Alack it was I who leaped at the Sun” is borrowed from the Greek tale of:a) Iphitusb) Irisc) Inachusd) Icarus

The moral of the Greek tale in the “Patriot” isa) To try to leap at the Sunb) One shouldn’t do something that leads to downfallc) One should overcome one’s limitsd) Makes you palsied

The ancient Greek philosophers believed that the sun rose every morning because it was travelling aroundthe Earth, but, in the 1600s, the famous scientist Galileo started saying that the sun only “rises” because theEarth is spinning. Who was correct? (HINT: this is a little bit of a trick question.)

Click to read "The Story of Icarus and Daedalus," by Ovid and "Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.Which line(s) from the poem parallel(s) this portion of Ovid's myth?The two flew over the islands of Samos, Delos, and Lebynthos, and the boy Icarus, thrilled with the limitless power of flight, began to soar higher than his father, soaring upward as if to reach heaven. As Daedalus had predicted, the blazing sun softened the wax which held the feathers together, and they began to come off, falling through the air toward the sea. Icarus fluttered his arms, but the wings had come apart and his cries to Daedalus were lost as he fell into the deep blue waters of the sea. His father cried, "Icarus, Icarus, where are you?" At last he saw the feathers floating on the water. "Ill-fated arts!" he lamented, wishing he had never possessed the skill to allow them to fly. He named the land Icaria, after his son, and offered his wings to the god Apollo.A.the sun shone / As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green / WaterB.the ploughman may / Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,C.While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;D.the expensive delicate ship that must have seen / Something amazing, a boy falling out of the skySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:Feel the fire at his neck and see how casuallyhe glances up and is caught, wondrously tunnelinginto that hot eye. Who cares that he fell back to the sea?Anne Sexton, "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph"What different interpretation of the Icarus myth does Sexton offer?A.That Icarus should not have flown so close to the sunB.That Icarus was punished for attempting to be godlike by flyingC.That Icarus's pride and arrogance caused his eventual downfallD.That the success of Icarus's flight is more important than his death

Select the correct answer.Who is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey? A. Aristole B. Homer C. Plato D. Socrates