Greek Mythology: An Introduction - Chapter 4 Part 3
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What is a key difference between theogonic poetry and philosophical cosmogony?

  • The arrangement of statements within a framework of traditional narration
  • The replacement of gods with physical elements or abstract principles (correct)
  • The personification of abstract powers in philosophical cosmogony
  • The use of physical elements in theogonic poetry

    • What was a consequence of the disappearance of the names of the gods in cosmogonic accounts?

  • The release of accounts from their former bonds and associations with religious worship (correct)
  • The ascription of works to great poets of the past
  • The abandonment of the idea of physical processes underlying cosmic events
  • The adoption of a more traditional, suprapersonal narration style

    • What did the Milesian philosophers use to set their language apart from that of tradition?

  • Metaphors
  • Appellatives (correct)
  • Allusions
  • Proper nouns

    • What was a characteristic of the theogonic poets' innovations?

    <p>The arrangement of statements within a framework of traditional narration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key aspect of philosophical cosmogony?

    <p>The assumption that underlying cosmic events are purely physical processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Milesian philosophers create with their new mode of expression?

    <p>A new mode of expression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key difference between theogonic poetry and the works of the Milesian philosophers?

    <p>The employment of traditional names of the gods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Empedocles' enduring contribution to the history of philosophy?

    <p>The identification of the four elements: fire, water, earth, and air</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Empedocles characterize the elements as gods?

    <p>To distinguish the elements from the four substances as they are perceptible to the senses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two primal forces according to Empedocles?

    <p>Neikos and Philotes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of Empedocles' allegorical language?

    <p>To make a statement about physical reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Empedocles describe the elements?

    <p>As eternal and indestructible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is produced by the element water according to Empedocles?

    <p>Mortal springs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Empedocles speak in the first person throughout his work?

    <p>To distinguish himself from Parmenides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which century did the Greeks start questioning the cultural relevance of myth?

    <p>8th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What facilitated the growth of the Greek world in the 8th century?

    <p>Rise of inland trade and travel to the East</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the strongest single impulse behind the trend towards rational argumentation?

    <p>Emergence of the polis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where was the earliest piece of evidence for the boulē, the democratic council, found?

    <p>Chios</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote the poem 'On Nature' that offered a rational account of physical reality?

    <p>Parmenides of Elea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was unique about the poem 'On Nature' by Parmenides of Elea?

    <p>It opened with a myth about the goddess Aletheia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the goddess in Parmenides' poem 'On Nature'?

    <p>Aletheia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is attributed to Thales?

    <p>The statement that all things are full of gods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is implied about the Presocratic philosophers by some nineteenth-century scholars?

    <p>That they made a sudden leap from myth to logic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is said to be an overstatement?

    <p>That Thales made a sudden leap from myth to logic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is mentioned as a similarity between the theories of the Milesian thinkers and Near Eastern myths?

    <p>Their strong similarities in content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is said to be a characteristic of the philosophers' descriptions of physical principles?

    <p>They came close to religious language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did the scholars who reacted against the idea of a sudden leap from myth to logic live?

    <p>Twentieth century</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is said to be an irrational side of Presocratic thought?

    <p>The influence of Near Eastern myths</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the origin of all things according to Near East myths?

    <p>Water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did Thales acquire data for his prediction of the solar eclipse?

    <p>Mesopotamia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Thales' perspective on water?

    <p>A physical element and a cosmic reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was being developed by Thales?

    <p>A model of the world explained on rational grounds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is Thales considered significant?

    <p>He abandoned the mythical mode of expression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the city where Thales lived?

    <p>One of the leading commercial cities of the day</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Thales trying to explain?

    <p>The natural world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What influenced Thales' philosophy?

    <p>Near East myths</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Thales predict?

    <p>A solar eclipse</p> Signup and view all the answers

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