Greco-Africana - Worksheet 5
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Greco-Africana and Early African Christianity
COMPETENCY WORKSHEET #5
1. This popular ancient Greek novel featured the travels
of Alexander The Great to the famed city of Meroe.
The Alexander romance is the name of the Greek
novel.
2. Who was Heliodorus and what was the title of his most
popular novel?
Heliodorus is a Greco Phoenician author that is
responsible for the Greek novel An Ethiopian Tale.
3. In what Biblical New Testament book is the personality
“Kandake/Candace Queen of the Ethiopians” referenced?
In chapter 8 of Acts of the Apostles
4. What does the ancient Greek word
Aithiops
mean and
what Greek literary work does this word first appear?
Aithiops stands for burnt or blacked face and the word is
used to describe people in a territory south of Egypt and
the word was first used in the first book of Iliad.
5. Who is Memnon and what role did this character play in
ancient Greek literature and myth?
Memnon was the son of Tithonus and Greek goddess Eos.
Memnon was also one of the kings of Ethiopia. Memnon
in ancient Greek literature is known as a warrior that
helped fight the Greeks on his own say so but was
ultimately slain by Achilles. In myth Memnon is said to
have become immortal because his mother begged for
Zeus to grant him immortality in order for him to
continue fighting.
6. In the first book of the Odyssey where does Greek god
Poseidon travel to participate in religious rites and
festivals?
In the first book of Odyssey Poseidon travels to Mount
Olympus.
7. Identify the four early African Christian
traditions/churches of antiquity?
The four early churches are, eastern orthodox church of
Alexandra, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria,
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and Eritrean
Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
8. Identify the three kingdoms of Medieval Christian Nubia?
The northernmost was Nobatia, the Makuria lied in the
middle, and the southernmost was Alodia.
9. What was the name of the diplomatic arrangement
between Islamic Egypt and Christian Nubia ?
The name of the diplomatic agreement is the Treaty of
Baqt.
10.
Identify the Nubian king that led a military campaign
in the 8
th
century CE to free the Coptic Patriarch of
Alexandria?
The king that led the military campaign is known as King
Criaco.
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