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Myth Final
Semester 1
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12th Grade
01/12/2009

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Etiological
Definition
explaining the origin of something
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Collective Unconscious
Definition
recurring symbols and emotions
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Archetype
Definition
Element within collective unconcious
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Hubris
Definition
Excessive arrogance
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Allegory
Definition
Story where almost everything is symbolic
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Personification
Definition
Giving a non-human human like attributes
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Iconography
Definition
What someone is recognized by
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Chaos
Definition
Nothingness/Emptiness
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Ouranos
Definition
Sky
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Gaia
Definition
Earth
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Titans
Definition
Gaia & Ouranos' kids
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Kronos
Definition
Youngest Titan
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Hundred-Handed Ones, Cyclops
Definition
Ouranos and Gaias mistake kids - sent to Tartarus
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Furies
Definition
Haunt people who kill family members
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Clash/Battle of the Titans
Definition
Zeus and the Olympians v Kronos and the titans (Zeus wins)
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Metis
Definition
Zeus' cousin/wife, whom he turns into a fly and eats
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Atlas
Definition
Sides with Kronos in battle
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Rhea
Definition
Titan who marries Kronos (saves last son from Kronos, and gives him a rock to eat instead) - 6th son is Zeus
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Prometheus
Definition
Titan that sides with Zeus and helps create humans
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Epimetheus
Definition
Prometheus' brother, helps create animals/humans, marries Pandora
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Pandora
Definition
"All Gifts" - opens box
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Zeus
Definition
Roman Name:Jupiter
Sphere: God of Justice and Order
Iconography:Eagles, Bulls, Lightning bolts, clouds
Women: Europa (white bull)
Io (cloud)
Danae (warm shower)
Akmena (her husband)
Hera (his wife)
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Hera
Definition
Roman Name: Juno
Iconography: Crown, Septer, Sick
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Poseidon
Definition
Roman:Neptune
Sphere:God of the Sea
Iconography:Blue, horses, trident
Other:married to sea nymph Amphitrite
-seduce by Medusa and had sex in Athena's temple - Medusa turned ugly
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Hades
Definition
Roman:Pluto
Sphere:God of the Underworld
Iconography:Cornucopia, Black horses, helmet of invisibility
Other: married to Persephone, related to fates
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Hestia
Definition
Roman:Vesta
Sphere: Goddess of Hearth (family, home)
Iconography:Small child, fire
Other: "forgotten goddess"
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Demeter
Definition
Roman:Ceres
Sphere:Goddess of agriculture/nature
Iconography: corn-ripe hair
wheat and corn
tools for harvest
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Persephone
Definition
Roman:Proserpine
Sphere:Goddess of the Underworld
Iconography:Poppies/Sprouts
Pomegranates
torches
Other: Had rivalry with Aphrodite over Adonis (each for 4 mo w him)
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Athena
Definition
Roman:Minerva
Sphere:Goddess of War and Wisdom
Iconography:Shield, Spears
Olive tree
Weaving tools
Other:"Gray eyed Goddess"
Nike = sidekick
Came out of Zeus' head
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Apollo
Definition
Roman:Apollo
Sphere:God of light, music, poetry, etc
Iconography: laurel wreath
dolphins, crows, mice
leer
9 sidekicks: muses
Other: Can see future
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Apollo's Women
Definition
Daphne -turned into Laurel tree by her dad
Cassandra - always told truth, no one ever believed her
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Artemis
Definition
Roman: Diana/Cynthia
Sphere: Goddess of the hunt
Iconography:bow and arrow
forest animals
moon
Other: Acteon caught her skinny dipping, and she turned him into a deer to be ripped apart by dogs
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Hephaestus
Definition
Roman:Vulcan
Sphere:God of blacksmiths/manufacturing/fire
Iconography:hammer and tools
forge/workshop
volcanoes
Other: crippled
married to aphrodite , bad relationship
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Ares
Definition
Roman:Mars
Sphere:God of war (violent side)
Iconography:weapons, armor, helmets
vultures, dogs, wolves
Other: Eris = sidekick
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Aphrodite
Definition
Roman:Venus
Sphere:Goddess of love/sex
Iconography:Roses
Swans
Doves
Other: Three Graces (splendor, mirth, good cheer)
Eros(Cupid) - son from Ares
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Hermes
Definition
Roman:Mercury
Sphere:God of many things
Iconography:wings on shoes
hat
caduceus (magic wand)
Other:
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Dionysus
Definition
Roman:Bacchus
Sphere:God of wine and theatre
Iconography:vines, ivy
long robes, hair
large wild cas, pinecones
crater (wine cup)
Other: Maenads = sidekick
born from Zeus' thigh
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Acheron
Definition
first river in underworld
