women of legend

• What does Pandora translate to?

  'All gifts'
• What did Athena give Pandora?


  make her look attractive
• What did Hermes give Pandora?


  thievish nature and crafty words
• Why was Pandora created?


  she was created to punish man for accepting Prometheus's gift of fire to them.
• Who narrates the story?


  hesiod , in 'work and days'
• What is Hephaestus the god of?

  forge and craftmanship
• Who was she the bride to?

  the titan Epimetheus
• What did Pandora bring to earth?

  Pithos(jar)
• What alternate thing does Pandora bring to earth?

  A pyxis(box)
• What positive thing did Zeus leave in the jar?


  hope
• What does didactic mean?

  something meant to teach or instruct
• Who were Helen's parents?

  Zeus and Leda(wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta)
• What did Tyndareus make Helen's suitors do?

  swear an oath that they would go against anyone who threatened the marriage that Helen would be in
• Who did Helen choose as a husband?

  Menelaus
• What position was Menelaus

  prince of mycenae
• Who was Helen's daughter?

  hermione
• What position was Paris?


  prince of troy
• Which goddess supported Paris?

  aphrodite, he was one of her favourite mortals.
• What gift had Aphrodite promised?

  the most beautiful women in the world
• What are the interpretations of Helen's story

  -Went willingly with Paris to Troy

  -He kidnapped her

  -She hid in Egypt was Paris kidnapped a ghost Helen made by Hera
• Who wanted Paris to marry Helen

  Theoclymenus
• What did Helen cause?

  the trojan war
• Who was the founder of Rome?

  Romulus
• Who mainly lived in early Rome?

  refugees, criminals - men
• Why were the Sabines in Rome?

  Romulus has invited them for a big celebration - religious festival
• What does 'patrician' mean?

  Rome's elite/noble class
• Who took most of the Sabine Women?

  Patricians of Rome
• What citizens were the Sabines now?

  Roman
• What does Livy's interpretation tell us?


  That vanity was the easiest way to win over a woman
• Who was Tarpeia?


  daughter of the general Spurius Tarpeuis
• Why was she outside the city


  collecting water
• Who bribed Tarpeia?


  King Tatinus
• Who killed Tarpeia?


  The Sabines (king tatinus)
• What did Tarpeia offer the Sabines?


  would let them for what they had 'on their arms'
• What was Tarpeia labelled as by the Romans?


  a traitor
• How did the Romans and Sabines establish peace?

  Both joined together since Sabines were happy with their Roman husbands.
• what else can Tarpeia be seen as doing?

  trying to weaken the enemy by taking their shields as she knew they would get in - heroic
• What type of woman was Lucretia?

  Patrician
• Who was Lucretia married to?

  Collatinus
• What were the men doing in the Lucretia story?

  Dinner party - decided they would compete to find the most 'virtuous' wife.