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Archetype
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Definition: basic models to which specific cultural details are added.
Example: the creation myth. |
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"Metamorphoses"
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"Metamorphoses" is by Ovid, who lived in Rome around the time of Christ. The story is the ancient Romans' account of how the world came to be.
The Golden Age>the Silver Age>the Bronze Age>the Iron Age |
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Epic Hero
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An epic's larger-than-life main character whose mighty deeds reflect the values admired by the society that created the epic.
Gilgamesh. |
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| An epithet is an adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing. |
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| An address to a person or object that is absent. |
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| Who were Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva? |
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Brahma- the Creator
Vishnu- the Protector
Shiva- the Destroyer/Preserver |
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| What are the four main castes in the Indian caste system? |
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The four varnas are:
Brahmans-scholars, priests, and teachers
Kshatriyas-rulers and warriors
Vaisyas-merchants, farmers, and artisans
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| What are the Homeric Conventions? |
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| They are the recognizable characteristics of Homer's works. |
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| When a book or story plunges you right into the middle of the action. |
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| Elaborate, extended similes. |
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| "The Illiad" was written in dactylic hexameter, consisting of six stressed syllables per line. |
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| A descriptive adjective or phrase that is repeatedly used with a noun or proper name. |
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| Who is the "Funeral Speech of Pericles" by? |
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