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Obolus
Definition
coin used for entrance to the underworld
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Charon
Definition
Guard of Acheron/takes Obolus'
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Nemesis
Definition
sister of the furies/goddess of just punishment/rewards (karma)
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Hecate
Definition
Queen of witches
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Styx
Definition
River of the Gods (of Oaths) - gods make promises here
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Cerebus
Definition
three headed dog guarding tartarus
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tartarusn
Definition
nasty pit where "bad" people go
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tantalus
Definition
always hungry and thirsy but can't get food or water
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Sisyphus
Definition
pushes rock up hill but can never reach top
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Ixion
Definition
King in Greece, hi on hera, stuck pinned on a wheel in tartarus
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Danaids
Definition
50 young women, 49 murdered their husbands, 1 sent to tartarus for disobeying father
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Lethe
Definition
River of forgetfulness (erases memory)
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Asphodel Meadows
Definition
for decent people
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Elysium Fields
Definition
Greatest place in underworld
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Xenia
Definition
good hospitality
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Xenophobia
Definition
Fear of strangers
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Xenophilia
Definition
open-minded , accepting
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Paul Bunyan
Definition
Lumberjack, footsteps made lakes
symbolism: nature
Iconography: axe, suspenders
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John Henry
Definition
African-American railroad worker
died in digging competition w/machine
significance: man vs. machine
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Calamity Jane
Definition
Disguised herself as guy and joined army
symbolism: women's righs
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Cadmus
Definition
Europas brother, found island of thebes
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Oedipus
Definition
Laius' son (adopted by Corinth)
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Jucasta
Definition
Queen of Thebes, Oedipus' mother and wife
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Tiresias
Definition
Old wise man of Thebes, tells truth
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Lais
Definition
King of Thebes
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Creon
Definition
Jocasta's brother
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
Literary device: audience knows what's happening, reader doesn't
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Pathos
Definition
moments that bring sympathy
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Agon
Definition
philosophical argument of contest
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Catharsis
Definition
cleansing that one experiences through tragedy
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Choragos
Definition
group of actors, almost always in masks
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Deus Ex Machina
Definition
moment in play that seems coincidental/handy
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Heroic Journey
Definition
The call (calling to the adventure)
The threshold (make a decision)
The challenges (temptations, threats)
The abyss (greatest challenge all alone)
The transformation
The return
The gift (not accepted)
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Perseus
Definition
-Son of Danae
-Killed Medusa
-Help from Hermes and Athena
-Saved Andromeda, took as wife
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Hercules
Definition
-12 labors: given by Eurystheus
-Hydra: snake with regenerating heads
-Amazons: needed girtle from them
-Madness: Hera made him mad and he killed wife and sons
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Atalanta
Definition
-Daughter of king who wanted a son, raised by bears
-fastest runner, good with bow & arrow
-Married Hepolitus (beat her w/golden apples)
-Caladonian Boar
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Theseus
Definition
-3 murderers: - procrustes (stretches or cuts people to fit his bed)
-Minotaur: theseus goes to be sacrificed and kills minotaur in his sleep
-Aegus: father
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Jason
Definition
Argonauts: team of heroes, sailed on Argo for the golden fleece
Harpies: head of woman/body of bird - bad smell
Medea: Aphrodite made her love jason, and help get him the fleece (killed her own brother for it)
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Achilles
Definition
-Hector: fights Achilles and loses
-Agamemnon: King of Greeks
-Trojan War: Greeks v Trojans
Achilles Heel: Mortal part - his death
Paris: Shoots Achilles w/bow and arrow
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Kleos
Definition
glory
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Nostos
Definition
homecoming
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Epithet
Definition
describing word added for extra syllables
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Stock phrase/scene
Definition
phrase/scene placed in multiple times
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Epic simile
Definition
really long and descriptive simile
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In Media Res
Definition
narrative starts in the middle of the story
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suppliant
Definition
humbling oneself to someone
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