Episode 67 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 67: Jaws Dripping Blood. See what you remember about Seneca’s Thyestes and its historical background by clicking “START” below!
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Atreus’ daughter-in-law is called:
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Agamemnon’s uncle is:
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Thyestes, and all of the theatrical works involving the saga of Atreus, take place in the city of:
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The murder of Thyestes’ children wasn’t the first incident in the House of Atreus in which a child was killed and cooked in a meal. This had happened earlier, to Thyestes’ father, whose name was:
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Which Shakespeare play does not reveal clear influences of Senecan tragedy?
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This 5th-century BCE Athenian dramatist wrote a full length work on Thyestes which has been lost.
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Thyestes’ grandfather is:
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In this episode we discussed a long passage in which the Roman historian Suetonius describes:
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Which brother seduced the other brother’s wife in an initial usurpation of the throne?
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In the episode we discussed how dialogue between Atreus and his servant might be modeled after:
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