century has been compared to Prometheus?

Revisionism of classical mythology began in the Renaissance.

In the late Middle Ages, classical mythology was rediscovered through the works of which writers?

During the Dark Ages, the hero of classical mythology was considered inappropriate for a Christian focus on humility and otherworldliness.

Rubens and Poussin painted different versions of Romans raping the Sabine women.

For the Greeks, Icarus represented a certain moral lesson. Which one?

Dante was inspired by Ovid's poems about the art of love.

For the Greeks, Icarus represented a lesson in the necessity of the Golden Mean of moderation.

Even the ancient Greek playwrights wrote critical revisions of classical myths.

The study of Greek was revived in the Romantic Age after having been unpopular during the Renaissance.

Opera began with stories borrowed from Greek mythology.

In the Renaissance, Doctor Faustus is compared with Icarus; in the Romantic period, he is compared with Prometheus.

During the Renaissance, the character of Icarus represented a lesson in the necessity of the Golden Mean of moderation.

Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets deal with the conflict between Ovidian images and Christian belief.

Many modern French playwrights, such as Jean Paul Sartre, updated Greek myths and incorporated them into their plays.

Modern advertising often uses mythic images as emblems.

Many modern ecologists make use of which classical figure in Greek mythology as their symbol?

Ovid's Art of Love was so risky and so sensual that it has had very little influence on later literature of the West.

Later translations of ancient works reveal much about the translator's own era.

In the late Middle Ages, classical mythology was rediscovered through the works of Ovid and Virgil.