Episode 70 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 70: Rome’s Forgotten Epic. See what you remember about the exposition and characters of Statius’ Thebaid by clicking “START” below!
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This seer figure, one of the Seven Against Thebes, is duped into joining the war even though he knows it will not end well.
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Oedipus asks for help at the beginning of the Thebaid since his sons have more or less discounted him. From whom does he ask help?
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After Domitian was assassinated in 96, who came to power?
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This burly fighter, one of the Seven Against Thebes, declares, “Men of the world created gods from fear.”
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The Year of the Four Emperors was:
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The son of Atalanta, this swift and beautiful young man is likely the least battle-hardened of the Seven Against Thebes.
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The most infamous of Domitian’s domestic policies was his:
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The Roman Colosseum, or Flavian Amphitheater, was finished when Statius was about 35 years old, in the year
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The Thebaid was finished and put into circulation in about:
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Statius’ other surviving work, a collection of incidental poems written as celebrations and salutations, often for patrons, is called the
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Eteocles is warned of his exiled brother’s growing power and resources by:
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This character kills 50 Theban warriors sent to ambush him, in the first skirmish of the war soon to come between Argos and Thebes.
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The main protagonist of the Thebaid, an exile and later husband of the Argive princess Argia, is called:
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Juvenal maligned Statius for being
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The middle ruler of the Flavian dynasty was called:
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